[Melian]

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) abruptly stepped aside on Thursday to allow his House Freedom Caucus ally, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), to run uncontested for the ranking member role on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — a position that he won.

Jordan, who won the race with no other competitors to challenge him, is expected to be a fierce defender of President Trump when Democrats take control of the panel next Congress. They are expected to become involved in a series of investigations into the Trump administration.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and two GOP lawmakers on the steering committee confirmed that Jordan won.

“The steering committee unanimously selected Jim Jordan to be our next ranking member. And I think he’s going to do a great job and thought that it was a good move by the committee,” Scalise told The Hill. “You never know what good things will happen along the way in these interviews.”

The move is a stunning turn of events amid buzz that Meadows was vying uncontested for the role in the lead up to the steering committee vote.
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Very good news. My wish for justice may come true. Thank you!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

This looks like a strategic substitution in preparation for a near-time kinetic advance.

We cannot spare this man. He fights.

[bagster]

to allow his House Freedom Caucus ally, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), to run uncontested for the ranking member role on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

This is great. Jordan is one of my faves. He'll give the derps what hell he can as the minority leader on that committee.

#FreedomCaucus

Bagster

[ichabod1]

Is this like a deal where this is what Jordan gets since Meadows is going to be minority leader?