Steny Hoyer announced that the House will vote Thursday on a measure to punish Greene.
House Democrats are moving ahead with a vote Thursday to strip freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments after Republican leaders refused to act unilaterally, instead attacking Democrats for intervening.
The already tense situation escalated significantly Wednesday, with Democrats rejecting a last-minute pitch from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to call off the vote if Republicans agreed to an alternative form of punishment. McCarthy then put out a statement slamming Democrats and accusing them of a “partisan power grab.”
“I understand that Marjorie’s comments have caused deep wounds to many and as a result, I offered Majority Leader Hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns,” McCarthy said.
“Instead of coming together to do that, the Democrats are choosing to raise the temperature by taking the unprecedented step to further their partisan power grab regarding the committee assignments of the other party.”
Earlier in the day McCarthy sought a commitment from Hoyer during a Wednesday call to yank the resolution from the floor if Republicans agreed to move Greene from the House Education Committee to the Small Business panel. The Georgia Republican also serves on the House Budget Committee.
But Hoyer swiftly shot down the idea, saying the House will vote Thursday on a measure to boot Greene from all of her congressional panels.
“She has placed many members in fear for their welfare. And she has attacked and made incendiary remarks prior to but also during her term as a member of Congress,” Hoyer told reporters Wednesday. “We believe she also gave a comfort to those who led an insurrection” on Jan. 6.
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Hoping to head off the floor vote, McCarthy initially tried to deal with the matter internally. During a one-on-one meeting Tuesday evening, McCarthy tried to get Greene to apologize or voluntarily relinquish her committee posts, POLITICO first reported. But she refused, so McCarthy convened an emergency meeting of the GOP Steering Committee, where members discussed removing or reassigning Greene to a new committee.
Senate Republicans on the other hand have been far less reserved in their denouncing of Greene with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell going so far as to say her embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” were a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
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House Democrats are moving ahead with a vote tomorrow to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments after Republican leaders refused to act unilaterally.https://t.co/PP4X4NsMq4
— POLITICO (@politico) February 4, 2021
New statement from @LeaderHoyer:
"I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments."
Vote is set for tomorrow. Good. Force Republicans to vote on this: https://t.co/fQmk4mw2BX
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 3, 2021
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