House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker’s effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is proposing to rebuke McIver and remove her from the House Homeland Security Committee after she was charged with assault following a May scuffle outside a New Jersey immigration facility. The House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday.

McIver has denied wrongdoing and vowed to fight the federal assault charge, which Democrats have denounced as partisan.

Mills, meanwhile, has faced a spate of ethical issues including an since-withdrawn allegation of assault…

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