{"id":31028,"date":"2021-02-05T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=31028"},"modified":"2021-02-05T08:46:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:46:27","slug":"can-democrats-kick-all-republicans-off-all-house-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/05\/can-democrats-kick-all-republicans-off-all-house-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Democrats kick all Republicans off all House committees?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/d00c46241478d39db3996a36f5cbf91e\">&#8220;Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees&#8221;<\/a> (AP):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she\u2019d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats hold the majority of seats in the House. Why not do this for all Republican representatives? Republicans are, by definition, people who have voluntarily affiliated with the party of insurrection, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQIA+. Why should they be treated differently than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One advantage of this approach, from the Republicans&#8217; point of view, is that they could take two years off. 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