A formal House reprimand didn't contain the fallout from Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) interrupting President Trump’s speech to Congress, showing how petty fights and demands for retribution have become an increasingly prominent part of business on the House floor.

The House Freedom Caucus is asking Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold a vote next week on removing Green from his committees. And Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) could force a vote on another measure to remove Democrats from committees if they were part of the group that sang “We Shall Overcome” and got in a yelling match with Republicans on the House floor during Green’s censure.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in response called the Republicans “malignant clowns” and called Ogles a “complete and total fraud,” warning: “Don't make me expose you to folks who don't know you.”

Johnson said ahead of the Green vote that the censure, which did not result in punishment beyond acting as a formal slap on the wrist, was appropriate, even if some members wanted to go further. But asked about the Freedom Caucus push to strip Green of his committee assignments, Johnson did not rule it out.

“I talked to Freedom Caucus members and other Republicans that are deeply concerned about this. They say we have got to restore control one way or the other,” Johnson said on Fox News on Friday. “And there need to be real consequences. And it’s something we’ll be looking at early next week.”

Formal censures, reprimands, and removal from committee posts have become an increasingly common occurrence in the House recent years, as partisan tensions........

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