Rep. Mark Meadows will preside over a more cooperative wing of conservative rebels

Published January 3, 2017 5:01am ET



With a Republican about to be sworn in as president, the House Freedom Caucus intends to spend less time battling its own leadership under new Chairman Mark Meadows.

Meadows, who represents North Carolina’s 11th District, is perhaps best known for his nearly unprecedented threat to use a floor procedure to oust House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who retired soon after.

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