Pelosi announces Democratic members for panel to oversee pandemic response
4 years, 8 months ago

Pelosi announces Democratic members for panel to oversee pandemic response

CNN  

Washington CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday the Democratic members who will serve on a newly established oversight panel with broad authority to oversee the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, who Pelosi had previously indicated would serve as the chair of the committee, the following Democratic lawmakers will also serve on the panel: Reps. Maxine Waters of California, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Nydia Velázquez of New York, Bill Foster of Illinois, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Andy Kim of New Jersey. A spokesman for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy criticized the panel on Wednesday and the line up of Democratic members named by the speaker to serve on it. Bednar said, “Instead of looking for innovative ways to help the American people, Speaker Pelosi has chosen to pursue ‘impeachment 2.0’ with a partisan and unnecessary oversight committee.

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Democrats reject AOC bid for oversight position, choose 74-year-old with cancer instead
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Democrats reject AOC bid for oversight position, choose 74-year-old with cancer instead

Salon  

Democrats, voting Tuesday on who should serve as their top member on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, overwhelmingly backed Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., a 74-year-old with cancer, dealing a blow to the party's progressive wing and hopes that a younger generation would take over such leadership positions. By a margin of 131 to 84, House Democrats voted for Connolly …

Nancy Pelosi is reportedly trying to block AOC from landing a top House oversight position
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Nancy Pelosi is reportedly trying to block AOC from landing a top House oversight position

Salon  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is facing a powerful source of opposition in her bid to lead Democrats on the House's Oversight Committee: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, with whom she has had a complicated relationship and who is now urging colleagues to back Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., for the top spot instead. While Pelosi, like Connolly, is a senior member …

AOC launches bid for 'profound and consequential' role as top Dem on House Oversight panel
1 month ago

AOC launches bid for 'profound and consequential' role as top Dem on House Oversight panel

Raw Story  

Hoping to help lead a congressional panel that could be in a position to hold President-elect Donald Trump accountable to the American public in the coming years, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday notified her colleagues that she is officially seeking the top Democratic seat on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The responsibility of leading Democrats on the …

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez announces bid for top Oversight job as Democrats push for generational change
1 month ago

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez announces bid for top Oversight job as Democrats push for generational change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced a bid Friday to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, the latest example of generational shakeup that is beginning to ripple across the Democratic Party in the wake of their election losses this year. The New York lawmaker, who at 35 would by far be the youngest to serve in the …

AOC mulls run to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee
1 month ago

AOC mulls run to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee

Salon  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told reporters on Tuesday that she is considering a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, a panel with broad powers of investigation over the federal government. The current ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., 61, is fighting to wrest the top Democratic post in the House Judiciary Committee from Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., …

House GOP preparing to oust Democrat from committee
1 year, 11 months ago

House GOP preparing to oust Democrat from committee

The Independent  

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Biden White House feeling 'unbridled glee' at seeing MAGA diehards getting key committee spots: report
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden White House feeling 'unbridled glee' at seeing MAGA diehards getting key committee spots: report

Raw Story  

Multiple far-right Republicans -- including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, and Lauren Boebert -- have landed coveted spots on the House Oversight Committee. However, Politico reports that members of President Joe Biden's White House appear to be far from intimidated and are actually feeling "unbridled glee" at these appointments. Another Biden administration official told Politico that the MAGA House …

Democrats promote Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel
3 years, 4 months ago

Democrats promote Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, placing her in a leadership spot on the panel as some Republicans are threatening to oust her from the GOP conference for participating. “We will not be deterred by threats or attempted obstruction and we will not rest …

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing
3 years, 5 months ago

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month with police officers who responded to the attack and custodial staff who cleaned up afterward, chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson said. Thompson, D-Miss., said Friday the committee hopes to “set the tone” of the investigation by hearing …

Pelosi names GOP’s Cheney to panel investigating Jan. 6 riot
3 years, 6 months ago

Pelosi names GOP’s Cheney to panel investigating Jan. 6 riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to work alongside seven Democrats on the high-profile investigation. Standing with other members of the committee after a meeting together in Pelosi’s …

Democrats Prepare To Investigate Capitol Riot After GOP Blocked Bipartisan Commission
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats Prepare To Investigate Capitol Riot After GOP Blocked Bipartisan Commission

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a call Tuesday with her fellow House Democrats in their first meeting since the Senate vote. She said Democrats can give the Senate another chance to vote on an independent commission, create a select committee in the House, allow existing House committees to continue investigating the attack, or assign a specific committee, …

Pelosi’s nine impeachment managers hope to ‘finish the job’
3 years, 11 months ago

Pelosi’s nine impeachment managers hope to ‘finish the job’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “This is a case where the jurors were also victims, and so whether it was those who voted in the House last night or those in the Senate who will have to weigh in …

Trump impeachment trial: Who are the House managers?
4 years, 11 months ago

Trump impeachment trial: Who are the House managers?

Al Jazeera  

Key chairmen and rising Democratic stars to lead House prosecution of case against Trump in the Senate. Washington, DC – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday named seven Democratic members of the House of Representatives as managers of the chamber’s case in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. The group will be led by Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who …

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