Massie was the sole Republican who voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson's re-election in early January. The House Republican Conference in a closed door meeting voted on a new committee roster that didn't include Massie, according to Axios.
Massie, the lone Republican to vote against Johnson’s speakership bid Jan. 3, revealed in December that he had offered to step down from the panel.
Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie was removed from the House Rules Committee after he opposed the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has been removed from the House Rules Committee after being the lone vote against Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) reelection. Why it matters: Massie's departure from the influential panel could make it easier for Johnson to get legislation to the House floor.
Thomas Massie has always been an outsider, but his contrarian approach to House leadership leaves him on an island alone, which hurts his constituents
Mike Johnson promised drastic spending cuts in his House address last Friday. But, as Thomas Massie pointed out, Johnson's first term as Speaker demonstrates
House Speaker Mike Johnson got a taste of what life in the 119th Congress will be like as he wrestles with a historically narrow majority.
The biggest problem some Republicans have with House Speaker Mike Johnson is that he works with Democrats. They'll have to get over that.
Thomas Massie, R-Ky., no longer sits on the powerful ... a member of the House Freedom Caucus, has succeeded Massie on the Rules Committee. Additionally, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the former ...