Jim Jordan to be top Republican on Oversight Committee after dropping bid to be ranking Judiciary me

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Jim Jordan to be top Republican on Oversight Committee after dropping bid to be ranking Judiciary member
CNN, Nov 29, 2018, Lauren Fox

Rep. Jim Jordan is expected to be the top Republican on the influential House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the next Congress, after the GOP Ohioan dropped his effort to be President Donald Trump's chief defender on the House Judiciary Committee.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who will be the House's no. 2 Republican next year, said the Steering Committee, whose members decide which Republicans will be the top GOP member on each committee, had decided Jordan would get the Oversight Committee position, after Jordan expressed interest in the position to the committee on Thursday evening.

The race developed rapidly when Jordan and Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who had previously expressed interest in the role, met together off of the room where the Steering Committee was gathered. After an extended period of time, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy walked into the room and invited Jordan to go into the room where Steering was deliberating.

One source on the Steering Committee told CNN that the vote for Jordan was unanimous.

Meadows later said, "It's one of the few times where you can rejoice in somebody else's success, and I rejoice in Jim Jordan's willingness to serve on Oversight and, quite frankly, I think it's a unifying day for our conference."


More:  https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/jim-jordan-not-running-judiciary/index.html

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On behalf of CNN, I apologize for the snark oozing from this article.

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The House Judiciary and Oversight committees are expected to be in the spotlight next Congress when Democrats take the gavels and begin their rigorous oversight of the Trump administration.

In recent days, a congressional source confirmed that there had been discussions between the President and members about the leadership dynamics and committee roles. Before Thanksgiving, CNN reported that in private conversations with McCarthy, the President pushed for Jordan and Meadows to have the top Republican positions on key committees, according to a source familiar.

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More on the Oversight Committee:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform

And here:  https://oversight.house.gov/about-the-committee/

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Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) abruptly stepped aside on Thursday to allow his House Freedom Caucus ally, Rep. Jim Jordan  (R-Ohio), to run uncontested for the ranking member role on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- a position that he won.

Jordan, who won the race with no other competitors to challenge him, is expected to be a fierce defender of President Trump when Democrats take control of the panel next Congress. They are expected to become involved in a series of investigations into the Trump administration.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/419021-jordan-secures-oversight-ranking-member-role-after-meadows-suddenly-steps