Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan Republican, speaks on the state's Mackinac Island on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. House Speaker John A. Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four GOP lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes isn't going over well with conservative advocacy groups. Mr. Amash will lose his seat on the House Budget Committee, chaired by Rep. Paul Ryan, next year. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
House Speaker John A. Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, administers the House oath to Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan Republican, during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
