Republicans punish Rep. King

WASHINGTON — Veteran Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years, Republican leadership said Monday, after he was quoted lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. King called the move “a political decision that ignores the truth.” Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said he will introduce a censure resolution, a more serious action, that Rush said would announce to the world that Congress has no home for “repugnant and racist behavior.”