..."a Democratic Member who is indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed would "cease to exercise the powers of chairman or ranking minority member and shall step aside.... "6 In 2005, the Democratic Caucus adopted a provision requiring a member of the Democratic leadership of the House to step aside temporarily when they have been indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed."
This is purely my own speculation. But I am guessing it is so they cannot mess anything up during the rest of their remaining 2 year term.
If a committee head was pushing for and got something passed. Them committing an egregious felony could really put into question the legitimacy of that legislation.
Democrat Party rules say if you are indicted of a crime where the punishment is > 2 years, you have to give up committee chair positions.
Source: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33229.html
..."a Democratic Member who is indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed would "cease to exercise the powers of chairman or ranking minority member and shall step aside.... "6 In 2005, the Democratic Caucus adopted a provision requiring a member of the Democratic leadership of the House to step aside temporarily when they have been indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed."
I find this rule FASCINATING
The two year cutoff is interesting as well. Why not the standard one year for a felony? They gave themselves a little extra leeway.
This is purely my own speculation. But I am guessing it is so they cannot mess anything up during the rest of their remaining 2 year term.
If a committee head was pushing for and got something passed. Them committing an egregious felony could really put into question the legitimacy of that legislation.