House GOP Demotes Lawmaker Who Defied Leaders On Trade Vote

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leaders have demoted another defiant colleague in their bid to impose party discipline on procedural votes.

Second-term Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina lost his subcommittee chairmanship this weekend, shortly after Speaker John Boehner expressed anger over rank-and-file Republicans voting against party-backed "rules" that govern individual bills.

Such votes traditionally divide along partisan lines and are seen as matters of party loyalty

Meadows was among 34 Republicans who voted against a recent rule that allowed consideration of "fast track" trade negotiating powers for President Barack Obama. Most of the 34 are staunch conservatives who often accuse Republican leaders of working too closely with Democrats.

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[truthisfreedom]

1. They eat their own.

Dinner is served, gentlemen!

[Angry Dragon]

4. +18000

[cstanleytech]

2. The delicious irony is that the Republican Party only has itself to blame

because for decades they narrowly focused on a base of assholes and now the chicken has come home to roost and those assholes now actually have real power and have managed to get elected into office.

[Scuba]

3. You have an excellent grasp on these facts. Eloquent too!