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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday formally rejected two Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (Calif.) — from serving on the Intelligence Committee, escalating the two-year, tit-for-tat battle between the parties over who is qualified for certain positions on Capitol Hill.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) had written to McCarthy on Saturday asking that both Schiff and Swalwell be seated on the Intel panel, where membership assignments come solely at the discretion of the Speaker.

But McCarthy said Schiff and Swalwell’s previous actions make them unfit to serve on a panel with jurisdiction over and access to sensitive issues of national security.

“In order to maintain a standard worthy of this committee’s responsibilities, I am hereby rejecting the appointments of Representative Adam Schiff and Representative Eric Swalwell to serve on the Intelligence Committee,” he wrote in a letter to Jeffries on Tuesday.

The move was no surprise.

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:36 pm "Integrity matters more"

Remember that when the House goes back to the Democrats and they will kick Republicans off of the committees!

Jeff Jackson, a freshman Democrat from North Carolina, has been documenting his first weeks in Congress on Instagram with posts on everything including how new representatives choose their office space and explainers about financial disclosures. He said hiring people with experience on the Hill and in his district was a priority.

“Having people come in who are well-versed in how to do this gives me a lot of comfort,” Jackson said in an interview. “I’ve only been here a few weeks, but what I’ve learned is that there is a tidal wave of work hitting our office every day and it takes a whole team to stay afloat. If you’re just one man on a surfboard, you’re going to get crushed.”

On Friday, Marge Greene says Ilhan Omar “is being removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee.” Marge might want to give Kevin a call.

Question: Who has more power? Joe Biden or George Santos?
McCarthy: Joe Biden unfortunately

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:14 pm Gossip heard ‘round the water cooler: Santos, dear Elise, and Lee Zeldin are caught up in the McGonagle (sp) situation and are in deep doodoo.

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:14 pm Gossip heard ‘round the water cooler: Santos, dear Elise, and Lee Zeldin are caught up in the McGonagle (sp) situation and are in deep doodoo.

humblescribe wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:18 pm

Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:14 pm Gossip heard ‘round the water cooler: Santos, dear Elise, and Lee Zeldin are caught up in the McGonagle (sp) situation and are in deep doodoo.

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Shipboard slang for the day's supply of water (olden days) or the water cooler (modern days) is scuttlebutt.

Let's hope that these characters start feeling some heat. . . .of a thousand suns.

JIM JORDAN: I WANT BIDEN DOC INVESTIGATION STUFF

DOJ: no

JIM: I WANT PENCE AND TRUMP INVESTIGATION STUFF

DOJ: no

JIM: WELL THEN WHAT IS MY COMMITTEE GONNA INVESTIGATE?

DOJ: don’t care

Rep. Jamie Raskin gets a standing ovation in Dem Caucus after saying he will push back on Republican efforts to make him take off the cap he's been wearing as he undergoes chemotherapy.

"And I will make them take off their toupees," Raskin said to Dem cheers