Key members of the House Freedom Caucus went rogue with parliamentary procedure on the House floor while GOP leaders were far away and focused on other matters on Election Day, raising questions about whether the group or its chair will face any repercussions.

And with House GOP leadership elections and rules considerations also occurring this week, how leaders handle the matter will be closely watched by the party’s conservative hard-liners.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the new Freedom Caucus chair, and Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), its former chair, broke normal House protocol with their surprise move to try to kill the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate provisions that reduce benefits for some government retirees.

The bill has broad bipartisan support with 330 co-sponsors. But it was at the center of division in the House GOP in September when enough Republicans joined with Democrats to sign on to a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill.

Some GOP critics not only disagreed with the underlying legislation, seeing it as too expensive, but also saw the tactic of going around leadership and using a discharge petition to force a vote as a major breach of party loyalty. Successful discharge........

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