Rep. George Santos appears in court for first time since not guilty plea Washington — House Democrats plan to force a vote on censuring Republican Rep. George Santos of New York for repeatedly lying about his background, two months after a previous Democratic-led effort to expel him from Congress failed. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, plans to introduce the resolution as "privileged," a designation under House rules that require a floor vote within two legislative days. He said the "likely timeline" to bring up the measure through the expedited process is before the August recess. "Public censure is...