House Dems to vote on removing Taylor Greene from committee assignments yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Greene has received backing from former President Trump
However, some Republicans have pushed back on the moves to punish Greene.
Babin, who was among the group of GOP lawmakers who voted in favor of challenging certain Biden electors even after the violent pro-Trump riot at the Capitol, tweeted Tuesday evening that he planned on offering an amendment to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in an apparent protest to calls to remove Greene’s committee assignments.
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“If the Democrat Majority wants to go down this road, they should start by dealing with their own members who have been at this before and AFTER their election to Congress,” Babin wrote, attaching screenshots of a list of past statements made by Omar.
Committee assignments: Insurance (ranking minority member); Judiciary; Public Safety and National Security; Tuscaloosa County Legislation.
Subscribe District covers parts of Greene, Marengo, Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties
Committee assignments: Transportation Utilities and Infrastructure (ranking minority member); House Agriculture and Forestry; Tuscaloosa County Legislation.
Rep. Bill Poole (R)
Committee assignments: Ways and Means - Education (chair); Tuscaloosa County Legislation (chair).
Rep. Kyle South (R) District covers parts of Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and Tuscaloosa counties.
Committee assignments: Ways and Means - General Fund (vice chair); Financial Services; Insurance; Jefferson County Legislation; Tuscaloosa County Legislation.
Rep. Rodney Sullivan (R)
Committee assignments: County and Municipal Government; Agriculture and Forestry; Fiscal Responsibility; Tuscaloosa County Legislation.
Luzerne County and Northeast Pennsylvania will have some clout in Harrisburg this legislative session as several legislators have been named to chair committees.
Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, of Lehman Twp., will once again serve as the majority chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Her colleague, Sen. John Yudichak, I-14, of Swoyersville, will be the majority chair of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee.
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, of Wilkes-Barre, will continue as Democratic chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
State Rep. Michael Carroll, D-118, of Avoca, will remain as Democratic chair of the House Transportation Committee.