House Republicans to strip Rep. Amash of committee assignment after he quits GOP

House Republicans plan to strip Rep. Justin Amash of his single committee assignment as soon as this week, three senior Republican officials said Monday — a move that follows the Michigan conservative’s decision to leave the GOP.

House Republicans are privately deliberating on a plan to replace Amash on the House Oversight Committee, where he has occasionally voted with Democrats investigating the president. Senior Republican officials argue that Amash automatically left the GOP conference Thursday when he became an independent — and therefore will automatically be removed from GOP representation on any panels.

The officials say a vote of the full GOP conference is probably, though internal discussions over the technicalities are ongoing. A core group of senior GOP lawmakers, known as the House Republican Steering Committee, is expected to meet in the coming days to put a new lawmaker on the Oversight panel. The GOP conference would have to ratify the move eventually.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss internal deliberations.

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