{"id":2375892,"date":"2024-12-04T01:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-jockey-for-power-on-house-oversight-committee-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:56:40","slug":"democrats-jockey-for-power-on-house-oversight-committee-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-jockey-for-power-on-house-oversight-committee-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats jockey for power on House Oversight Committee &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-jockey-for-power-on-house-oversight-committee-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-allies-hitch-stolen-election-claims-onto-save-act-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump and allies hitch stolen election claims onto SAVE Act - Washington Examiner\">ongoing political maneuvering<\/a> among House Democrats has\u2063 intensified\u2064 as rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced his candidacy to succeed Rep. Jamie \u2063Raskin \u200c(D-MD) as the top Democrat on the \u2064House \u2064Oversight \u2064Committee. Connolly,\u200b who has served on the committee for 16\u200b years and currently\u2064 holds the position of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">ranking member<\/a><\/a>, \u200cemphasized his commitment to oversight \u200bwork, asserting that \u2064it has been\u200c his \u201ctop priority.\u201d He\u200b noted his record\u2064 of passing legislation through the committee and expressed a desire for the Oversight\u200c Democrats \u2063to actively defend American democracy and\u200c engage with concerns facing their \u200cconstituents.<\/p>\n<p>This declaration comes on the \u2062heels of Rep. \u2063Raskin&#8217;s own challenge to take the ranking member position\u2062 on the House Judiciary Committee, further stirring the pot in a \u2064competitive atmosphere for leadership \u2064roles within the Democratic caucus. Connolly\u2019s focus \u200bis on addressing &#8220;kitchen table&#8221; issues that matter to voters,notably as he reflects on his close reelection victory,having won \u200cby a\u200d margin of\u2063 just 981 votes. Other potential candidates are also expected to enter the race for\u200c the\u2062 Oversight Committee\u200b leadership\u2063 position, making for a dynamic \u2064contest\u200d among \u200bHouse Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Democrats jockey for power on Oversight Committee in possible race to succeed Raskin<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1902104\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The race to replace Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamie-raskin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jamie Raskin<\/a> (D-MD) as the top Democrat on the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oversight Committee\">Oversight Committee<\/a> is heating up after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced he would seek the position Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a &ldquo;Dear Colleague&rdquo; letter obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Connolly said the Oversight Committee has been his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-sheehy-wants-to-strap-rocket-boosters-to-trumps-america-first-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Tim Sheehy wants to \u2018strap rocket boosters\u2019 to Trump\u2019s \u2018America First\u2019 agenda - Washington Examiner\">top priority&#038;rdquo<\/a>; over his 16 years serving on the body. As the vice ranking member, he highlighted that he has passed the most standalone Oversight bills through the committee and House over the past four sessions of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3247294\/jamie-raskin-launches-challenge-nadler-house-judiciary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JAMIE RASKIN LAUNCHES CHALLENGE FOR TOP DEMOCRATIC SPOT ON HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE\"><strong>JAMIE RASKIN LAUNCHES CHALLENGE FOR TOP DEMOCRATIC SPOT ON HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oversight Democrats must be an aggressive team focusing on defending American democracy from President Trump and articulating a Democratic agenda that resonates with our constituents,&rdquo; Connolly said in the letter. &ldquo;As a former frontliner who survived my toughest reelection effort by just 981 votes, I know that our work in Congress must be seen as responsive to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/let-me-finish-condi-rice-rebuffs-sunny-hostin-for-harping-on-jan-6-while-americans-are-suffering\/\" title=\"\u2018Let Me Finish\u2019: Condi Rice Rebuffs Sunny Hostin For Harping On Jan. 6 While Americans Are Suffering\">kitchen table issues<\/a> our voters are facing back home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Connolly announced his intent to run for ranking member of the powerful committee after Raskin<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3247294\/jamie-raskin-launches-challenge-nadler-house-judiciary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> launched a challenge<\/a> on Monday to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) as the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Democrat may not be the only one entering the race. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> confirmed that Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has been &ldquo;hearing from colleagues about it, and he&rsquo;s considering options.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who would likely receive a significant boost from the many progressives who sit on the committee, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Tuesday evening that she was &ldquo;looking at&rdquo; mounting a run.<\/p>\n<p>She said her colleagues have been reaching out to her about a possible run for the ranking member position. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be making a decision shortly,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rachel_schilke\/status\/1864102310764265792?s=46&amp;t=Gepuixs8AegS3Gcy3aXO2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told reporters\">told reporters<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/03\/congress\/a-leadership-test-for-aoc-00192321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speculated challengers\">speculated challengers<\/a> include Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).<\/p>\n<p>Raskin&rsquo;s challenge to Nadler is one of several intraparty fights occurring across various committees as Democrats look for fresh blood, with a looming GOP trifecta taking over next Congress. Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) announced last week she would run to be the ranking member on the Agriculture Committee, pitting her against incumbent ranking member Rep. David Scott (D-GA).<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) launched a bid to replace Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep. Ra&uacute;l Grijalva (D-AZ), but Grijalva elected to bow out. Huffman will have a clear path to be the highest Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee unless Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) decides to hop into the race. Stansbury&rsquo;s office told <em>Politico<\/em> she was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/03\/congress\/stansbury-weighs-natural-resources-bid-democrats-grijalva-huffman-00192377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">taking a serious look<\/a>&rdquo; at the position.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3247093\/stabenow-senate-leadership-election-klobuchar-booker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS ELEVATE KLOBUCHAR TO NO. 3 LEADERSHIP SPOT, SUCCEEDING STABENOW<br \/><\/strong><\/a><br \/>Meanwhile, Senate Democrats elevated Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amy-klobuchar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amy Klobuchar<\/a>&nbsp;(D-MN) to the No. 3 Democratic spot in the Senate in a closed-door meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday. Klobuchar will replace Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debbie-stabenow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debbie Stabenow<\/a>&nbsp;(D-MI) as the chairwoman of the Steering and Policy Committee. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who also expressed interest in the post, agreed to take the No. 4 position in Senate leadership as the chairman of the Strategic Communications Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1902104\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1902104\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats compete for Oversight Committee leadership as Connolly announces candidacy to succeed Raskin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2375893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jamie-Raskin-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46053,3685,34573,34294,32076],"class_list":["post-2375892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congressional-politics","tag-democrats","tag-house-oversight-committee","tag-power-struggle","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jamie-Raskin-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375897,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375892\/revisions\/2375897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}