Article posted: 12/4/2012 8:52 PM

GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees

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House Speaker John Boehner has taken plum committee assignments away from four conservative Republican lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes.

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House Speaker John Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four conservative Republican lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes isn't going over well with conservative advocacy groups that viewed them as role models.