RedState: The purge of conservatives from key committees last week was not a natural disaster. It was perpetrated by leadership with the help of the rest of the 31 members on the Steering Committee. They all need to hear from us.
it is quite stupefying that almost none of the members have spoken out against the purge. After all, there were 31 members in the room when it happened. Would they like to divulge how they voted? Would they be willing to go on record as supporting the big government litmus test to sit on certain committees? Are they willing to tell us which votes were scored on the magical leadership scorecard?
Tomorrow, the members of the Steering Committee will make their final decisions and conduct the final votes that will determine all of the committee assignments for the 113th Congress. There will be a push to reinstate the members who were deposed of their current assignments on account of their conservative voting records. Each one of these members, especially Paul Ryan, owes it to Republicans to divulge where he/she stands on this issue and how they plan to vote tomorrow. Nobody elected these people to raise the debt limit and to increase taxes. They need to explain why support for what is antithetical to our values should serve as a litmus test for committee assignments.
Make sure these members are held to account. Let us know what they say:
John Boehner OH-8 202-225-0600 Eric Cantor VA-7 202-225-4000 Kevin McCarthy CA-22 202-225-2915 Peter Roskam IL-6 202-225-4561 Cathy McMorris-Rodgers WA-5 202-225-2006 James Lankford OK-5 202-225-2132 Lynn Jenkins KS-2 202-225-6601 Virginia Foxx NC-5 202-225-2071 Greg Walden OR-2 202-225-6730 Tom Cole OK-4 202-225-6165 Hal Rogers KY-5 202-225-4601 Fred Upton MI-6 202-225-4986 Jeb Hensarling TX-5 202-225-3484 Pete Sessions TX-32 202-225-2231 Dave Camp MI-4 202-225-3561 Paul Ryan WI-1 202-225-3031 Lamar Smith TX-21 202-225-4236 Doc Hastings WA-4 202-225-5816 Tom Latham IA-4 202-225-5476 John Shimkus IL-19 202-225-5271 Mike Rogers MI-8 202-225-4872 Bill Shuster PA-9 202-225-2431 Pat Tiberi OH-12 202-225-5355 Steve Scalise LA-1 202-225-3015 Lynn Westmoreland GA-3 202-225-5901 Bob Goodlatte VA-6 202-225-5431 Ken Calvert CA-44 202-225-1986 Jeff Miller FL-1 202-225-4136 Cynthia Lummis WY 202-225-2311 Joe Heck NV-3 202-225-3252 Richard Hudson (incoming member) NC-8 N/A
