Hey gaise… just dropping in for a moment, but thought I'd throw this out there.

Its been a while since I studied Parliamentary Procedure, but addressing the question of what it takes to expel a sitting us congresman/woman or senator. Other anons have agreed that it would take a 2/3 vote of their respective house, upon getting the required impetus i.e: treason/conviction.

and then the question becomes can we achieve a super-majority (2/3) vote to go our way with the D's having the majority in the House and only a slim R majority in the Senate?

my googling seems to indicate that Yes this is possible.

the House and Senate both require a simple majority of their seated members to be present to establish a Quorum, which is the minimum required to do business. then a super-majority vote could be called out of that simple quorum and not from the total membership.

TLDR: I'm not 100%, but a 2/3 vote could mean simply 2/3 of the established Quorum, and not a full 2/3 of the entire membership.

Senate: 51 required for Quorum. of those: a 2/3 vote would only require 34 yea's. we have 53 R's

House: 218 required for Quorum. of those: a 2/3 vote would only require 146 yea's. we have 199 R's. we only need 19 D's to simply be present, breathing, and un-arrested to move forward. they could all even vote no and it would still pass.

at least that is what i've been able to find. feel free to dig further.