2026年4月14日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
华盛顿 —— 一场跨党派行动周二迫使两名众议员在被驱逐的威胁下辞职，而牵头推动这一行动的两名女议员表示，更多国会议员可能会在接下来面临压力。
在接受CBS新闻采访时，共和党众议员安娜·宝琳娜·卢娜和民主党众议员特雷莎·莱赫尔·费尔南德斯讲述了她们如何协调行动，推动民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃威尔和共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯在本周辞职，以免面临因不当行为指控被罢免的投票。
近日多名女性指控斯沃威尔性侵或主动发送露骨信息，斯沃威尔对此予以否认；而冈萨雷斯则因与一名后来自杀的员工有染受到审查。斯沃威尔已于周末退出加利福尼亚州州长竞选，冈萨雷斯也于上月放弃连任竞选。
卢娜和莱赫尔·费尔南德斯表示，她们携手分别提出驱逐动议，争取跨党派支持，并向两人施加压力令其辞职。卢娜告诉CBS新闻，如果当时进行投票，议会中已有足够票数将他们罢免，称“我们获得了三分之二的支持，足以让两人下台”。
莱赫尔·费尔南德斯表示，周二的双双辞职是在众议院领导层未立即采取行动的情况下，由议员们介入推动的结果。
“如果不是我们各自提交的这些动议，他们不会辞职，”她补充说，事件之所以曝光，是因为相关女性“愿意打破沉默”。
两人的协作始于卢娜公开推动采取行动后，她们非正式地开始联系并协调行动。根据众议院规则，驱逐动议必须由单独议员提出，因此她们约定互相支持对方的行动。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊周二晚间对记者表示，他并未参与推动斯沃威尔和冈萨雷斯相继辞职。他称这一结果是恰当的，并表示针对斯沃威尔的指控尤其“令人震惊”。
约翰逊过去也曾辩称，面对不当行为指控的议员应获得正当法律程序，包括接受众议院道德委员会的调查，该委员会当时正在调查冈萨雷斯和斯沃威尔。CBS新闻已联系约翰逊寻求进一步置评。
卢娜和莱赫尔·费尔南德斯向CBS新闻表示，她们的行动可能会波及其他 currently 受到审查的议员。
卢娜表示，如果有合理依据，她将支持对其他案件启动驱逐程序，其中包括共和党众议员科里·米尔斯和民主党众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克。
“如果你明知故犯违法，那你就该走人，”她说，并补充道，“我认为相关门槛已经达到。”
米尔斯正因涉嫌竞选财务违规、性行为不端及其他指控接受众议院道德委员会调查。谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克则被联邦检察官指控在竞选活动中不当使用数百万美元联邦疫情救助资金。
道德委员会上月认定针对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克的多数指控属实，但尚未就处罚措施提出建议。
莱赫尔·费尔南德斯援引谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克案件中的道德委员会调查结果称，“我们预计委员会报告将在几天内发布”。她强调，议员必须具备“高水平的诚信”才能留任。
米尔斯和谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克均否认有不当行为。米尔斯周二对记者表示，反对将他与其他议员相提并论的说法，并指出他并未面临刑事指控或涉及工作人员的不当行为指控。
“目前没有针对我的任何刑事指控……也没有在国会山与工作人员或实习生发生任何不当行为或行动，”他说。
谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克在发给CBS新闻的一份声明中表示，她不打算辞职，并称在未得出正式调查结论的情况下驱逐议员会开创“危险先例”。她还指出，针对她的指控“与我的一些同事所面临的情况不同”。
“将这些案件混为一谈，尤其是与涉及性侵和强奸的案件相提并论，是不准确且不负责任的，”谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克说。
卢娜和莱赫尔·费尔南德斯均将本周斯沃威尔和冈萨雷斯的辞职视为解决国会内部不当行为问题整体努力的一部分，尤其是涉及议员与工作人员之间权力不对等关系的不当行为。
“不就是不，”卢娜说。“你不能进行性骚扰或性侵，却指望法律不会找上你。”
莱赫尔·费尔南德斯表示，此举旨在明确表明这种行为不会被容忍。
“我们要让男性承担责任，”她说，“我们不会再让女性保持沉默。”
她们还对众议院道德委员会的工作节奏表示担忧，认为该委员会处理严重指控的过程往往耗时过长。卢娜将这个由五名民主党人和五名共和党人组成的委员会描述为“事情不了了之的地方”，而莱赫尔·费尔南德斯表示，需要进行改革以确保案件得到更快处理。
道德委员会主席、共和党众议员迈克尔·格斯特周二对记者表示，“有些调查可以比其他调查快得多”，并指出像针对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克的这类调查难度很大，因为涉及大量文件和多名律师。他表示，委员会成员及其工作人员“正在勤勉工作，以尽快推进这些案件”。
罢免众议院议员需要三分之二的投票，这一门槛在历史上使得罢免成为罕见结果。美国历史上仅有6名下议院议员被罢免，最近一次是共和党众议员乔治·桑托斯，他被指控犯有电信诈骗、洗钱和竞选财务违规罪。
但卢娜暗示，近期的事态发展可能会引发更多行动，称这一情况可能引发“连锁反应”。
贾拉·布朗和尼科尔·基利安为本报道撰稿。
A bipartisan duo helped force Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales to resign. They say other House members could be next
April 14, 2026 / 10:40 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A cross-party effort caused two House members to resign on Tuesday under threat of expulsion — and the two female lawmakers who helped lead that push say additional members of Congress could face pressure next.
