Educate me, please. I thought the various House committees were filled by Democrats

[Atticus]

appointing their choices and Republicans appointing theirs. The majority party has a majority on nearly every committee and usually chairs each.

But,---I thought that absent a full House vote, no one could be "kicked off" a committee by the opposing party "Speaker".

How can McCarthy decide that Omar, Schiff, etc. can't serve?

Obviously, I don't understand what he's done.

[tritsofme]

1. The whole House will vote on a resolution defining committee assignments

Omar/Schiff will not be named to those committees in that resolution. Today there are no members to the committees, so they are technically not getting kicked off, but being denied membership.

[Atticus]

3. So, technically, Repubs could name exclusively their own to all the committees? nt

[tritsofme]

4. Yes, the majority party has full control over committee ratios

and could technically do that.

Not that they are very smart, but it wouldn’t be a great precedent to set when you are heading back to the minority in two years.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. On a "select" committee, the speaker has a lot of power over who serves, so booting Schiff and

Swalwell off the Intelligence Committee will be fairly easy for McCarthy. Removing Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, which is a standing committee, will follow the same process by which Democrats removed MTG and Gosar last term.

[lapfog_1]

5. 6 more races were needed out of 435

to prevent this shit show... 2 years of nonsense and theater... and the cable news channels will eat it up to boost ratings.

actual governance... not so much.

And the USA needs to execute now more than ever to push back Russia in Ukraine... push back China... push back fascism everywhere... fight climate change... and ensure a better future for Americans (and the world).

[Effete Snob]

6. Do you remember the January 6 committee?

Nancy Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Picks For Jan. 6 Inquiry Committee
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018924596/nancy-pelosi-rejects-2-gop-picks-for-jan-6-inquiry-committee


McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/nancy-pelosi-rejects-republicans-from-committee/index.html

Were you confused at that time?

[Atticus]

7. Are either of those regarding "non-select" committees? Is asking to be educated the same

as "confused"?