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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday ousted a lawmaker from two congressional committees, exiling Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for endorsing the executions of Democrats and spreading dangerous and bigoted misinformation even as fellow Republicans rallied around her.
The House voted 230 to 199 — over near-unanimous Republican opposition — to remove Ms. Greene from the Education and Budget Committees. The Georgia freshman’s past statements and espousing of QAnon and other conspiracy theories have pushed her party to a political crossroads.
The vote effectively stripped Ms. Greene of her influence in Congress by banishing her from committees critical to advancing legislation and conducting oversight. Party leaders traditionally control the membership of the panels. While Democrats and Republicans have occasionally moved to punish their own members by stripping them of assignments, the majority has never in modern times moved to do so to a lawmaker in the other party.
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The House voted 230 to 199 — over near-unanimous Republican opposition — to remove Ms. Greene from the Education and Budget Committees. The Georgia freshman’s past statements and espousing of QAnon and other conspiracy theories have pushed her party to a political crossroads.
The vote effectively stripped Ms. Greene of her influence in Congress by banishing her from committees critical to advancing legislation and conducting oversight. Party leaders traditionally control the membership of the panels. While Democrats and Republicans have occasionally moved to punish their own members by stripping them of assignments, the majority has never in modern times moved to do so to a lawmaker in the other party.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...icans-rally-around-her/ar-BB1doT2I?li=BBnb7Kz