Amash was kicked off the House Budget Committee this week. Amash: Boehner must make amends

Republican Rep. Justin Amash, who was booted from a top House committee this week, on Friday called on House Speaker John Boehner to make amends, and wouldn’t say whether he would support Boehner’s reelection as speaker.

“We’re going to see how the next few weeks go, whether he’s willing to make amends,” Amash (R-Mich.) said on CNN’s “Starting Point,” when asked whether he would back another term for Boehner as speaker.


“Right now I’m not very happy with the speaker, so let’s see what happens over the next several weeks, let’s put it that way,” he said.

Amash, who attributed his removal from the House Budget Committee to how he stacked up on a “scorecard” of votes, said there is much “unrest” within the party.

“I think there’s a lot of unease in the conference, there’s a lot of unrest at all levels, but I would again push back on the idea that it’s tea party versus moderate versus mainstream,” he said, adding that he and other members who were removed from committees have been willing to work in a bipartisan fashion on issues like spending cuts.

He called on Boehner to release the “scorecard.”

“Let the American people see what he based the decision on, and I think that’s critical,” Amash said.

The Michigan congressman said that he is “not out of touch with mainstream America,” because he is committed to reducing the debt, and is open to doing so in a bipartisan way. When asked who was out of touch with mainstream America — he or the GOP leadership — Amash responded, “they are.”