So as not to hijack this threadI’ll ask it here:
Is censure more than a formal “shame shame everybody knows your name!” gesture to an elected official? Does it carry any kind of consequences or repurcussions? It seems like an empty gesture, so I’m trying to figure out the real downside to it.
It is often accompanied by other punishments, like loss of committee chairmanships, etc. These can have a definite effect on the power of the censured official.
It can be an effective end to a political career – many people either do not run again when their term ends, or are defeated in that next election. (But not always – Gerry Studds was censured by the US House, but the voters in his district re-elected him 6 times after that.)
It’s a permanent stain on the recipient’s honor. That means more to some folks than it does others.
I don’t think it matters much anymore since Americans have become so jaded to their politicians they almost expect them to be corrupt. Most of the real punishments like expulsions from the Senate happened right after the US Civil War.
It’s kind of like a write up at work. It goes on your file but so what? They may use it as an excuse not to give you a raise, but in reality they probably would’ve found some other reason not to give you the raise 
And it also serves as a formal statement by the House that “We strongly disapprove of what you did” and goes on the record for future reference.
So that 50 years from now when someone else insults the President, they can point to that incident and proceed based on that precedent.