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Chaffetz backtracks, reinstates punished GOP lawmaker to chairmanship
The Hill ^ | 6-25-15 | Scott Wong

Posted on 06/25/2015 10:04:16 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

Facing enormous blowback, Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Thursday reversed course and said he was reinstating Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) as a subcommittee chairman.

Chaffetz stripped Meadows of his subcommittee gavel last week after the congressman joined nearly three dozen other conservatives in voting against leadership on a procedural motion that nearly scuttled a major trade package.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: caffetz; chairmanship; jasonchaffetz; markmeadows; meadows; northcarolina; reinstates; utah
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1 posted on 06/25/2015 10:04:16 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I feel as many as possible RINOs will be replaced next year and now they know it too! This is damage control period!


2 posted on 06/25/2015 10:09:28 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: sheikdetailfeather

“Chaffetz’s decision follows a separate move by the House GOP freshman class, which on Thursday morning decided against stripping Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) of his title as class president.”


3 posted on 06/25/2015 10:10:05 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I’m guessing major heat from his constituents. Biggest town in his district is Provo, most conservative city over 100,000 in the USA.


4 posted on 06/25/2015 10:10:26 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

That didn’t take long after Cavuto and Levin lit him up...


5 posted on 06/25/2015 10:11:04 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Hmmm, a crack in the RINO leadership I hope.


6 posted on 06/25/2015 10:12:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Republican Conservatives are treated like red headed step children by the GOPe.

Boehner and McConnell are like little dictators who will punish anyone pushing back towards our Constitutional Republic.

Sick control freaks.


7 posted on 06/25/2015 10:12:38 AM PDT by Syncro (Jesus Christ: The ONLY mediator between God and man)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Meadows and others should declare themselves independents and then run in the GOP primaries anyway (since the GOPe like open primaries so much)


8 posted on 06/25/2015 10:12:53 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Harpotoo

Louis Gohmert was on a Glenn Beck radio interview this morning and got word on Buck keeping his position after all. Too much blowback from all the people. Cavuto had Chaffetz on the defensive yesterday on his show.


9 posted on 06/25/2015 10:13:13 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: 1Old Pro

The Crying Cheeto got worried. Good, I hope that little bastard McCarthy peed his pants too.


10 posted on 06/25/2015 10:16:41 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Chaffetz is a Dukakis butt boy. He was one of his campaign chairs. Once a liberal turd....always a liberal turd.


11 posted on 06/25/2015 10:17:01 AM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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12 posted on 06/25/2015 10:18:10 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Good. But Nancy O’Boehner still must go!


13 posted on 06/25/2015 10:22:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: vmivol00

Dukakis??? How old is this guy Chaffetz??


14 posted on 06/25/2015 10:26:36 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Could be that the story Mark Levin has been reporting had a LOT
to do with it.

Levin says that house conservatives are considering calling for a leadership
vote and threaten to vote with democrats to replace Bonehead and the
entire GOP RINO leaderless team.

I’d say that is what caught the DC elites attention.


15 posted on 06/25/2015 10:27:22 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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Ah..hmmmmm. That may be it indeed!


16 posted on 06/25/2015 10:28:33 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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Look it up. I was shocked as well. He is 48.

“While a student at BYU, he was a Utah co-chairman for Michael Dukakis’s 1988 campaign for U.S. President. After college, Chaffetz worked in public relations for multi-level marketing company Nu Skin International for about a decade.[6][7]”


17 posted on 06/25/2015 10:32:01 AM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Great image. Wish it was bigger.


18 posted on 06/25/2015 10:43:56 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by government regulation.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

People started noticing the GOP was colluding with the Dems.

The GOPe is winning. Over 80% of GOPers voted for TPA. No need for them to rub it into the few beltway conservatives resisting. Last thing Boehnerites want is the unwashed GOP base back in the districts noticing what is going on.


19 posted on 06/25/2015 10:51:23 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Chaffetz is part of the Dukakis family tree. His convictions are day-to-day.


20 posted on 06/25/2015 10:52:46 AM PDT by lurk
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