 After the select committee conducted its investigation and hearings, in March 1967, the House adopted by a vote of 307 to 116, which excluded Powell from Congress and also censured him, fined him $25,000, took away his seniority, and declared his seat vacant.Powell, along with 13 of his constituents, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, naming McCormack and five other representatives as defendants.He also named the Clerk of the House, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Doorkeeper.