Some of the 13 House Republicans who voted for President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill are expressing confidence they will not be punished by their party for their vote.
The backlash against them was swift and immediate after they helped Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats send the president a major legislative victory with the $1.2 trillion legislation that will fund traditional infrastructure projects like roads and bridges along with improving broadband internet.
Former President Donald Trump slammed the Republican House members and senators as as 'RINOs' - Republicans in name only - who should be 'ashamed of themselves' for their vote.
And fellow GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted their office numbers to her social media accounts, resulting in a tidal wave of calls with criticism and threats against the lawmakers.
And Republican leadership was weighing stronger action against the 13, including the possiblity of removing them from their committee assignments, Punchbowl News reported. Without a committee assignment, a lawmaker is virtually powerless in the House.
The 13 Republicans have been vocal in defending their vote, pointing out how it will help their districts. And they don't seem worried about losing their committee slots.
'Our office is confident that this will never happen,' Natalie Baldassarre, communications director for New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, told DailyMail.com.
New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and Michigan Rep. Fred Upton both voted for the infrastructure bills
And Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said the complaints about his 'yes' vote were coming from a small group of conservatives in the House.
'This is a small group of members who are making loud noises, and it's falling deaf ears. I'm not concerned about it,' Bacon said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. 'I voted for what is best for our district - a district that went for Joe Biden by almost 8%. Most GOP members understand that.'
But those conservative voices have rang loud in the past for the heads of Republicans they see as betraying the former president. It was that group that started the movement that resulted in Rep. Liz Cheney being removed from House GOP leadership for voting to impeach Trump over his role in the January 6th insurrection.
But Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan told the Detroit News that the infrastructure bill was needed and would be good for the state.
He pointed
