Indiana House speaker might remove committee members who support marriage equality
Source: The Times of Northwest Indiana
House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, may take the extraordinary step of replacing members on the House Judiciary Committee to ensure the marriage amendment wins committee approval and gets a vote by the full House.
... The rules of the Republican-controlled Indiana House authorize the speaker to change a committee's membership at any time, though Bosma said he's never done it before to advance legislation, and he only could recall seeing it done once during his 28 years in the House.
"Our rules clearly provide for it," Bosma said. "Members serve at the pleasure of the speaker."
At least three of the nine Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are believed to be considering voting with the four committee Democrats against the marriage amendment, which would kill it.
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