{"id":9553,"date":"2023-10-03T02:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T02:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/former-house-speaker-floats-idea-of-removing-gaetz-from-house-gop-caucus-committees\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T02:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T02:49:23","slug":"former-house-speaker-floats-idea-of-removing-gaetz-from-house-gop-caucus-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/former-house-speaker-floats-idea-of-removing-gaetz-from-house-gop-caucus-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Former House speaker floats idea of removing Gaetz from House GOP caucus, committees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., floated the idea of removing GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida from the House Republican Conference.<\/p>\n

Gingrich wrote Sunday that he thinks expelling Gaetz fully from the lower chamber would be a step too far.<\/p>\n

However, Gingrich said booting Gaetz from the House GOP conference and his committee assignments may be more of a \u2018rational response.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The effort to expel Matt Gaetz for being a destructive, irresponsible anti-Republican may be a step too far,\u2019 Gingrich wrote on X, formerly Twitter. \u2018Expulsion from the House requires a two thirds vote.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018However expelling him from the House Republican Conference and eliminating all his committee assignments and all resources other than those an individual member is entitled to would be a rational response to his suicidal efforts to cripple the House GOP,\u2019 Gingrich continued.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to Gaetz\u2019s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n

According to the House Republican Conference rules set for the 118th Congress, it takes a two-thirds vote to expel a GOP member from the conference.<\/p>\n

As for committee assignments, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is free to remove Gaetz from select and conference committees \u2013 such as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence \u2013 but standing committees, like the House Judiciary Committee, are a different animal altogether.<\/p>\n

To remove a member from a standing committee, the House is required to vote on a resolution for removal \u2013 like when \u2018Squad\u2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in February of this year.<\/p>\n

Gingrich\u2019s tweet comes as Republican members of the House look to expel Gaetz from the lower chamber amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blasted efforts to oust McCarthy on Sunday, saying the move would be a \u2018disaster\u2019 for congressional Republicans.<\/p>\n

Graham made the statement during an appearance on CBS\u2019 \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 with host Margaret Brennan. Graham endorsed McCarthy as the \u2018right guy\u2019 for the job and said he only faces opposition from a handful of House Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think Kevin is the right guy at the right time,\u2019 Graham said. \u2018The only way he loses his job is if a handful of Republicans join up with the Democratic Party to fire him.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018That would be a disaster for the future of the Republican Party. That\u2019s not gonna happen. Kevin has the overwhelming confidence of his membership, he worked to avoid a shutdown. He will fund Ukraine, but he\u2019s telling everybody in the country, including me, you better send something over for the border for me to help Ukraine, and he\u2019s right to make that demand.\u2019<\/p>\n

Graham is the latest of a flurry of lawmakers to weigh in on a potential bid to oust McCarthy from the speakership. Gaetz vowed on Sunday to file a motion to vacate against McCarthy sometime this week.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Anders Hagstrom contributed reporting.<\/p>\n

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Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. \u00a0Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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