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Herrera Beutler will vote to keep Cheney in House leadership

Rep. Liz Cheney, who also voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, is expected to be ousted from her position this week.
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FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., speaks during a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, Capitol insurrection, says she will vote to retain Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set a Wednesday, May 12, 2021 vote for removing Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP, File)

SEATTLE — Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, says she will vote to retain Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership. 

Cheney, who also voted to impeach the former president, is expected to be ousted from her position this week.

A spokesman for Beutler told The Seattle Times in an email she would vote to keep Cheney in leadership. 

Beutler represents the 3rd Congressional District in southwest Washington. 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set a Wednesday vote for removing Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post.

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