2026年4月15日 美国东部时间凌晨12:02 / 福克斯新闻网
希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克和科里·米尔斯仍面临被罢免的可能，但参差不齐的道德调查进度让任何投票都变得复杂
作者：查德·珀格拉姆 福克斯新闻
参议员们要求斯沃威尔辞职，就在这位名誉扫地的众议员宣布将离开美国众议院的前一刻
参议院民主党人对围绕这位前加州州长热门候选人的指控给出了简短回应。(图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉斯为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄)
本可能被称为“驱逐周”。
但如今，这或许会是“辞职周”。
美国众议院历史上仅驱逐过6名议员。但就在周一，众议院还极有可能面临令人难以置信的四项驱逐程序。
驱逐议员需要三分之二的投票支持。众议院上一次驱逐本党议员是在2023年底：前众议员乔治·桑托斯（R-纽约州）。在此之前，最近一次要追溯到2002年，众议院将前众议员吉姆·特拉夫坎特（D-俄亥俄州）开除。
第五名指控者现身，埃里克·斯沃威尔面临性侵指控，预计其将辞职
被推上驱逐台的议员包括：
在前助手及多名女性指控埃里克·斯沃威尔（D-加利福尼亚州）性侵后，要求驱逐他的呼声此起彼伏。斯沃威尔最初表示将对指控进行抗辩。随后，在一众昔日亲密盟友放弃支持后，他退出了加州州长竞选。如今斯沃威尔已经辞职，避免了被驱逐的耻辱场面。
仅在2026年，众议员埃里克·斯沃威尔（D-加利福尼亚州）就曾26次亮相MS NOW节目，24次登上CNN，据媒体研究中心数据显示。(罗纳尔多·博利亚诺斯/盖蒂图片社)
接下来是前众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（R-德克萨斯州）。起初，冈萨雷斯否认与一名自杀身亡的助手有婚外情，该助手通过自焚结束了生命。当时冈萨雷斯在共和党初选中与国会候选人布兰登·埃雷拉陷入激烈的决胜轮角逐。但在各方压力下，冈萨雷斯最终退出了决胜轮，不再寻求连任。不过他原本打算任职至明年1月3日任期结束。但现在冈萨雷斯也提前离任了。
两名民主党议员呼吁斯沃威尔退出国会，其参选加州州长一事引发争议
目前已有两人辞职，还剩两人。
事情在这里变得复杂起来。
众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克（D-佛罗里达州）可能很快就会面临被驱逐的命运。3月下旬，众议院道德委员会举行了罕见的“听证会”，认定她不当获取了高达500万美元的新冠救济资金。道德委员会可能会在下周就对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克提出惩戒建议。但全院不必必须考虑或遵守该惩戒决定。这位女议员坚称自己无罪。她将于2027年2月在佛罗里达州面临刑事审判。
埃里克·斯沃威尔因性行为不端指控被迫退出加州州长竞选
“目前事实已经无可辩驳，因此我相信本院会达成共识，认为她应该被驱逐，”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）预测道。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）表示，在众议院道德小组认定众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克（D-佛罗里达州）违反25项以上道德规范后，议员们应将其驱逐。(照片来源：温·麦克纳米/盖蒂图片社；安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)
众议员格雷格·施图贝（R-佛罗里达州）数月前就已提出决议，要求将谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克逐出众议院。
而共和党方面还有众议员科里·米尔斯（R-佛罗里达州）。米尔斯被指控“盗用荣誉”并夸大其军旅经历。但引发当前驱逐推动的是一项指控：这位众议员在2025年初殴打了他的女友。一名法官对米尔斯下达了限制令，但警方并未对这位议员提出指控。道德委员会还在调查他是否违反了联邦竞选规则。但针对这位佛罗里达州共和党人的正式道德调查进度，远不如对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克的调查。
斯沃威尔辞职与涉华丑闻交织，批评者要求公开相关文件
约翰逊对此心知肚明。
“关于米尔斯的情况，我不确定道德委员会的调查进展到哪一步了，这也是我今天要调查的事情之一，”约翰逊说道。
四名陷入困境的议员，两党各占两名。在斯沃威尔和冈萨雷斯宣布辞职之前，正是这种党派平衡，让众议院准备采取前所未有的举措，一次性驱逐这四名议员。但如果只推动驱逐谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克而不驱逐米尔斯，众议院将面临诸多问题。
冈萨雷斯在预计辞职前面临驱逐投票威胁
问题的关键在于席位数量。
众议院周一晚间宣誓就职众议员克莱·富勒（R-佐治亚州）。富勒在上周的特别选举中获胜，接替了辞职的前众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林（R-佐治亚州）。这位共和党人的席位增加，可能会被周四新泽西州特别选举中民主党候选人阿纳利莉亚·梅希亚的预期胜利所抵消。该席位自去年秋季新泽西州州长、前国会众议员米基·谢里尔（D）辞职以来一直空缺。
2026年2月19日，共和党国会候选人克莱·富勒（左）在访问佐治亚州罗马的库萨钢铁公司期间，与唐纳德·特朗普总统交谈。(凯文·拉马克/路透社)
随着斯沃威尔和冈萨雷斯辞职，富勒就职，目前众议院共有431名议员：共和党217人，民主党213人。众议员格雷格·凯利（I-加利福尼亚州）脱离了共和党。如果富勒的席位得到确认，再加上梅希亚的胜选，席位分布将变为共和党217人，民主党214人，另有1名无党派议员，共432名议员，外加1个空缺席位。斯沃威尔和冈萨雷斯辞职后，剩余的空缺席位是加利福尼亚州北部一个坚定支持共和党的选区，该席位此前一直由已故众议员道格·拉马尔法（R-加利福尼亚州）占据，他于今年1月去世。
埃里克·斯沃威尔在迅速陨落前曾多年担任有线电视新闻常客
但如果众议院只针对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克采取行动，而不对米尔斯动手，会发生什么？这将造成党派力量失衡——而原本在考虑驱逐四名议员时，这种平衡就已被打破。
“那党派平衡的问题该如何处理？”笔者询问众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（D-纽约州）。
“党派平衡并非我们讨论的议题。我们一直在处理眼前的事情，这也是我们将继续做的事情，”杰弗里斯回应道。
议员们将驱逐威胁列为众议院议程重点，新一届会议开启高风险一周
笔者进一步追问：
“但如果他们对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克采取行动，难道这不令人担忧吗？她的道德调查进程比米尔斯先生要领先得多。”
