Slate's Jim Newell covers Congress.

And when I asked him the other day how that was going, he said this.

Justice has been served.

Justice has been served.

Maybe not with the best way, but, you know, there was some members who have been having a lot of ethics problems recently and a house cleaning was due.

And that's happened.

House cleaning is one way to put it. Another way is that three Congresspeople find themselves suddenly out of their jobs.

California Democrat Eric Swalwell was the first to go,

and Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez followed close behind.

A couple days later, Florida Congresswoman Sheila Sherfilis McCormick was out too.

All three were under the threat of expulsion, and they chose to resign instead of getting kicked out.

I mean, up until now, the most high-profile case of a congressperson being forced out was George Santos, the New York congressman who was accused of fraud, lying about his background.

But I just feel like in the last couple of weeks, things have been supercharged.

Have you seen a wave of resignations and threats of expulsion like this before?

No, I haven't.

Not in this quick, rapid succession.

And I mean, not even really since Santos.

I don't know if anyone else has even come that close.

Does this mean we have more rotten eggs in Congress, or does it mean we have more

accountability for Congress people?

I don't necessarily think that there are more rotten eggs. I think part of it is a function

of problems accruing because of how narrow the majority is.

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