AOC in line to become her party's No. 2 on Oversight panel

[RandySF]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to step into a larger role on the House Oversight Committee this Congress, perhaps even its No. 2 Democratic spot.

An elevation to the vice ranking member position, while it’s not yet final, would give the well-known third-term progressive Democrat a high-profile perch to tangle with Republicans on a laundry list of controversial investigations they’re planning — on topics ranging from Hunter Biden’s business dealings to the southern border to GOP efforts to probe the “origins” of the coronavirus.

“There’s been conversations, but nothing’s been finalized,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a brief interview Friday when asked about her interest in the party’s No. 2 position on the panel, which is sparking open discussion among her fellow Democratic lawmakers.

Should Ocasio-Cortez become vice ranking member, she’s also likely to take on more responsibility in helming Democrats’ messaging and strategy on a panel that’s stocked with some of the House GOP’s most rhetorically rowdy conservatives, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). That’s in part due to the cancer treatment that Oversight’s current ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is currently undergoing.


https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-could-become-number-two-democrat-on-oversight-panel-00079938

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Great news! Nt

[Hekate]

2. Excellent

[jalan48]

3. Smart choice

[blm]

4. Cool. Lots of good Dems on Oversight.

Oversight Committee is gonna be rockin’.

Katie Porter schooling MTG. I’m there.

[rubbersole]

5. Katie Porter vs mtg isn't fair.

Marge is going to be tasting white board every day.

[calimary]

6. Give 'em heartburn, Congresswoman!

I want every Republican waking up with a FIRST and IMMEDIATE reflex to reach for the nearest Maalox bottle.

[ColinC]

7. Noice

[DET]

8. Good For Her!

I was skeptical of AOC at first, but she has proven to be an exceptionally gifted politician - in the best sense of the word. She is absolutely fearless in dealing with the right wing buffoons in Congress. She has a great future ahead of her if she can mentally and physically survive the attack dogs on the right. I wish her all the best.

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9. She's matured, fired controversial staffer Saikat Chakrabarti and no longer participates...

with Justice Democrats in primarying Democratic incumbents in districts in other states. She once even hinted at challenging Rep. Jeffires early in her first term, before he was Democratic leader.

She's got a lot of potential, glad she's learned the ropes to go against republicans not other Dems.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. AOC vs. MTG