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Rep. Matt Gatez (R-FL) on Wednesday filed a resolution to remove House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) from the Committee and revoke his security clearance. #BREAKING: Today I filed the “PENCIL Act,” expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that “Congressman Adam Schiff should be removed from the House Intelligence Committee and his security clearance immediately revoked.” pic.twitter.com/1FsMt6NUjr— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 11, 2019 Gatetz appeared on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to explain why he filed the resolution.“I have filed legislation today, sent to the House, that Adam Schiff needs to be removed from the Intelligence...

Facing enormous blowback, Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Thursday reversed course and said he was reinstating Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) as a subcommittee chairman. Chaffetz stripped Meadows of his subcommittee gavel last week after the congressman joined nearly three dozen other conservatives in voting against leadership on a procedural motion that nearly scuttled a major trade package.

The House Republican crackdown has reached a new level of severity. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz has stripped North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows of his subcommittee chairmanship, just days after he defied leadership on the House floor by voting against a party-line procedural motion. “Sometimes the coach needs to make a change on the field,” Chaffetz (R-Utah) told POLITICO Saturday. “He’s still a valuable contributor, and I really like Mark Meadows, he’s a good person. But I need to make a change.” Losing a subcommittee chairmanship midway through a congressional session is among the most serious punishments...

Republican State Party Chairman Chris Healy announced his endorsement of fellow State Party Chairman Saul Anuzis today in a letter to RNC Members, according to the blog on the Anuzis for Chair official blog. As the leader of one of the biggest, best run, most transparent and most technologically savvy state party organizations in America, he is a perfect fit to take on the challenge of leading the RNC. Saul’s vision of putting new social marketing techniques and communications tools to work, bypassing the media, engaging both donors and voters and mobilizing the grassroots is exactly what our party needs...

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Rick Santorum (Pa.) joined his GOP colleagues Wednesday in a unanimous vote of support for liberal Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) to become Judiciary Committee chairman. Ending two months of silence, Santorum told HUMAN EVENTS there was no opposition to Specter at Wednesday's Republican Conference meeting. A day earlier, all 10 Republican members of the Judiciary Committee voted in favor of Specter, whose bid to become the panel's chairman was in doubt a mere two months ago. The controversy stemmed from Specter's comments after winning election to a fifth term in November. When he was asked to...

Democrat chairman resigns after disappointing fall elections By The Associated Press After a series of stinging disappointments in this fall's congressional elections, the head of the Louisiana Democratic Party said Monday that he is stepping down from his leadership post. Party chairman Mike Skinner said his resignation would become effective at the next meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee early next year. Skinner, a former U.S. attorney in Louisiana, was elected chairman in March 2003, and that year the Democrats regained the Governor's Mansion with the election of Kathleen Blanco and held onto nearly every statewide elected position. But...

Democrat consultant Donna Brazile told HUMAN EVENTS she wouldn't seek her party's leadership post at the Democratic National Committee, and declined to offer an endorsement, calling the current slate of candidates inadequate. "The current list of candidates, in my judgment, are not up to the task, but we'll see what emerges in the next couple weeks," said Brazile, who was a panelist Tuesday at a liberal strategy session organized by the Center for American Progress. As for herself, Brazile said the rumors that she might seek the position are false. Brazile was former Vice President Al Gore's campaign manager in...

Specter gets key backing for Judiciary post Current chairman supports him to head panel, but Majority Leader Bill Frist says, 'We'll see.' By Jeff Miller Call Washington Bureau WASHINGTON | Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter picked up an important endorsement Tuesday in his bid to chair the Judiciary Committee, even as social conservatives vowed to step up their fight to block him. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the current chairman, said he supported Specter and predicted other committee Republicans would do the same. ''I think this matter will resolve itself,'' said Hatch, who will be forced to step down in January because...

Democrats are lining up for hot seat Thursday, September 18, 2003 One might question why anyone wants to be the chair of the Texas Democratic Party In The Time Of George Bush. But several folks apparently do. Molly Beth Malcolm announced Tuesday she'll resign Oct. 25. On that day, the State Democratic Executive Committee will choose a replacement to serve until the party's 2004 convention. Malcolm has held the office for 5 1/2 years. Given the Democrats' miserable fortunes recently, some observers would compare the chairmanship to being captain of the Titanic. With the Democrats completely out of power, it's...

<p>Sunday's election of Silicon Valley lawyer Duf Sundheim as chairman of the California Republican Party ended another skirmish in the decades-long struggle over ideology and tactics that has contributed to its poor performance in recent elections. But there's no evidence that the war is over.</p>

January 10, 2003 Lott Makes A 'Soft Landing' By Grabbing Aviation Chairmanship No major airlines are headquartered in Mississippi, while Texas is home to the world's largest carrier, American Airlines. And Jackson International Airport in Jackson, Miss., might as well have tumbleweeds blowing through it compared with raucous Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Yet, it will be former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., who will head the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, displacing the former chairwoman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Lott, fourth in GOP seniority on the Commerce panel, pulled rank on Hutchison, who is fifth in seniority. With its oversight...

Don Nickels and other senior Senators privately discussed ways to ease Lott out of his leadership job before year's end to put the controversy behind the party, Republican sources said.They said Senator Nickels and others are working on a 'soft landing' scenario to encourage Lott to step down under face saving conditions, which could include another prestigious Senate office. Senior GOP senators including veteran John Warner (R-Va.) spent several hours on the phone discussing Lott's eventual fate.There were also private discussions about whether party elders-perhaps former GOP leaders Robert Dole of Kansas and Howard Baker of Tennessee--should approach Lott soon...

This is what you people in Vermont are paying for. Probably through the nose.... 19. S.1514 : A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty with respect to certain snowboard boots. Sponsor: Sen Jeffords, James M. Committees: Senate Finance Latest Major Action: 10/9/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.