Grassroots conservatives alleged that the Republican National Committee pulled out from a deal to reform RNC rules at the last minute as a potential “floor fight” – a contested vote on the floor – looms over next week’s Republican national convention. Any minority report, which requires the signatures of one-quarter of the rules committee, would automatically be debated and voted upon on the floor of the convention. Several test votes on the rules committee demonstrated that there was sufficient support for a minority report. Instead, it was simply focused on party governance and efforts to reduce the power of the national party and enhance the role of conservative activists in the future. Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, the leader of a bloc of social conservative activists, told reporters on Thursday night that he expected multiple minority reports to proposed rules of the Republican party.

Source: The Guardian July 14, 2016 22:48 UTC