<P> The United States Constitution, while specifically granting impeachment powers to both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and also granting both congressional bodies the power to expel their own members, does not mention censure . Congress adopted a resolution allowing censure, which is "stronger than a simple rebuke, but not as strong as expulsion ." In general, each house of Congress is responsible for invoking censure against its own members; censure against other government officials is not common . Because censure is not specifically mentioned as the accepted form of reprimand, many censure actions against members of Congress may be listed officially as rebuke, condemnation, or denouncement . </P> <P> Members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold . Like a reprimand, a censure does not remove a member from their office so they retain their title, stature, and power to vote . There are also no legal consequences that come with a reprimand or censure . The main difference is that a reprimand is "considered a slap on the wrist and can be given in private and even in a letter", while a censure is "a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution". </P> <P> The first use of censure in the United States was directed at Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was a member of George Washington's cabinet . </P> <P> In 1800, Representative Edward Livingston of New York introduced a censure motion against President John Adams . </P>

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