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Editorial: McCarthy’s House of ill repute: Booting of Omar from committee is an embarrassment

With a party-line vote, the House has removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, the latest disgrace for a chamber where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has ceded control to his party’s militant fringe.

Tribune News Service

Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel

Party’s criticism of Omar’s Israel position has greased the path for Republicans to oust her from the foreign affairs committee

The Guardian - US

Iran Says US Insists on Direct Negotiations

US is proceeding with its negotiations and talks with Iran, including its insistence on direct negotiations with Tehran, announced Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Amir-Abdollahian is touring Latin America, starting in Nicaragua and then moving to Venezuela, where he arrived Friday. Mehr News Agency reported that the FM met with…

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AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene resume their bitter feud, George Santos weighs in

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her nemesis Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are trading nasty insults again — and Rep. George Santos jumped into the fray between the bickering lawmakers.

Tribune News Service

Two Republicans left House floor calling Ilhan Omar committee removal the ‘stupidest vote in the world’

Two conservative Republicans cricitised the House’s vote to remove Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Independent UK

‘My voice will get louder and stronger!’ — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Highlights include the House GOP flexing their slim majority with messaging bills and ousting Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from a key panel.

Roll Call

House Republicans Vote Ilhan Omar to Foreign Affairs Committee Just To Kick Her Off the Next Day

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Mace secures McCarthy’s pledge on ‘due process’ vote

WASHINGTON — The House in the coming weeks could formalize a method for stripping members of committee posts, according to a deal Rep. Nancy Mace said she hashed out with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the hours before Thursday’s vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs.

Tribune News Service

Ilhan Omar’s removal from panel was ‘stupidest vote’, says Republican – report

Ken Buck reportedly makes remark in Capitol Hill elevator as another Republican, Mike Simpson, agreed

The Guardian - US

GOPers beg reporters not to tell on them

Two House Republicans didn't want GOP leaders to know they slammed the vote to oust Ilhan Omar in an elevator

Salon

Spartz won't run for Senate – or reelection to the House – in 2024 - Roll Call

Citing the demands of being a working mother, Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana won't run for public office in 2024.

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending February 3, 2023 - Roll Call

This week was all about getting committees organized, removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs and the National Prayer Breakfast.

Roll Call

Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar

The GOP’s animus is based on what the outspoken, Black, African, female, Muslim congresswoman is and what she does

The Guardian - US

Mace secures McCarthy's pledge on 'due process' vote - Roll Call

Mace said she brought a draft resolution to the speaker intended to implement "due process" for committee removals.

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The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene insists she knows nothing about ‘Jewish space lasers’ after blistering AOC speech

‘There’s people that think that I said a phrase called Jewish space lasers – a phrase that I never said’

The Independent UK

Ilhan Omar vote - live: Squad member ousted from Foreign Affairs panel despite AOC defence in anti-semitism row

House Republicans accuse Omar of antisemitism in past while she claims their attempts to remove her are racist

Roll Call

Schedules and snipes: The colloquy tradition rolls on - Roll Call

Last Congress, Scalise had regular opportunities to ask about Democrats' agenda during floor colloquies. Now the shoe’s on the other foot.

Al Jazeera

Republicans kick Ilhan Omar off US House foreign affairs panel

Muslim-American legislator says her ‘voice will get louder and stronger’ after vote punishing her criticism of Israel.

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Los Angeles Times

House Republicans vote Rep. Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly voted Thursday to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee, a move that follows Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s removal of Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the Intelligence Committee last month.

The Independent UK

White House condemns House GOP for ‘political stunt’ after Ilhan Omar removed from Foreign Affairs panel

‘The way that we see this it’s a political stunt’, White House says in response to vote against Rep Ilhan Omar

Tribune News Service

US House votes to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans voted Thursday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, following through on a GOP promise to oust the Minnesota Democrat from a prized position.

Salon

House GOP boots Omar from committee

"I didn't come to Congress to be silent," Omar said in a floor speech

The Independent UK

Ilhan Omar vows to keep fighting after House GOP ousts her from foreign affairs committee

‘I am an American ... who was sent here by her constituents to represent them in Congress,’ Rep Ilhan Omar said ahead of vote to remove her from committee

Axios

House votes to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

The vote marks the latest reprisal in an escalating partisan tit-for-tat over committee assignments.

The Independent UK

AOC delivers impassioned speech against GOP move to oust Ilhan Omar: ‘This is about targeting women of colour’

Comes as the House votes to push Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee

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