By any fair measure, the House Freedom Caucus has seen better days. The chamber’s GOP leadership, for example, has been working on appropriations bills to prevent government shutdowns by largely ignoring the right-wing faction’s demands.
What’s more, the Republican Main Street Partnership recently made the unusual decision to go after a sitting Republican member of Congress: The center-right contingent agreed to support a primary challenge to Rep. Bob Good, the Freedom Caucus’ controversial chairman.
Complicating matters, the House Freedom Caucus appears to be shrinking.
Last summer, members of the group agreed to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from the faction. It was the first time the Freedom Caucus had ever chosen to kick out one of its members.
But it wasn’t the last time. Politico reported last week that Rep. Randy Weber was pushed out of the conservative group because he hadn’t attended enough caucus meetings. If the Texas Republican wanted to rejoin the Freedom Caucus, he’d “effectively have to reapply.” Weber told Politico soon after, “This just isn’t the Freedom Caucus I joined 10 years ago.”
This week, the group reportedly showed another member the door. The Hill reported:








