***Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a staunch conservative who sits on the Republican Steering Committee that made the decision to remove the lawmakers,***
A ‘staunch conservative’ doesn’t remove the only thing that gives us one iota of a chance to bring some sense into the budget process, i.e., conservatives.
Representative Westmoreland is therefore not a staunch conservative.
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland says the list was no factor.
If so, why doesn’t he release it?
Time for this hack to go, as well.