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January 11, 2023

McCarthy confirms Schiff, Swalwell, Omar will lose committee seats

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said this week that he will keep his long-standing promise to remove three Democratic lawmakers from their committee assignments.

January 7, 2023

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls McCarthy speakership agreement a 'deal with far right insurrectionists'

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar took to Twitter on Friday and called Republicans who cut a deal to make Rep. Kevin McCarthy the Speaker of the House "far right insurrectionists."

November 23, 2022

Here's how McCarthy can block Schiff, Omar, Swalwell from House committees

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is poised to wield the power of the House speaker to block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell from serving on committees.

November 22, 2022

'The View' hosts defend Ilhan Omar remarks comparing US to terrorists: 'Depends on who you talk to'

"The View" co-hosts appeared to defend Rep. Omar's comments comparing the U.S. to terrorist organizations and said that it "depends on who you talk to."

November 22, 2022

Dems silent on McCarthy’s pledge to boot Swalwell, Omar, Schiff from committees

Senior House Democrats are silent on Republican Kevin McCarthy's pledge to boot Adam Schiff, Ilhan Omar, and Eric Swalwell off committees next Congress.

November 21, 2022

Ilhan Omar, Eric Swalwell hit back at McCarthy over pledge to block them from House committees

Reps. Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell lashed out at Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for pledging to block them from serving on House committees next Congress.

November 20, 2022

McCarthy vows to remove Swalwell, Schiff, Omar from House committees

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Sunday vowed to remove Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee.

November 19, 2022

Kevin McCarthy says he will remove Ilhan Omar from committee assignment over 'antisemitism' when speaker

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he'll strip Rep. Ilhan Omar of her House Foreign Affairs Committee assignment if he is elected speaker in the next term.

October 28, 2022

Ilhan Omar drops tens of thousands on private security following calls to defund, dismantle police

Ilhan Omar, a defund police supporter who backed dismantling and replacing the Minneapolis PD, recently dropped tens of thousands of campaign cash into private security services.

October 23, 2022

Ellison denies knowing anyone who supports defunding police despite own support for replacing police force

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison claimed that he didn't know anyone who supports the "Defund the Police" movement despite previous support for replacing police.