GOP Congressman to ask leader to boot Cheney and Kinzinger from conference

Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona plans to send a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday asking him to remove Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from the GOP Conference because they accepted Speaker Nancy Pelosi's appointments to the January 6 select committee. 

Removal from the conference requires a two thirds vote of all its members. Typically, only the party leader can bring such a motion to a vote. Biggs, the chair of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, previously called for Kinzinger's and Cheney's expulsion in July, but the effort gained little momentum.  The select committee is investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, when supporters of then-President Trump broke into the building in an attempt to stop the election from being certified.