In an interview with CBS News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández — a Republican and a Democrat, respectively — described how they coordinated to push Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales to step down this week rather than face votes to remove them from office over allegations of misconduct.
Multiple women in recent days have accused Swalwell of sexual assault or sending unsolicited explicit messages, which he has denied, and Gonzales has faced scrutiny over an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. Swalwell also dropped out of the California gubernatorial race over the weekend, while Gonzales dropped his bid for reelection last month.
Luna and Leger Fernández said they worked in tandem to introduce separate expulsion efforts, building support across party lines and increasing pressure on both men to leave. Luna said there was already enough backing in the chamber to remove them if votes had taken place, telling CBS News that “we had two-thirds support for both people to be gone.”
Leger Fernández said the dual resignations on Tuesday were the result of members stepping in when House leadership did not immediately act.
“If it wouldn’t have been for those resolutions that we were each filing, they wouldn’t have resigned,” she said, adding that the situation only came to light because women involved “were willing to break the silence.”
The two said their coordination began informally, after Luna started publicly pushing for action and the two connected to align their efforts. Because House rules require separate members to bring expulsion resolutions, they agreed to support each other’s moves.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters late Tuesday that he did not have a hand in causing Swalwell and Gonzales to resign in rapid succession. He called the outcome appropriate, and said the allegations against Swalwell in particular were “alarming.”
Johnson has also argued in the past that it’s important for members who face misconduct allegations to receive due process, including investigations by the House Ethics Committee, which was looking into Gonzales and Swalwell. CBS News has reached out to Johnson for additional comment.
Luna and Leger Fernández indicated to CBS News that their efforts could extend to other members currently under scrutiny.
Luna said she would support expulsion if warranted in additional cases, including those involving Republican Rep. Cory Mills and Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
“If you’re knowingly breaking the law, then you need to go,” she said, adding, “I think the threshold will be met.”
Mills is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over alleged campaign finance violations, sexual misconduct and other accusations. And Cherfilus-McCormick has been charged by federal prosecutors with improperly using millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds in connection with her campaign.
The Ethics Committee determined last month that most of the allegations against Cherfilus-McCormick were substantiated, though it has not yet issued a recommendation on punishment.
Leger Fernández pointed to the Ethics Committee findings in Cherfilus-McCormick’s case, saying, “We expect the committee report to come out just in a few days.” She emphasized that lawmakers must meet “a high level of integrity” to remain in office.
Mills and Cherfilus-McCormick have denied wrongdoing. Mills, speaking to reporters Tuesday, pushed back on the idea that he could face expulsion, arguing he is being unfairly grouped with other lawmakers and noting he is not facing criminal charges or allegations involving staff.
“There’s absolutely no criminal charges being filed against me… no inappropriate behavior or actions with a staffer or intern on the Hill,” he said.
Cherfilus-McCormick told CBS News in a statement that she does not plan to resign, and said it would set a “dangerous precedent” to expel members without formal findings against them. She also noted that the allegations against her “are not the same as those facing some of my colleagues.”
“Lumping them together, particularly with cases involving sexual assault and rape, is inaccurate and irresponsible,” Cherfilus-McCormick said.
Both Luna and Leger Fernández framed this week’s resignations by Swalwell and Gonzales as part of a broader push to address misconduct within Congress, particularly when it involves power dynamics between members and staff.
“No means no,” Luna said. “You cannot sexually harass or assault people and not expect the law to come down on you.”
Leger Fernández said the goal was to make clear that such behavior will not be tolerated.
“We are going to hold men accountable,” she said, “and we will not let women continue to be silenced.”
They also raised concerns about the pace of the House Ethics Committee’s work, arguing that the process often takes too long to address serious allegations. Luna described the committee — made up of five Democrats and five Republicans — as “where things go to die,” while Leger Fernández said changes are needed to ensure cases are handled more quickly.
Republican Rep. Michael Guest, who chairs the ethics panel, told reporters Tuesday that “some investigations can be accomplished much quicker than others,” noting that probes like the one into Cherfilus-McCormick are difficult because they involve large numbers of documents and multiple attorneys. He said the committee’s members and their staff are “working diligently to move these cases through as quickly as possible.”
Expelling a member of the House requires a two-thirds vote, a threshold that has historically made it a rare outcome. Only six members of the lower chamber have been expelled in U.S. history, most recently Republican Rep. George Santos, who was charged with wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance violations.
But Luna suggested the recent developments could lead to further action, saying the situation may trigger “a chain reaction.”
Jaala Brown and Nikole Killion contributed to this report.