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In reply to the discussion: Let's talk about AOC. [View all]Celerity
(43,153 posts)for speaker members last go round, with AOC supporting Pelosi)
AOC was not on Energy & Commerce this past Congress.
https://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/energy-and-commerce-116th-congress
Rice lost her bid for Judiciary in 2019 as payback for openly opposing Pelosi last time around.
Pelosi gets revenge against one of the Dem rebels
Rep. Kathleen Rice loses out on a Judiciary seat after opposing Pelosis return to the speakership.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/pelosi-rice-judiciary-committee-1102772
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exacted revenge against one of her most outspoken detractors Tuesday night, blocking Rep. Kathleen Rice from landing a seat on the high-profile House Judiciary Committee.
Pelosi lobbied for other members to join the panel over Rice, leaving the third-term New York Democrat off a list of her preferred members for the committee during a tense closed-door meeting Tuesday night, according to sources. The effort came despite a full-court push from the New York delegation to secure a spot for Rice, a former prosecutor, on the panel that oversees everything from impeachment and guns to immigration.
The push by Pelosi was seen as payback by many in the room after Rice was one of the main megaphones behind a campaign to block the California Democrat from becoming speaker again. She was boxed out and the result was cooked before we walked in the room, said a source in the room who requested anonymity to speak candidly. If you went by seniority then yes [she would have got the position]. But thats not what happened. Scores being settled was first priority."
But the decision by Pelosi to block Rice from the committee and instead recommend several freshmen to fill open slots on the panel, sparked outcry from members of the New York delegation, who felt that Rice deserved the position as the more senior lawmaker.
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