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{"id":26992,"date":"2026-09-02T17:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/no-immediate-plans-to-punish-rogue-house-democrats-for-bailing-out-gop\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:32:43","slug":"no-immediate-plans-to-punish-rogue-house-democrats-for-bailing-out-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/no-immediate-plans-to-punish-rogue-house-democrats-for-bailing-out-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"No immediate plans to punish rogue House Democrats for bailing out GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Despite a stern message from party leaders, a panel of House Democrats did not settle on any particular consequences for the pair of lawmakers who crossed party lines Tuesday to advance an otherwise troubled slate of Republican-led bills.<\/p>\n<p>Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow leaders said the matter would be reviewed by the Democratic Committee on Caucus Rules, which convened Wednesday morning for a prescheduled listening session.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees discussed possible changes to the rules that govern House Democrats\u2019 conduct for next term. Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), the panel\u2019s chair, suggested to reporters that discussion included what should happen if members vote with Republicans on procedural measures like the one Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) supported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s been a variety of suggestions to change our rules, not just regarding the last couple days, but several suggestions that have been percolating for some time,\u201d Levin said, while adding that any changes would happen only \u201cin the next couple of months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lack of urgency stands in contrast to the stern statement Jeffries and fellow leaders made Tuesday about the rogue members\u2019 \u201cbreach of trust\u201d \u2014 not to mention the rage some rank-and-file House Democrats are expressing. Some have floated removing the pair from their committees \u2014 particularly Gluesenkamp Perez\u2019 seat on the exclusive Appropriations panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody else who is willing to think about other people needs to be on that seat, that exclusive committee,\u201d said one House Democrat granted anonymity to speak candidly.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries, who was not present at the meeting, also seemed to have a speedier timeline for responding to Gluesenkamp Perez and Golden. He told reporters after the meeting wrapped that he was waiting on feedback from Levin and that the caucus would have conversations \u201camongst the family about the best way to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his timeline for action against the pair, Jeffries said, \u201cSooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a stern message from party leaders, a panel of House Democrats did not settle on any particular consequences for the pair of lawmakers who crossed party lines Tuesday to advance an otherwise troubled slate of Republican-led bills. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow leaders said the matter would be reviewed by the Democratic Committee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}