BOISE, Idaho (AP) — House Speaker Lawerence Denney says it "might be the best" for a lawmaker embroiled in a $700,000 tax dispute to be stripped of his assignment on a key legislative tax committee. A seven-member House ethics panel voted Wednesday to recommend Rep. Phil Hart's removal from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee. Denney told The Associated Press Thursday he won't make a final decision until December. He first wants to sit down with Hart and discuss the matter. Still, Denney, a Republican from Midvale, said removing Hart from House Revenue and Taxation Committee "might be the best thing." Before making their removal recommendation, a majority on the ethics committee concluded Hart's votes didn't violate conflict of interest rules, and dismissed a charge of abuse of legislative privilege; however, they said his continued service on the tax committee while he presses his personal tax fight did constitute a conflict of interest.