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2021-08-01 18:05:02 UTC
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/25/politics/republicans-mccarthy-kinzinger-
cheney-january-6-committee/index.html
(CNN)A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership to punish Reps. Liz
Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for accepting a position from House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6
insurrection.
The push to seek punishment rose to a new level on Sunday, after Pelosi
announced that Kinzinger had accepted her invitation to join the
committee. Initially, most rank-and-file Republicans were content to let
Cheney serve without much of a fight, but Kinzinger's addition has changed
the conversation and has put a new level of pressure on McCarthy.
While the loudest cries have come from members of the hard-right Freedom
Caucus, sources say that the sentiment has started to spread beyond the
hard-line crew.
"There's a lot," said one GOP member about the push to have the pair
removed from their other committees. "Supporting Pelosi's unprecedented
move to reject McCarthy's picks was a bridge too far."
Pelosi rejected two of McCathy's choices last week -- Reps. Jim Banks of
Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio -- which prompted the GOP leader to
withdraw all five of his picks.
Rep. Scott Perry, a Freedom Caucus member, publicly called on Conference
Chair Elise Stefanik to call a special GOP conference meeting to "address
appropriate measures" related to Pelosi booting two of McCarthy's chosen
picks from the committee. Some members specifically want McCarthy and
Stefanik to push for a vote of GOP members to strip Cheney and Kinzinger,
who both voted to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year,
from their other committee assignments. Stefanik's office did not respond
to a request for comment on Perry's desire for a conference meeting.
But kicking them off their committees would be easier said than done.
While McCarthy could remove Cheney and Kinzinger from their other
committees, Pelosi ultimately controls committee membership. She could
theoretically just re-appoint them to their current posts.
The scuttle demonstrates how difficult McCarthy's leadership role remains.
While conservatives applauded his decision to attempt to appoint both
Banks and Jordan and his subsequent move to pull back all of his choices,
they still believe Cheney and Kinzinger need to be reprimanded for not
remaining loyal to the conference.
McCarthy's office did not respond to questions about Republicans pushing
him to punish Kinzinger and Cheney.
Sources say McCarthy and GOP leadership have no appetite to get involved
in a protracted battle over punishing Cheney and Kinzinger. But when
Pelosi first suggested she might appoint a Republican to the committee,
McCarthy warned a group of freshman Republican that if one of them were to
accept an appointment from the speaker, they should plan on getting all
their committee assignments from her. Now members are pointing to
McCarthy's threat and clamoring for action.
"Plenty of people wondering the same things," another GOP member said. "If
they are accepting appointments from Nancy Pelosi rather than the GOP,
haven't they already effectively left? Perhaps they should ask Speaker
Pelosi for committee assignments?"
The Freedom Caucus is already pressing McCarthy to file a motion to vacate
Pelosi from the speakership. McCarthy has not weighed in on their push,
which has no chance of passing. But a Freedom Caucus source told CNN that
if McCarthy does not become actively involved in the motion to vacate,
that could amplify calls for him to remove Cheney and Kinzinger from their
committees, with the group eager to seek payback in some way.
A spokesperson for Kinzinger suggested if McCarthy chose to punish the duo
it would be an example of a bigger problem with his leadership.
"It would speak volumes if he took away their committee assignments for
upholding their oath to protecting our democracy," said Maura Gillespie,
Kinzinger's communications director.
Cheney has already signaled that she was not worried about being kicked
off committees as punishment for serving on the select committee.
"My oath, my duty, all of our oaths, all of our duty are to the
Constitution and that will always be my focus, not politics," she said
after Pelosi first announced her appointment earlier this month.
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cheney-january-6-committee/index.html
(CNN)A growing group of rank-and-file House Republicans wants House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership to punish Reps. Liz
Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for accepting a position from House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6
insurrection.
The push to seek punishment rose to a new level on Sunday, after Pelosi
announced that Kinzinger had accepted her invitation to join the
committee. Initially, most rank-and-file Republicans were content to let
Cheney serve without much of a fight, but Kinzinger's addition has changed
the conversation and has put a new level of pressure on McCarthy.
While the loudest cries have come from members of the hard-right Freedom
Caucus, sources say that the sentiment has started to spread beyond the
hard-line crew.
"There's a lot," said one GOP member about the push to have the pair
removed from their other committees. "Supporting Pelosi's unprecedented
move to reject McCarthy's picks was a bridge too far."
Pelosi rejected two of McCathy's choices last week -- Reps. Jim Banks of
Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio -- which prompted the GOP leader to
withdraw all five of his picks.
Rep. Scott Perry, a Freedom Caucus member, publicly called on Conference
Chair Elise Stefanik to call a special GOP conference meeting to "address
appropriate measures" related to Pelosi booting two of McCarthy's chosen
picks from the committee. Some members specifically want McCarthy and
Stefanik to push for a vote of GOP members to strip Cheney and Kinzinger,
who both voted to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year,
from their other committee assignments. Stefanik's office did not respond
to a request for comment on Perry's desire for a conference meeting.
But kicking them off their committees would be easier said than done.
While McCarthy could remove Cheney and Kinzinger from their other
committees, Pelosi ultimately controls committee membership. She could
theoretically just re-appoint them to their current posts.
The scuttle demonstrates how difficult McCarthy's leadership role remains.
While conservatives applauded his decision to attempt to appoint both
Banks and Jordan and his subsequent move to pull back all of his choices,
they still believe Cheney and Kinzinger need to be reprimanded for not
remaining loyal to the conference.
McCarthy's office did not respond to questions about Republicans pushing
him to punish Kinzinger and Cheney.
Sources say McCarthy and GOP leadership have no appetite to get involved
in a protracted battle over punishing Cheney and Kinzinger. But when
Pelosi first suggested she might appoint a Republican to the committee,
McCarthy warned a group of freshman Republican that if one of them were to
accept an appointment from the speaker, they should plan on getting all
their committee assignments from her. Now members are pointing to
McCarthy's threat and clamoring for action.
"Plenty of people wondering the same things," another GOP member said. "If
they are accepting appointments from Nancy Pelosi rather than the GOP,
haven't they already effectively left? Perhaps they should ask Speaker
Pelosi for committee assignments?"
The Freedom Caucus is already pressing McCarthy to file a motion to vacate
Pelosi from the speakership. McCarthy has not weighed in on their push,
which has no chance of passing. But a Freedom Caucus source told CNN that
if McCarthy does not become actively involved in the motion to vacate,
that could amplify calls for him to remove Cheney and Kinzinger from their
committees, with the group eager to seek payback in some way.
A spokesperson for Kinzinger suggested if McCarthy chose to punish the duo
it would be an example of a bigger problem with his leadership.
"It would speak volumes if he took away their committee assignments for
upholding their oath to protecting our democracy," said Maura Gillespie,
Kinzinger's communications director.
Cheney has already signaled that she was not worried about being kicked
off committees as punishment for serving on the select committee.
"My oath, my duty, all of our oaths, all of our duty are to the
Constitution and that will always be my focus, not politics," she said
after Pelosi first announced her appointment earlier this month.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: ***@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.