WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have handed a subcommittee gavel back to a defiant colleague days after revoking it in an act of party discipline.
Republican Jason Chaffetz (CHAY’-fits) of Utah heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He says he reconsidered his decision to oust Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina as chairman of the Government Operations subcommittee.
Chaffetz says he and Meadows have spoken and understand each other better now.
Chaffetz punished Meadows after Meadows and nearly three dozen other Republicans angered party leaders on a vote about the rules for debating a trade bill.
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) supported Chaffetz’ initial decision as part of a larger move to discipline the GOP’s sometimes unruly right flank. But conservatives in and out of Congress complained loudly.
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TeaBabies have become unruly TEaLinquents…
With BAYnur in charge, is this a surprise?
Nothing indicates your resolve better than when you punish someone and then rescind the punishment immediately afterward.
Whoooh…took the gavel away. That’ll scare him. A few days in the GOTP time-out chair. That’ll teach him.
What he really did is probably threaten to take away his donors.
I think this move weakens the Republican house leadership even more, if that is possible.
in other words the understanding was if you help me screw a bunch of citizens on the bill I’m bringing to the floor…I will help you do the same thing and guess what theres money to be made for our benifators… so money for us