House Democrats plan to unveil a resolution on Monday to formally censure Representative George Santos of New York for blatantly lying to voters about his life story, teeing up a fresh attempt to reprimand the freshman Republican.

The new measure faces long odds of passing the Republican-led House. But Democrats believe forcing a vote will help maintain political pressure on Republican leaders who have stood by Mr. Santos in the face of a 13-count federal indictment and their vulnerable members impatient to jettison him.

“If you are a member of Congress who has informally condemned Mr. Santos, then you should have no trouble formally censuring him,” said Representative Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat who wrote the three-page censure resolution. “He has disgraced the institution, and the institution should speak with one voice against his misconduct.”

Censure is one of Congress’s stiffest punishments, and has been leveled against only two dozen or so lawmakers in the history of the House. Though it does not force a lawmaker from office, the rebuke is permanently recorded on the Congress member’s record.

The most recent censure case occurred just last month, when Republicans muscled through party lines to censure Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, over his role investigating former President Donald J. Trump. The vote infuriated Democrats, who complained that Republicans were settling political scores when they should be punishing Mr. Santos, a lawmaker...

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