Kansas House Speaker Punishes GOP Colleagues for Not Supporting Special Session

Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session

Kansas House speaker uses unilateral power to strip fellow Republicans of committee assignments for blocking a special session on U.S. House redistricting.

House speaker reassigns committee leadership after special session drive falls short

(Developing and will be updated as warranted) House Speaker Dan Hawkins dealt out new committee assignments Friday in the aftermath of a failed attempt to secure enough signatures on a petition to call a special session to draw new election boundaries for members of Congress. Hawkins removed three committee chairs and four vice chairs, notably including the second-highest ranking Republican in the House. A copy of the new committee assignments s…

Plans for special session to redistrict Kansas fade for now

The idea of a new congressional map that would split Johnson County’s representation into two or more districts faded this week, but not completely. And while statehouse Republicans vow to keep pushing for redrawn boundaries when the next legislative session starts, Democrats are promising to fight such an effort. Statehouse Republican leadership acknowledged Tuesday that they would not be able to get enough votes to call the special session on …