…It may take a while. But the show has begun. To refresh your memory, here’s the text of the censure resolution under consideration.

The Sunlight Foundation is streaming the debate live. (See below).

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chair of the ethics committee, presented its recommendation for censure – not reprimand, as Rangel has been advocating – saying that while it is “painful to sit in judgment on our colleague” it is the “constitutional duty” of House members to do so.

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