Tennessee House moving toward ousting Rep. Jeremy Durham from leadership
December 17, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.
| Updated December 18, 2015 at 10:49 a.m.
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The Tennessean
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, state Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, speaks at a news conference at the legislative office complex in Nashville, Tenn., while Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, left, looks on. Voters in the home county of Durham, a top Republican in the state house, are receiving robocalls demanding his resignation. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
Republican members of the Tennessee House of Representatives are starting the process needed to potentially remove embattled lawmaker Rep. Jeremy Durham from his leadership position.
The move would take an action from the House Republican Caucus, because the caucus elected Durham to serve as the Majority Whip, said House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga.
"The only way for the caucus to speak out on that is for at least five members to ask for a meeting for the purpose of doing something, reconsidering a past action," McCormick said Thursday morning.