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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPelosi shuts critic out of Judiciary Committee in favor of Florida freshman.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi exacted revenge against one of her most outspoken detractors Tuesday night, blocking Rep. Kathleen Rice from landing a seat on the high-profile House Judiciary Committee.
Pelosi lobbied for other members to join the panel over Rice, leaving the third-term New York Democrat off a list of her preferred members for the committee during a tense closed-door meeting Tuesday night, according to multiple sources. The effort came despite a full-court push from the New York delegation to secure a spot for Rice, a former prosecutor, on the panel that oversees everything from impeachment to guns to immigration.
The push by Pelosi was seen as payback by many in the room after Rice was one of the main megaphones behind a campaign to block the California Democrat from becoming speaker again.....
Pelosi argued that New York was already well represented on the panel, both with its chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries. But Rice backers point out that if thats the case, why did Pelosi recommend Florida Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a freshman lawmaker with far less seniority than Rice, for the panel when two other Floridians, Reps. Ted Deutch and Val Demings, sit on the committee.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/pelosi-rice-judiciary-committee-1102772
dem4decades
(11,297 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)MLAA
(17,298 posts)RockRaven
(14,974 posts)Well done.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And of course...play with fire, get burned.
These is no I in team. But there is an M and a E.
The leader picks the team.
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Wasn't she a Republican until not long ago?
cstanleytech
(26,298 posts)that.
Personally I agree with Pelosi as far as NY having plenty of say on the committee as a valid reason.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Don't fuck with Nancy
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)I like it. A lot.
Raven123
(4,849 posts)Just hope Pelosi's choice acquits herself well on the committee. Don't ever want to the Party make bad choices on these assignments
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)Rice deserves to be shunned.
shanny
(6,709 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)little insult?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Oh well.