{"id":2380701,"date":"2024-12-16T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-loses-key-vote-for-top-democrat-spot-on-oversight-committee-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:05:47","slug":"aoc-loses-key-vote-for-top-democrat-spot-on-oversight-committee-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-loses-key-vote-for-top-democrat-spot-on-oversight-committee-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC loses key vote for top Democrat spot on 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=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Faoc-loses-key-vote-for-top-democrat-spot-on-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=2380701&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>Teh article discusses Rep. alexandria Ocasio-cortez (AOC) \u200dlosing a notable vote to Rep. Gerry\u2062 Connolly, who is supported \u200cby House Minority Leader\u200d Nancy Pelosi, for a leadership position on the Oversight Committee. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-networks-hid-millions-in-the-2020-elections\/\" title=\"Left-Wing \u2018Dark Money\u2019 Networks Hid Millions in the 2020 Elections\">election marks<\/a> a pivotal \u200dmoment within the\u2063 Democratic\u2064 Party, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-rebel-bob-good-faces-own-ouster-after-bucking-trump-and-mccarthy\/\" title=\"Bob Good, a rebel from the Freedom Caucus, risks his own ouster for defying Trump and McCarthy\">ongoing power dynamics<\/a> and differing factions among its members. The\u200c outcome of this vote\u200c may have implications for AOC&#8217;s\u200c influence and the progressive agenda within the party.  <\/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\">AOC loses key vote to Pelosi-backed Gerry Connolly for top Democratic spot on Oversight Committee<\/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_1911619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&lsquo;s (D-NY) bid to become the most powerful <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrat<\/a> on the influential House Oversight Committee took a fatal blow Monday after the party&rsquo;s steering committee selected Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) over the&nbsp;progressive &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; member.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats&rsquo; steering committee selected Connolly, who had the backing of&nbsp;former House Speaker&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA), over Ocasio-Cortez during its meeting on Monday evening, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3253191\/capitols-new-crop-yassamin-ansari-lead-democrat-freshman-class-global-local-political-experience-at-her-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YASSAMIN ANSARI WILL LEAD DEMOCRATIC FRESHMAN CLASS WITH GLOBAL AND LOCAL POLITICAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connolly has served 16 years on the Oversight Committee, but his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">candidacy faced concerns due<\/a> to his recent cancer diagnosis. House Democrats have also been reckoning with the party&rsquo;s 2024 losses, sparking a movement to usher fresh voices such as Ocasio-Cortez into Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was backed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus, while the New Democrat Coalition supported Connolly.&nbsp;Pelosi, who fractured her hip over the weekend,&nbsp;was rumored to be whipping votes on behalf of Connolly, which likely led to his&nbsp;success.<\/p>\n<p>The New York congresswoman&rsquo;s loss for the committee leadership spot is a significant setback for progressives, who have been vocal about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3255894\/progressives-call-major-dnc-reforms-reel-working-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rekindling the Democrats&rsquo; relationship with working-class voters<\/a>&nbsp;since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-divides-house-democrats-with-run-for-top-oversight-spot-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"AOC divides House Democrats with run for top Oversight spot - Washington Examiner\">2024 election showed blue-collar support trending<\/a> toward President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3240242\/fresh-faces-house-ready-roll-up-sleeves-119th-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE WHO ARE READY TO &lsquo;ROLL UP&rsquo; THEIR SLEEVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The selection of Connolly also signifies that the Democratic Party is not ready to heed the wishes of younger members to reshape the caucus. <\/p>\n<p>The results of the 2024 election highlighted a stark generational divide between the older establishment of the party and the newer generation of lawmakers such as Ocasio-Cortez, who are well-versed in social media and unafraid to go toe to toe with their colleagues both across the aisle and within the Democratic Party.<\/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_1911619\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1911619\"}});<\/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>AOC&#8217;s bid for Oversight Committee leadership fails to Connolly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2380702,"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\/11\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-AOC-yyi8112.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8334,3685,46155],"class_list":["post-2380701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aoc","tag-democrats","tag-oversight-committee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-AOC-yyi8112.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380701","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=2380701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380705,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380701\/revisions\/2380705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}