“道德调查仍未完成，我们将拭目以待道德委员会下周会提出何种建议，”杰弗里斯答道。
“明智之举”：斯沃威尔辞职引发两党称赞，此前爆出重磅指控
这是指即将召开的道德委员会会议，届时将提出对这位佛罗里达州民主党人的惩戒建议。
如果众议院原本可以一次性驱逐四名议员，两党各两人，那情况还相对简单。但如今冈萨雷斯和斯沃威尔已经辞职，事情就变得更棘手了。再加上谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克和米尔斯的道德调查进度参差不齐，情况进一步复杂化。
2025年1月27日，众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克（D-佛罗里达州）在佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的布劳沃德县委员会会议厅举行的宣誓就职仪式上发言。(乔·卡瓦雷/南佛罗里达太阳哨兵报/论坛新闻服务社/盖蒂图片社)
国会似乎正处于定期确立新先例的阶段。一次创纪录的政府停摆——仅被另一次创纪录的政府停摆所超越。此外，众议院对议员的“谴责”数量急剧增加。谴责是众议院仅次于驱逐的第二严厉惩戒措施。
乔纳森·特利：埃里克·斯沃威尔的纵容者们明知真相——仍刻意包庇
众议院曾于2010年底谴责前众议员查理·兰格尔（D-纽约州）。在此之前，众议院上一次谴责议员是在1983年，针对前众议员杰里·斯塔兹（D-马萨诸塞州）和丹尼尔·克兰（R-伊利诺伊州）。但自2021年以来，众议院已经谴责了5名议员：众议员保罗·戈萨尔（R-亚利桑那州）、参议员亚当·希夫（D-加利福尼亚州，当时他仍在众议院任职）、众议员拉希达·特莱布（D-密歇根州）、前众议员贾马尔·鲍曼（D-纽约州）以及众议员阿尔·格林（D-德克萨斯州）。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）最近将谴责数量激增描述为道德程序被“政治化”利用。
众议院可能不会立即对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克和米尔斯采取任何行动。如果两党都能保证对方议员会受到同等后果，两党议员可能会更愿意驱逐本党议员——甚至可能为己方团队做出牺牲。
斯沃威尔身败名裂引发民主党人争相退还竞选捐款，遭舆论审视
在如此微弱的多数优势下，共和党人可能不愿在试图维持多数席位之际，因驱逐一名共和党议员而将权力让给民主党。同样，如果看不到政治平衡和对共和党多数派的相应后果，民主党人也不太愿意承受打击。
此外，几乎不可能准确统计出惩戒行动所需的票数。更复杂的是，驱逐动议是否会真正进行公开的赞成/反对投票。通常会有“搁置”动议，或否决任何针对议员的惩戒决议。还有“移交”动议，即针对议员的指控被移交给道德委员会进行进一步审查。例如，道德小组几乎已完成对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科马克的调查，正在调查米尔斯。因此，对于任何可能的“移交”动议会产生何种结果，目前尚不清楚。
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坦率地说，一些议员要么真心希望公开投票惩戒同事，要么干脆不想参与其中。投票评判同事是议员们面临的最艰难投票之一，堪比投票参战。这就是为什么一些议员更倾向于用“移交动议”或“搁置动议”这种政治遮羞布，而非真正进行赞成/反对投票来惩罚同僚。
因此，国会山本可能迎来“驱逐周”。如今这无疑是“辞职周”。如果不再采取其他惩戒行动，一些议员也只能接受这一结果。
查德·珀格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道(FNC)首席国会通讯员。他于2007年9月加入该电视台，总部位于华盛顿特区。
House avoids unprecedented four-member expulsion week as Swalwell and Gonzales resign instead
April 15, 2026 12:02am EDT / Fox News
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Cory Mills still face potential ouster but uneven ethics timelines complicate any vote
By Chad Pergram Fox News
Senators call on Swalwell to resign just moments before disgraced congressman announces decision to leave U.S. House of Representatives
Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress give curt responses about the allegations surrounding the former California gubernatorial frontrunner. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)
It may have been possible to bequeath this as “expulsion week.”
Instead, this might be “resignation week.”
The House has only expelled six Members in the history of the republic. But it was possible as recently as Monday that the House was primed to wrestle with a mind-boggling four expulsions.
It takes a two-thirds vote to expel a Member. The House last expelled one of its own in late 2023: former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). Before that, you have to go back to 2002 when the House kicked out late Rep. Jim Traficant (D-Ohio).
5TH ACCUSER COMES FORWARD AGAINST REP ERIC SWALWELL AHEAD OF EXPECTED RESIGNATION
Here was the chopping block:
