(CNN) House Democrats stopped a Republican-led effort to force a floor vote Monday on a resolution to censure Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats leading the impeachment investigation, "for certain misleading conduct" in his characterization of a phone call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President.

The House voted 218-185 along party lines to table the proposal, effectively killing the resolution in the Democratic-led chamber.

The resolution, introduced by House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs in September, said that Schiff's actions "misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment process, one of this chamber's most solemn constitutional duties."

Following the vote, Schiff criticized Republicans who wanted to censure him in a tweet.

"It will be said of House Republicans, When they found they lacked the courage to confront the most dangerous and unethical president in American history, They consoled themselves by attacking those who did," Schiff tweeted

It will be said of House Republicans,



When they found they lacked the courage to confront the most dangerous and unethical president in American history,



They consoled themselves by attacking those who did. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 21, 2019

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