The GOP’s Clown Caucus Is Getting What It Wanted: Plum Committee Seats

After winning a historically long bid for the gavel by acquiescing to demands of 21 holdouts, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is now reaping what he sowed, with right-wing hard-liners snatching up coveted assignments on committees that are likely to play dominant roles in the GOP’s investigative crusades against Joe Biden. Representatives Lauren Boebert, Scott Perry, and Paul Gosar, three of the McCarthy holdouts who ultimately changed their votes, received posts on the House Oversight Committee, according to multiple reports; the committee will also reportedly include Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Donald Trump ally who reinforced McCarthy’s right flank during his bid for… Read Full Article