Democrats moved on Tuesday to power a vote inside days on eradicating Representative George Santos of New York from Congress, an try and press Republicans to both endorse or abandon a serial liar of their ranks who has been indicted on expenses of wire fraud, cash laundering, stealing public funds and mendacity to the federal government.

The measure has little likelihood of passage within the Republican-led House, the place it might require a two-thirds supermajority to move. But by bringing it up, Democrats have been rising the strain on Republicans to register a place on Mr. Santos’s conduct.

“Now is an opportunity to hold him accountable,” Representative Robert Garcia, Democrat of California, mentioned on Tuesday after he rose on the House ground to name up his decision to expel Mr. Santos from Congress. “The Republicans in the House are actually going to have to go on record and make a decision about if they’re actually going to stand for truth and accountability, or if they’re going to stand with someone that’s clearly a liar.”

Mr. Garcia, who launched the decision to expel Mr. Santos in February, informed reporters that his resolution to maneuver ahead with it now had the backing of Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority chief. Under the foundations of the House, the movement is privileged, which means that Speaker Kevin McCarthy should dispense with it inside two days.

With a vote now anticipated earlier than the top of the week, Republicans might attempt to sidestep the decision by transferring to desk, or kill, it or to delay it — each of which might take the assist of a majority of the House.

Even with greater than 10 House Republicans publicly calling for Mr. Santos to resign, it’s unlikely that the measure would acquire the assist it must move. But it can power main Republicans, who’ve mentioned Mr. Santos ought to be allowed to proceed serving, to resolve how aggressively to defend him. It will pose a very fraught dilemma for a lot of members of the New York delegation, who for months have made it clear they need Mr. Santos to resign and now should resolve whether or not they need to break with their leaders and vote for his ouster.

Since Mr. Santos was sworn in, Mr. McCarthy and different members of House management, working with a slim and fractious majority, have defended his proper to serve in Congress regardless of the falsehoods he informed to win election. His wide-ranging indictment this month did nothing to vary that, though Mr. McCarthy mentioned he wouldn’t assist his re-election.

Several Republicans, together with members of the New York delegation, have publicly referred to as for Mr. Santos to step down, labeling him a serial fraudster who is a humiliation to your complete get together.

In response to the expulsion decision, Mr. Santos informed CBS News on Tuesday that “Democrats are really good at trying to play judge and jury and trying to hold people guilty before they’ve even been given a free shot at a trial.”

Were Mr. Santos to be pressured out, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, would set a particular election to exchange him. Already, two Republicans and 4 Democrats have introduced their plans to run for Mr. Santos’s seat in 2024. Mr. Santos has additionally introduced his plans to run for re-election.

Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold contributed reporting.