If McKeon survives, critics will say the bar for consequences remains impossibly high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A powerful senator walks into the chamber knowing his entire career could end in days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Colleagues avert their eyes. Staffers relive a party they wish they\u2019d never attended. An off-color \u201cjoke.\u201d A denied touch that maybe wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A handwritten Bible note. A state\u2019s first-ever expul<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Nebraska\u2019s marble halls, the clash is no longer just about one man\u2019s behavior, but about what a legislature is willing to tolerate in its own ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan McKeon insists he is a sinner like everyone else, that his words were a misunderstanding, his touch nonsexual, his faith sincere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet the staffer\u2019s account, the outside investigation, and his shifting explanations have left many<\/p>\n\n\n\n
lawmakers staring at a different truth: power magnifies even \u201cjokes\u201d into something heavier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Executive Board prepares its hearing and senators count toward the 33 votes needed to expel him,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the chamber is being forced to choose between precedent and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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