Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 16
Spectrum News NY1: New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has lost her bid to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the next Congress following a caucus vote that picked Virginia Rep. Jerry Connolly instead.
Currently second in line to the ranking member, Ocasio-Cortez made a play for the position since Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the current ranking member, is seeking to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee after New York Rep. Jerry Nadler said earlier this month he would not seek another term in that spot. She called the responsibility of leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House “a profound and consequential one.”
Ocasio-Cortez has been on the Oversight Committee since joining Congress in 2019, which was chaired for several years by another New Yorker, former Rep. Carolyn Maloney, while Democrats held the majority in the chamber.
The Steering Committee recommended Connolly for the position. The current chairman of the committee is Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer.
