spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it we re going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, they re going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered house republicans. i ll talk to her later in the show. and in the wake of tyre nichols killing in memphis, another push for real reform. my congress fell just short of making history with the george floyd justice and policing act, and why you shouldn t believe the reason you re hearing from so many republicans who want to sound reasonable, but who will not support that bill. then, the crucial advancement separating post roe america from pre roe america s medication abortion. the abortion pill.
block representatives adam schiff to eric swalwell from returning to their post on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken californian democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought retribution against ilhan omen, the congresswoman, saying remarks she said in the past which he publicly apologized in 2019. two congressional terms ago. this is the first time republicans have been back in power in the house. on thursday, all but one republican members voted to remove omar from her seat on the foreign affairs committee. that s not even a half of it. in addition to keeping members of committees, republicans created the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. which will be shared by ohio representative jim jordan. jordan has repeatedly compared his subcommittee to the church committee. one of the most respected and effective channels in congress
shuffling of committee assignments now and then. there is a coveted positions and powerful committees the congressman or members lobby for. in order to gain influence and prestige, that s exactly how the far-right members of the gop i wanted that leverage. some of the 21 members who initially voted against mccarthy as brokers were voted to plump additions. for example, conspiracy theorist andy biggs, paul gosar, honor paula, and scott perry, the chairman of the far-right freedom caucus who was also a subject of the january 6th investigation himself. all five of them were appointed to the oversight committee. considered one of the most important panels in the house, expected to launch numerous investigations into the biden administration over the next two years. meanwhile, this process is allowed republicans to exact political revenge on democrats for previously voting marjorie taylor greene and paul costar from their committee assignments after the east made threatening posts against