Photo: Representative Bob Good 

A push to punish a handful of the most conservative lawmakers in the House reignited in a closed-door meeting as some Republicans lashed out over their colleagues’ disruption of the lower chamber and GOP leaders’ agenda.

In a weekly Republican meeting Wednesday, Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, specifically called out the House Freedom Caucus during the meeting’s open mic session. The Freedom Caucus is a group of ultraconservative lawmakers who have often been a roadblock to spending agreements, foreign aid packages and other urgent legislation.

House Republicans as a group need “discipline and structure,” Miller said after the meeting, calling for Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., chair of the group, and other right-wing conservatives to be punished for rebelling. The Ohio lawmaker suggested removing them from their committee assignments or cutting off access to campaign fundraising.

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