Calls to expel former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) piled up after reports surfaced that he sexually assaulted a former aide and several other women. Swalwell initially said he would fight the allegations. Then he dropped his bid to become governor of California after a host of once close allies abandoned their support. Swalwell has now resigned, avoiding the ignominious scene of an expulsion.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., appeared on MS NOW 26 times and on CNN 24 times in 2026 alone, according to the Media Research Center.(Ronaldo Bolaños/Getty Images)
Then there was former Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). At first, Gonzales denied an affair with an aide who committed suicide by setting herself on fire. Gonzales was locked in a tough primary runoff against Republican Congressional candidate Brandon Herrera. But after pressure, Gonzales finally dropped out of the runoff and isn’t standing for re-election. However, Gonzales intended to stay on until his term expired on January 3 next year. But now Gonzales is out the door, too.
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So two down, two to go.
This is where things grow complicated.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) could face expulsion soon. In late March, the House Ethics Committee held a rare “trial,” declaring she improperly obtained an astonishing $5 million in COVID relief funds. The Ethics panel will likely recommend a punishment for Cherfilus-McCormick next week. The full House doesn’t have to consider or adhere to the prescribed discipline. The congresswoman proclaims her innocence. She faces a criminal trial in Florida in February 2027.
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“The facts are indisputable at this point and so I believe it will be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled,” forecast House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said lawmakers should expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilius-McCormick, D-Fla., after a House ethics panel found her guilty of more than 25 ethics violations.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images; Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Rep. Greg Stuebe (R-Fla.) filed a resolution to bounce Cherfilus-McCormick from the body a few months ago.
And for the Republicans, there’s Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.). Mills is accused of “stolen valor” and exaggeration of his military record. But what triggered the current expulsion push is an allegation that the congressman struck his girlfriend in early 2025. A judge imposed a restraining order against Mills. However, police never charged the congressman. The Ethics Committee is also investigating whether he violated federal campaign rules. But the formal ethics probe of the Florida Republican isn’t as far along as the Cherfilus-McCormick inquiry.
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Johnson is mindful of that fact.
“With regard to Mills, I’m not sure the status of the Ethics Committee investigation and that’s one of the things I’ll be looking into today,” said Johnson.
