{"id":2379092,"date":"2024-12-11T18:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-eyes-intelligence-committee-comeback-with-leap-to-the-senate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:27:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:27:17","slug":"schiff-eyes-intelligence-committee-comeback-with-leap-to-the-senate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-eyes-intelligence-committee-comeback-with-leap-to-the-senate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff eyes Intelligence Committee comeback with leap to the Senate &#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\">26<\/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%2Fschiff-eyes-intelligence-committee-comeback-with-leap-to-the-senate-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=2379092&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 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\">Schiff eyes Intelligence Committee comeback with leap to the Senate<\/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_1909789\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA) hopes to put his dramatic ouster from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-intelligence-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Intelligence Committee<\/a> behind him, eyeing a seat on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>&rsquo;s panel now that he&rsquo;s hopped chambers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a brief interview, Schiff told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he would like to join the historically bipartisan committee in January when he begins his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3254824\/democrats-adam-schiff-andy-kim-sworn-in-as-senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">first full term<\/a> in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3240974\/meet-new-congress-house-senate-freshmen-119th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: THE HOUSE AND SENATE FRESHMEN ELECTED TO SERVE NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schiff was the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee for eight years, four of which were spent as its chairman. Still, ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/487474\/integrity-matters-mccarthy-rejects-schiff-and-swalwell-from-intel-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">removed him<\/a> in 2023, calling his tenure a threat to &ldquo;national security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would love to,&rdquo; Schiff said of joining the Senate panel.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his removal, Republicans complained that Schiff spread unfounded claims that President-elect Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. Democrats said McCarthy was simply exacting &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/482759\/swalwell-accuses-mccarthy-of-political-abuse-for-removal-from-intel-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revenge<\/a>&rdquo; for their decision to strip two Republicans of their committee assignments in the last Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Schiff, McCarthy barred Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) from the committee over his alleged ties to a Chinese spy.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff, who was sworn into the Senate on Monday, acknowledged he is unlikely to get a seat on the Senate Intelligence Committee right away. Barring any shake-ups, there will only be a single vacancy due to Sen. Bob Casey&rsquo;s (D-PA) election loss, a spot that will go to Republicans, given their control of the chamber next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I realize, as a new member, I may have to wait a while,&rdquo; Schiff said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he&rsquo;s already begun to cobble together his old committee portfolio. He is taking over the assignments of Sen. Laphonza Butler, including a spot on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, a caretaker for the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, resigned from the Senate over the weekend so Schiff could build seniority over his other freshman colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope to continue my long interest in Judiciary and Intel and Foreign Affairs and other issues,&rdquo; Schiff said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris holds a ceremonial swearing-in for Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), joined by his wife, Eve M. Schiff, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schiff&rsquo;s Judiciary seat gives him a bully pulpit next year as Trump returns to the White House. As the lead prosecutor in Trump&rsquo;s first impeachment trial in 2020, Schiff won the election to the Senate, promising to be a &ldquo;check&rdquo; on his second term.<\/p>\n<p>He was also named to the Senate Banking, Homeland Security, and Rules Committees on Tuesday evening in a resolution approved on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>Next year provides another chance for senators to change assignments. Leadership, in conjunction with the so-called Committee on Committees, is in the process of hammering out who will serve where in the new Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But, there is little appetite for drastic change on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking Democrat, does not support expanding its roster beyond the 17 who sit on the panel today. At one point, it had 15 members.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it should be further expanded,&rdquo; Warner said.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff declined to say whether he had spoken with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about a seat on the committee. 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