Paul Ryan
Cleaning House, To Dump Committee Chairs
Paul Ryan took on the role of
Speaker of the House last month promising to rework the House Republican
Steering Committee before Thanksgiving and is doing just that taking steps to
restructure the panel and dump committee chairs, Politico
reports.
In what will be the biggest restructuring of internal GOP policy so far in his tenure, Ryan kick-started the changes by impaneling eight Lawmakers. And although plans are not finalized, lawmakers have discussed a two-part plan to in an effort to change the membership of the committee.
In what will be the biggest restructuring of internal GOP policy so far in his tenure, Ryan kick-started the changes by impaneling eight Lawmakers. And although plans are not finalized, lawmakers have discussed a two-part plan to in an effort to change the membership of the committee.
Politico states that "during the current Congress, top committee chairmen would be removed from the panel and replaced with members elected by the House Republican Conference" and "in the next Congress, the GOP would add additional regional representatives to the committee."
Lawmakers involved in the talks declined to comment on the confidential plans, but the potential changes would help decentralized power in the house.
According to Politico, under Ryan's
new plan, several powerful chairmen would lose their slots. They include
Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers of Kentucky 40%, Energy and Commerce
Chairman Fred Upton of Michigan 42%, Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling
73% and Ways and Means’ Brady 68%, both of Texas, and Budget Chairman Tom Price
of Georgia 72%. (average score of the 5 is 59%)
Those involved in the talks include Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California 45%; Reps. Luke Messer of Indiana 48% and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina 68%, who both serve in the party’s leadership; Rep. Bill Flores of Texas 67%, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee; House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia 68%; Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina 57%, who serves on the Steering Committee; and Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia 67%, a member of the House Freedom Caucus. (Paul Ryan 58% average score of the 8 is 60%)
Those involved in the talks include Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California 45%; Reps. Luke Messer of Indiana 48% and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina 68%, who both serve in the party’s leadership; Rep. Bill Flores of Texas 67%, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee; House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia 68%; Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina 57%, who serves on the Steering Committee; and Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia 67%, a member of the House Freedom Caucus. (Paul Ryan 58% average score of the 8 is 60%)
This plan is just one of the many repurposing plans that Ryan has calculated. According to Politico, he has said he plans a broad overhaul of how the House works by the end of this year.
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The scorecard percentages indicate
how “constitutional” their votes on bills have been. The true
constitutionalists score in the 80% to 100% range.
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