House intelligence Republicans boycott public subcommittee hearing

[G_j]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/politics/house-intelligence-republicans-boycott/index.html

(CNN) - House Intelligence Committee Republicans boycotted a public hearing on Wednesday in what they say is a protest of the committee's focus on "publicity events" rather than intelligence community oversight.

The intelligence panel's ranking Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, and the other GOP members on the committee sent a letter to House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff saying they would not take part in a public subcommittee hearing Wednesday on emerging technologies and national security, according to a copy of the letter obtained by CNN.

The Republican protest is a sign that the anger stemming from the impeachment fight has yet to subside, even after the Senate trial brought impeachment to a close last week.

It's the latest in a string of partisan fight for the Intelligence Committee, which was traditionally one of the most bipartisan in Congress. It's a long-running feud that began over the 2017 committee investigation into Russian election interference and was only exacerbated by the House's impeachment investigation, which was led by Schiff. Last year, the Republicans on the panel called on Schiff to step down after the special counsel investigation ended, and both parties have accused the other of inappropriately dragging committee staff into the impeachment fight.

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[Bev54]

1. So does that mean

they do not have a quorum to do business? or can they still go forward without the repubs?

[Me.]

2. They Serve No Useful Purpose Anyway

Meadows is leaving and Gym's sex scandal is heating up.

[kimbutgar]

3. Great ad against Nunez saying he is not doing his job and should not be re elected.

[TeamPooka]

4. Fuck those Russian traitors

[onecaliberal]

5. I don't really care, do you.

They serve no useful purpose.