Four troubled Members. Two Democrats and two Republicans. It was that parity which may have primed the House to take the unprecedented step of expelling those four Members before Swalwell and Gonzales announced their resignations. But a push to expel Cherfiulus-McCormick and not Mills creates a host of problems in the House.
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It’s about the math.
The House swore-in Rep. Clay Fuller (R-Ga.) on Monday night. Fuller won a special election last week to succeed former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) who resigned. That GOP gain is likely offset by an anticipated victory by Democratic Congressional candidate Analilia Mejia in a Thursday special election in New Jersey. This is a Democratic seat which has been vacant since New Jersey Gov. and former Congresswoman Mikie Sherill (D) resigned from the House last fall.
Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller, left, speaks next to President Donald Trump, during a visit to the Coosa Steel Corporation in Rome, Georgia, Feb. 19, 2026.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
With Swalwell and Gonzales out and Fuller in, the current breakdown is 431 Members: 217 Republicans and 213 Democrats. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) dropped his affiliation with the GOP. The addition of Fuller and presumed win by Meija would make the breakdown 217 to 214 and one independent – with one vacancy, covering 432 Members. After the Swalwell and Gonzales resignations, the remaining open seat is a solidly Republican district in northern California, long held by late Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.). He died in January.
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But what happens if the House moves against Cherfilus-McCormick and not Mills? That creates an imbalance between the parties – something which was lost when the potential expulsion of four Members was on the table.
“What about this issue of parity,” yours truly asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
“The issue of parity hasn’t been something that we’ve had a conversation about. We’ve been working through what’s in front of us today and that’s what we’re going to continue to do,” replied Jeffries.
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I followed up.
“But isn’t that a concern, though, if they take action against Cherfilus-McCormick? Her ethics process is further along than Mr. Mills,” I asked.
“The ethics process is still incomplete and we’ll see what the Ethics Committee has to recommend next week,” replied Jeffries.
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That’s in reference to the upcoming ethics panel meeting, recommending punishment for the Florida Democrat.
It was one thing if the House may have bounced four Members, two Republicans and two Democrats, all at once. But it’s dicier now that Gonzales and Swalwell stepped aside. It’s further complicated considering the uneven status of the ethics inquiries regarding Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., speaks after being sworn in during a ceremony in the Broward County Commission chambers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 27, 2025.(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
It seems that Congress is now in a period of establishing new precedents on a regular basis. A record-breaking government shutdown – only superseded by another record-breaking government shutdown. In addition, the House is experiencing a dramatic increase in the raw number of “censures” which it doles out to Members. Censure is the second-highest mode of punishment in the House, just below expulsion.
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The House censured late Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) in late 2010. Prior to that, the House last reprimanded late Reps. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) and Daniel Crane (R-Ill.) in 1983. But since 2021, the House has censured five Members: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) – when he served in the House – Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas).
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) recently characterized the censure explosion as the “political” weaponization of the ethics process.
It’s possible the House might not take any immediate action regarding Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills. Lawmakers from both sides may be more willing to expel one of their own – and maybe take one for the team on their side – if a similar outcome is guaranteed across the aisle.
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With such a tight majority, Republicans may not want to cede power to Democrats if the House expels a GOP Member as they try to cling to the majority. By the same token, it’s doubtful Democrats are willing to absorb a hit when they are within sneezing distance of the majority – if they don’t see a political equilibrium and document consequences for the Republican majority.
Moreover, tracking where the votes lie for disciplinary action is nearly impossible. What further complicates this is whether any expulsion motion actually comes to a true, up/down vote. There are often motions “to table” or kill any resolution to impose discipline against a Member. The same with motions “to refer” or dispatch allegations against a Member to the Ethics Committee for additional scrutiny. For instance, the Ethics panel is all but done probing Cherfilus-McCormick and is investigating Mills. So it’s unclear what would happen with any possible motion “to refer.”
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And let’s be frank: some lawmakers either really want to be on the record voting to discipline one of their colleagues or want no part of it at all. Resolutions to sit in judgment of a colleague is one of the hardest votes lawmakers take. Right up with a vote to go to war. That’s why some prefer the political fig leaf of a “motion to refer” or “motion to table” to an actual up/down vote to punish one of their own.
So this could have been “expulsion week” on Capitol Hill. It’s certainly “resignation week.” And if there’s no other disciplinary action, some lawmakers will be resigned to that outcome.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.