"Has something changed recently to make that not the rule again?"

Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper has been in the Senate since 2001. When he first ran for Congress,
his opponent said Carper had slapped his wife in the face. He denied it, but then 18 years later admitted it to a Delaware reporter. Ace writes,

Slapping one's wife is assault. So shouldn't men who assault women, even decades in the past, be forced from the Senate?

I thought that was the rule. That had been the rule two or three days ago. Has something changed recently to make that not the rule again?

Oh, and on that: When's Al Franken resigning, exactly?

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Commenter mrp writes,

1998? That's not even 40 years ago. Will Mitch order an immediate ethics investigation? Inquiring minds want to know!