House Republicans Vote to Keep Liz Cheney in Power House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 8, 2019. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The establishment wing of the Republican party voted in favor of keeping Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the chair of the GOP conference, beating back an attempt from the pro-Trump Republicans who sought to punish her for voting to impeach President Donald Trump, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday.
The 145–61 secret ballot vote means Cheney will remain the most powerful Republican woman in Congress even as she faces the prospect of a primary challenge funded by a pro-Trump political action committee. According to The Hill, the vote followed a heated meeting held in the basement of the Capitol Visitors Center during which dozens of House Republicans expressed their frustrations with Cheney.
Kevin McCarthy looks to broker deal regarding Marjorie Taylor Greene s committee assignments: Report | Print this article
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to prevent a floor vote on whether to strip one of his caucus members from her committee assignments.
In a conversation with the group that designates committee assignments on Tuesday night, McCarthy reportedly said he was going to offer House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to remove Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the Education and Labor Committee in order to prevent a vote on the House floor to remove her from that and the House Budget Committee, according to
If Marjorie Taylor Greene is punished, Ilhan Omar should be too, some House Republicans say Print this article
If Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, is punished for hateful and conspiratorial social media posts made before she got to Congress, a Minnesota Democrat should face sanctions for comments made while in office that are anti-Israel and borderline anti-Semitic, a group of House GOP lawmakers say.
Rep. Brian Babin offered a resolution Tuesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee over a series of incendiary past remarks. The move by Babin, a Texas Republican, is a direct response to Democrats threat to remove Greene from her committees if House Republican leaders fail to do so.
Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus in the House, stepped up to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene against Democrats who are trying to remove her from committee assignments:
The Democrats’ moves to strip Congresswoman Greene of her committee assignments for thoughts & opinions she shared as a private citizen before coming to the House is unprecedented and unconstitutional, & these steps are a dangerous slope for our nation. https://t.co/35Gpk1Ndgo
Here’s more on what he said:
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs defended Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Tuesday amid a Democratic plan to strip the controversial Georgia congresswoman of her committees.