Removing three conservative House members from their committee positions in retaliation for them not agreeing to the Democrats bloated budgets is outrageous.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) may have finally gone too far betraying conservatives. This past week he removed three conservative Republican Congressmen from their committee positions in retaliation for not voting for his compromises on the budget with Democrats compromises that led us to the current fiscal cliff." Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) was removed from the Financial Services Committee and Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) were removed from the Budget Committee. All three were elected with strong Tea Party support.
An aide to GOP leadership said they were removed for not being team players." Anther aide admittedto Roll Call that it was done out of retaliation You want good things in Congress and to have a good career? Better play along nicely." After removing the Congressmen Boehner warned other members of Congress that he will be watching how they vote.
The three Congressmen opposed the Budget Control Act last year which capitulated to the Democrats on big spending. The Act increased the debt ceiling by $400 billion with the ability to increase it another $500 million to $1.5 trillion. 66 Republicans voted against it. A fourth Republican Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) who voted against the Budget Control Act was also removed from the Financial Services Committee in retaliation.