The House has been back for just one week since the end of the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown, but that does not mean representatives are not making up for lost time, hurling insults, engaging in mudslinging, and rebuking one another.

Censure resolutions, a once-rare reprimand for serious misdemeanors committed by House members, are now a common tactic used in mudslinging and squabbles both within the same party and against the opposing party. Just this week, there have been four votes on formal rebukes and the threat of a fifth.