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Cotter says all it takes to expel the two is a super-majority and there are no standards for evidence or criteria to meet for the House to take action. It is up to each member to decide their threshold for voting for any level of discipline, from requiring a criminal offense to whether the representative simply made the House look bad. It could also be referred to an outside agency for a review of any possible criminal charges. It’s also not known if Cotter would be able to find enough Democrats willing to vote for expulsion, or if they’d rather just let the two stay in office and embarrass the majority Republicans. While Courser and Gamrat have thus far rejected calls for their resignations, she says she is keeping her options open at this point and stepping down is a possibility.
