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Group of Louisiana House Republicans revive invitation-only Conservative Caucus
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A group of more than 30 Louisiana House Republicans have revived The Conservative Caucus and elected as its chairman Rep. Jack McFarland, who said the new group was needed because the GOP Caucus has become unwieldly.
Among the members is Chalmette Rep. Ray Garofalo, whose controversial comments about slavery cost him his chairmanship on the House Education Committee and caused a rift with Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales.
McFarland, a second term lawmaker from Winnfield, emphasized that the invitation-only caucus remains supportive of Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales and the House GOP Caucus led by Chair Blake Miguez of Erath.
Louisiana House GOP group revives invitation-only caucus
Among the members is Chalmette Rep. Ray Garofalo, whose controversial comments about slavery cost him his chairmanship on the House Education Committee and caused a rift with Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales.
McFarland, a second-term lawmaker from Winnfield, emphasizes that the invitation-only caucus remains supportive of Schexnayder and the House GOP Caucus led by Rep. Blake Miguez of Erath.
But Miguez wasn’t among the members invited to join. McFarland says a full list of members will be released at some point today.
“We’re here to support the speaker and the Republican delegation, but the delegation has grown so large it’s more difficult to manage and it has naturally broken up into different factions,” McFarland says.
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