Congress Catch-All

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Ocasio-Cortez Loses Vote to Be the Top Democrat on the Oversight Panel

The New York progressive’s defeat was a counterpoint to generational change in the Democratic ranks, as House members chose younger members for top posts on other committees.
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Ocasio-Cortez Loses Vote to Be the Top Democrat on Oversight Panel​

The New York progressive’s defeat was a counterpoint to generational change in the Democratic ranks, as House members chose younger members to lead other committees.

"... Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, lost to Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia, 74, an eight-term Democrat.

... But on other panels, younger lawmakers on Tuesday beat out veteran leaders, a departure from the norm for Democrats, who for decades have largely abided by an unwritten rule that seniority trumps everything when it comes to meting out power.

Representative Angie Craig, Democrat of Minnesota, was elected by her colleagues to be the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee. Ms. Craig, 52, will replace Representative David Scott of Georgia, 79.

And Representative Jared Huffman of California, 60, on Tuesday won the internal race for the top spot on the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. Huffman will replace Representative Raúl Grijalva, 76, a progressive who was his party’s leader on the committee for a decade.

“It’s like the fountain of youth — we found it!” Mr. Huffman joked of Congress, the only place where 60 might be considered young. “I want to run the committee in my own way.”

The top spot on the oversight panel was open because Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, 62, the former ranking Democrat there, challenged Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, 77, for the top post on the Judiciary Committee, forcing his onetime mentor to withdraw from the race once it became clear he did not have enough support. Mr. Raskin was expected to be formally named as that committee’s ranking member later on Tuesday...."
 
Paine said:
So glad than an octogenarian who just had hip surgery is taking it upon herself to orchestrate the sidelining of the most prominent voice of young Democrats in the entire country. Not only that, she’s doing it in favor of a septuagenarian who just had esophageal cancer. Awesome.
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Gotta make sure our leadership continues to exceed the average life expectancy for their gender.

I expect Mitch McConnell to be the Republican candidate for President in 2028. He'll probably run against Bernie Sanders.
 
nycfan said:
www.nytimes.com

Ocasio-Cortez Loses Vote to Be the Top Democrat on the Oversight Panel

The New York progressive’s defeat was a counterpoint to generational change in the Democratic ranks, as House members chose younger members for top posts on other committees.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Ocasio-Cortez Loses Vote to Be the Top Democrat on Oversight Panel​

The New York progressive’s defeat was a counterpoint to generational change in the Democratic ranks, as House members chose younger members to lead other committees.

"... Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, lost to Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia, 74, an eight-term Democrat.

... But on other panels, younger lawmakers on Tuesday beat out veteran leaders, a departure from the norm for Democrats, who for decades have largely abided by an unwritten rule that seniority trumps everything when it comes to meting out power.

Representative Angie Craig, Democrat of Minnesota, was elected by her colleagues to be the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee. Ms. Craig, 52, will replace Representative David Scott of Georgia, 79.

And Representative Jared Huffman of California, 60, on Tuesday won the internal race for the top spot on the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. Huffman will replace Representative Raúl Grijalva, 76, a progressive who was his party’s leader on the committee for a decade.

“It’s like the fountain of youth — we found it!” Mr. Huffman joked of Congress, the only place where 60 might be considered young. “I want to run the committee in my own way.”

The top spot on the oversight panel was open because Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, 62, the former ranking Democrat there, challenged Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, 77, for the top post on the Judiciary Committee, forcing his onetime mentor to withdraw from the race once it became clear he did not have enough support. Mr. Raskin was expected to be formally named as that committee’s ranking member later on Tuesday...."
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I like seeing Raskin as ranking member on Judiciary.

I like Gerry Connolly , and he will be good as ranking member on Oversight, but I wish AOC had the position because she would have pulled a lot of committee GOPer's pants down and given them a good spanking
 


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Johnson and the GOP set up this fiscal cliff in case the Democrats won. Now his DOGE Bros don’t get why they can’t just shut down the government instead of doing a CR, I guess.
 
Why is Musk urging the GOP to shut down the government? How is that good politically for Trump?

 
Paine said:
So glad than an octogenarian who just had hip surgery is taking it upon herself to orchestrate the sidelining of the most prominent voice of young Democrats in the entire country. Not only that, she’s doing it in favor of a septuagenarian who just had esophageal cancer. Awesome.
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Yeah far be it from me to second guess Pelosi, but this feels like a moment she should have looked the other way.
 
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