Nevada Republican Party leaders have passed a resolution designed to end dissension within the ranks of the Assembly GOP caucus.
The resolution, approved Saturday by the party's state executive board, calls on Assembly Republicans to unite behind the caucus leadership or face recall elections.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports party leaders expressed concern that moderate caucus members could join with Assembly Democrats to force a new leadership team.
The GOP caucus has been in turmoil since Republicans captured control of the lower house in November for the first time since 1985.
Assembly Speaker-designate Ira Hansen was forced to step down amid widespread criticism over his past remarks about blacks, gays and women.
New speaker-designate John Hambrick this week stripped Assemblywoman Michele Fiore of her Taxation Committee chairmanship, but then reinstated her the next day.
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