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The Establishment Strikes Back - (no Committee seat for AOC)
Prospect Org ^ | December 18, 2020 | ALEXANDER SAMMON

Posted on 12/18/2020 4:06:46 PM PST by bobsunshine

Committee assignments are one of the least eye-catching parts of politics, but they’re also one of the most important ways in which actual political power is wielded. Certain committees in the House, like Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Appropriations, have outsized influence and money power....

But in a surprise, last-second Steering Committee meeting on exclusive committee assignments Thursday, which was scheduled at 10 p.m. the night before, centrist Democrats put on a show of support for Rice and against AOC, in what looks to have been a process-defying attempt to keep AOC out of the seat....

After Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) called for a vote on the two candidates came an unusual outcome: Rice crushed AOC 46-13.

(Excerpt) Read more at prospect.org ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aoc; pelosi
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Looks like AOC is not going to get a seat on any of the powerful committees.
1 posted on 12/18/2020 4:06:46 PM PST by bobsunshine
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To: bobsunshine

They ought to find a way to expel her from the house.


2 posted on 12/18/2020 4:08:48 PM PST by Fai Mao (There is no justice until PIAPPS is hanging from a gallows.)
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To: bobsunshine

AOC shouldn’t worry, in the next congressional session, they will create the Former Bartenders Who Couldn’t Pour a Drink Committee. AOC will be a shoe in for that.


3 posted on 12/18/2020 4:10:38 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (See Profile: I'm giving up.)
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To: bobsunshine

the takeaway I got from reading the article is that I saw Koch backing Dem races


4 posted on 12/18/2020 4:12:02 PM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: bobsunshine

it was a secret ballot: congress critters only support people that they hate or are afraid of if the person is going to find out about it.


5 posted on 12/18/2020 4:13:23 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: bobsunshine

Reckon the dims are trying to keep the “grown ups” in charge....if there’s such a thing in their party.


6 posted on 12/18/2020 4:16:44 PM PST by ealgeone
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“Looks like AOC is not going to get a seat on any of the powerful committees.”

The deep state used her and her three comrades to bring in the leftist votes. Just like they use minorities in every election and in return the voters get crap.

And they are way too stupid to understand that simple fact.


7 posted on 12/18/2020 4:17:18 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (I despise the media. Just sayin...)
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To: ConservativeInPA

AOC is still adjusting to her new gig; servicing her customers in the men’s room for better tips isn’t really an option amy more.


8 posted on 12/18/2020 4:17:28 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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The seats come with money....she loses some bucks because of her big mouth.


9 posted on 12/18/2020 4:17:31 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: bobsunshine

Pelosi silently gloats. “Fixed your wagon, didn’t I, my little Troublemaker?”


10 posted on 12/18/2020 4:18:49 PM PST by lee martell
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To: EQAndyBuzz

moderate dems think that her extremist agenda got a lot of them exterminated in November.


11 posted on 12/18/2020 4:18:53 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: bobsunshine

Does she have to give the $2k dress back?


12 posted on 12/18/2020 4:22:55 PM PST by kjam22 ( )
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There's only one way to get revenge, Alex. Get your crew together and refuse to vote for Pelosi to be Speaker. That will show them!
13 posted on 12/18/2020 4:22:57 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: bobsunshine

She refuses to pay her annual dues to the party, to the tune of like $200,000. I don’t blame her. But this may be part of the reason.


14 posted on 12/18/2020 4:22:58 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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If she keeps getting re-elected, she’ll figure it out and turn into a playah, too.


15 posted on 12/18/2020 4:23:53 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: bobsunshine

bookmark


16 posted on 12/18/2020 4:25:22 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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People like her are an asset when you are trying to seize power, but a liability once you obtain it.

"Hey Lexie, why don't you be a doll and go fix us some drinks?"

17 posted on 12/18/2020 4:26:21 PM PST by fhayek
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I can't believe how well it works. There is no real socialist wing in the Democratic Party, it's all Wall Street and Silicon Valley shills.

They successfully got Socialists to vote for a guy who was the biggest lobbyist for Credit Card companies with the promise that he would forgive student debt despite being one of the major figures in making it impossible to discharge student debt in bankruptcy court.

And they'll successfully flatter most of these morons for thinking that mandating every board of directors has to have a LGBT and POC member is a huge win for the working class.

18 posted on 12/18/2020 4:36:48 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: bobsunshine

Darn, there goes our best opportunity for comedy relief for the next Congress.


19 posted on 12/18/2020 4:46:16 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: bobsunshine

Seems AOC isn’t very liked by her own party. She should learn their all backstabbers only there for their own good.


20 posted on 12/18/2020 4:46:18 PM PST by boycott
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