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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP lawmaker: No cash for campaign arm because it backs gays
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/gop-garrett-hensarling-no-cash-for-campaign-arm-because-it-backs-gays-120201.htmlClosed committee meetings are typically wonkish, routine affairs. But Fridays session of Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee broke that pattern in spectacular fashion, laying bare the growing acrimony and sense of disorder within the House Republican Conference.
It started, according to multiple sources present, when Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) told members that subcommittee chairmen are expected to pay their dues to the GOPs campaign arm and to side with leaders on procedural votes that are critical to their ability to control the partys legislative agenda.
Hensarling was complying with recent demands for such loyalty from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). But his message seemed squarely aimed at one lawmaker: New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett. A Hensarling ally who chairs a prized Financial Services subcommittee, Garrett has angered GOP leaders and many members of the committee. He voted against Boehners bid for another term as speaker, bucked leadership on a critical procedural vote and has refused to pay National Republican Congressional Committee dues.
Garrett first responded that his procedural vote against leadership was a matter of conscience. Then he stunned the room with this explanation: He had not supported the NRCC in the past, he said, because it actively recruited gay candidates and supported homosexuals in primaries.
It started, according to multiple sources present, when Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) told members that subcommittee chairmen are expected to pay their dues to the GOPs campaign arm and to side with leaders on procedural votes that are critical to their ability to control the partys legislative agenda.
Hensarling was complying with recent demands for such loyalty from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). But his message seemed squarely aimed at one lawmaker: New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett. A Hensarling ally who chairs a prized Financial Services subcommittee, Garrett has angered GOP leaders and many members of the committee. He voted against Boehners bid for another term as speaker, bucked leadership on a critical procedural vote and has refused to pay National Republican Congressional Committee dues.
Garrett first responded that his procedural vote against leadership was a matter of conscience. Then he stunned the room with this explanation: He had not supported the NRCC in the past, he said, because it actively recruited gay candidates and supported homosexuals in primaries.
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GOP lawmaker: No cash for campaign arm because it backs gays (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. The old guard cons are fighting with the teaparty over not hating enough.
Teaparty demands that if you are a GOP you must HATE, viciously, with great threat of violence, ALL non white str8t protestants.
randome
(34,845 posts)2. "...growing acrimony and sense of disorder..."
And we have a ringside seat at the GOP 'plosion! 2015 is when they can't tread water any longer.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Well, then, somebody better throw them a life preserver!
randome
(34,845 posts)4. Or we could savor the moment. No, that's cruel.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]