Two dozens House Democrats vote with Republicans to rebuke one of their members

A group of nearly two dozen House Democrats voted with Republicans on Tuesday to pass a measure reprimanding Rep. Chuy García (D-Ill.) for effectively ensuring his chief of staff will be elected to replace him in Congress.Why it matters: The measure led to considerable tension among House Democrats, with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his team urging their members to oppose it.The measure passed 236 to 183, with 23 Democrats voting for it and three more voting present.Progressive Caucus members have discussed retaliating against Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), who introduced the reprimand, with a resolution accusing her of violating a pledge not to take corporate PAC money, as Axios first reported.The details: Gluesenkamp Perez's two-page measure targets García for announcing his retirement plans after Illinois' congressional filing deadline, allowing his chief of staff Patty Garcia to be the only candidate on the Democratic primary ballot.The district is heavily Democratic, meaning a win in the Democratic primary is typically tantamount to a general election victory.The measure says García's actions "are beneath the dignity of his office and incompatible with the spirit of the United States Constitution."García has said he intended to seek reelection but changed his mind due to last-minute pleas from his wife and doctor to drop out due to health concerns and family obligations.Between the lines: House Democratic leadership stressed their opposition to the measure at a closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday morning, according to three lawmakers who were present.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Democratic Caucus chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) lauded García as a "good man" in a statement released before the meeting, saying they "unequivocally oppose this misguided resolution."Paper copies of the statement were present on lawmakers' chairs when they arrived at the Tuesday morning meeting, with Jeffries also reiterating his opposition in his remarks, sources said.Zoom in: García's office sent out a dear colleague letter ahead of the vote in which the Illinois Democrat summed up his arguments against the measure, including stressing that he is not related to Patty Garcia."Anyone, at any time before the filing deadline could have collected petitions and filed to run," García wrote.He also claimed not to have helped Garcia gather signatures, despite telling the Chicago Sun-Times that his political organization did assist her with that task.

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