{"id":602237,"date":"2023-01-27T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/aoc-in-line-to-become-her-partys-no-2-on-oversight-panel\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T20:08:00","slug":"aoc-in-line-to-become-her-partys-no-2-on-oversight-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/aoc-in-line-to-become-her-partys-no-2-on-oversight-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC in line to become her party’s No. 2 on Oversight panel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens during the vote for Speaker of the House on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington. | Alex Brandon\/AP Photo\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

An elevation to the vice ranking member position, while it\u2019s 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\u2019re planning \u2014 on topics ranging from Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings to the southern border to GOP efforts to probe the \u201corigins\u201d of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been conversations, but nothing\u2019s been finalized,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez<\/span> said in a brief interview Friday when asked about her interest in the party\u2019s No. 2 position on the panel, which is sparking open discussion among her fellow Democratic lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Should Ocasio-Cortez become vice ranking member, she\u2019s also likely to take on more responsibility in helming Democrats\u2019 messaging and strategy on a panel that\u2019s stocked with some of the House GOP\u2019s most rhetorically rowdy conservatives, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/span> (R-Ga.). That\u2019s in part due to the cancer treatment that Oversight\u2019s current ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin<\/span> (D-Md.) is currently undergoing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have the greatest admiration for her skill, and I\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to be able to deploy her to maximum effect on the committee, along with all these other amazing new members,\u201d Raskin said in an interview about her position on the committee, declining to directly address whether Ocasio-Cortez would become his No. 2.<\/p>\n

A Democratic aide noted that Ocasio-Cortez would be able to sit in for Raskin on the committee if he\u2019s absent during hearings, a role typically played by the No. 2 member on any panel but one that other panel members are also able to assume.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin worked closely together during the last Congress, particularly on the Oversight subpanel he then chaired overseeing civil rights issues. The younger New Yorker had served as the subpanel\u2019s vice chair, and the duo\u2019s close relationship had fueled speculation among some Democrats that Ocasio-Cortez would follow Raskin as he rose on the committee.<\/p>\n

Committee Democrats are expected to meet on Monday to organize for the next two years, two party aides told POLITICO. Democrats will likely use the meeting to finalize internal leadership positions like the one Ocasio-Cortez is under consideration for. The \u201cvice ranking member\u201d position was created by Democrats back in 2017, when they were last in the minority after failing to flip the House in 2016, in order to elevate more junior members.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s potential ascension comes as the Oversight Committee\u2019s work is preparing to kick into high gear after Republicans have spent months conducting behind-the-scenes planning.<\/p>\n

The full committee will hold an organizational meeting on Tuesday and its first full committee hearing on Wednesday, focused on coronavirus relief funding. <\/p>\n

Oversight panel chair Rep. James Comer<\/span> (R-Ky.) is also setting the stage for two high-profile hearings early next month: He\u2019s invited Border Patrol officials to testify during the week of Feb. 6 and will hold a hearing on Feb. 8 related to Twitter\u2019s handling of a 2020 New York Post story on Hunter Biden. Comer has invited three former Twitter officials to appear at the latter hearing, with a GOP committee aide saying those witnesses are expected to testify.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m going to have a lot of fun on this committee,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez told reporters generally earlier Friday after her formal naming to the panel. \u201cOf course, [Republicans are] going to be calling hearings on horrible things, but our job is to protect the people and protect the vulnerable communities that they seek to attack \u2026 it gives us an opportunity and a platform to de-legitimize a lot of the disinformation that they\u2019ve been advancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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