The House is preparing to vote on a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee as soon as Wednesday after Republicans found a way to bring a key GOP holdout on board.
The House is preparing to vote on a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee as soon as Wednesday after Republicans found a way to bring a key GOP holdout on board.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy looks to be on the cusp of avoiding another destabilizing defeat just weeks after his speaker election went to a historic 15 ballots.and several more absences keeping them below the threshold they need to pass party-line bills with their five-vote majority.
The meeting comes after Rep. Victoria Spartz , who had been one of three Republicans planning to vote no, said Tuesday that she will vote for the resolution after it added language that allows members to appeal their removals from committees. , introduced by Rep. Max Miller on Tuesday, says that "any Member reserves the right to bring a case before the Committee on Ethics as grounds for an appeal to the Speaker of the House for reconsideration of any committee removal decision."
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