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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has been removed from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs following a House vote on Thursday.
Republican Rep. Dave Joyce of Ohio was the one lawmaker who voted present on what was otherwise a party-line vote.
The passage of the measure came after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy won over a handful of Republicans who had voiced objections to the effort, including Republican Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Victoria Spartz of Indiana.
« For me, it’s a matter of principle and a matter of conscience, » Mace told Insider on Tuesday, saying there was nothing that could change her mind.
« Due process comes not just after something happens, » Mace added. « It’s actually — you should have due process, like an investigation, beforehand. »
But by Thursday, following a meeting with McCarthy where she said she received a commitment to reforming the process for removing a member from committees in the future, she told reporters that she would vote for the resolution.
