Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck kicked off committees by GOP leadership

Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck kicked off committees by GOP leadership:
"LANSING — He's arguably the most vocal conservative in the Michigan Senate, often rubbing colleagues the wrong way for loudly and frequently criticizing their decisions.
He's also running for governor and taking his right-wing ideas to districts — both Republican and Democrat — across the state.
And now, Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, is even further isolated in the 38-member Senate.
Late Tuesday, he was informed that the chamber's GOP leadership had removed him from the four committees on which he serves.
"This is swamp politics, and this is exactly what people are ticked off about," Colbeck said.
He said that Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, was upset that he attended a recent Right to Life fund-raiser in Holland, which is part of Meekhof's district, and didn't notify him that he was going to be in the district..."