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Jose Garcia

(2,918 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:27 PM Dec 16

Senior Democrat Gerry Connolly beats out AOC in key vote for top party post on Oversight panel

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — A powerful panel of congressional Democrats on Monday recommended Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York for the top Democratic post on the House Oversight Committee, favoring a much more senior member of the party’s caucus to take on the second Trump administration.

The closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which is closely aligned with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., yielded 34 votes for Connolly and 27 for Ocasio-Cortez, according to a member of the panel. The position opened up after the top Democrat on Oversight, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., challenged Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., for a similar post on the Judiciary Committee, prompting Nadler to bow out.

In an upset, the Steering panel on Monday recommended Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota to be the top Democrat of the Agriculture Committee. She secured 34 votes and beat out two much more senior rivals — California Rep. Jim Costa, who got 22 votes, and Georgia Rep. David Scott, who received just five votes and has held the top Agriculture job since 2021 — on the first ballot.

For the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, the Steering panel recommended senior Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., over more junior Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M. The vote was 44 to 17.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gerry-connolly-beats-aoc-key-vote-oversight-ranking-member-rcna184427

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Senior Democrat Gerry Connolly beats out AOC in key vote for top party post on Oversight panel (Original Post) Jose Garcia Dec 16 OP

Yeah LetMyPeopleVote Dec 16 #1

This is disappointing. Dennis Donovan Dec 16 #2

That statement shows you don't know much about my rep. FSogol Dec 16 #3

We will see I guess angrychair Dec 16 #9

That's exactly it SunImp Dec 16 #10

The gerontocracy won't give up without a fight. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 16 #4

Or the patriarchy. niyad Dec 16 #5

it is getting very tiresome Skittles Dec 16 #7

The party seniors are not listening. Lunabell Dec 16 #6

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Dec 16 #8

I can get behind either of them, experience and age is not a bad thing cadoman Dec 16 #11

She would have been great on Oversight, but maybe I'm missing something. LeftInTX Dec 16 #12

The old farts learned nothing AverageOldGuy Dec 17 #13

Bill Kistol and Tim Miller were arguing for AOC iemanja Dec 17 #14

Whew! We're SAVED from socialism again! DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 17 #15

The vote is just advisory, not the final decider. Galraedia Dec 17 #16

Connolly defeats Ocasio-Cortez to lead Democrats on Oversight panel LetMyPeopleVote Dec 17 #17

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,514 posts)

1. Yeah

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:27 PM

Dec 16

Dennis Donovan

(27,401 posts)

2. This is disappointing.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:30 PM

Dec 16

No offense to Rep Connolly, but I was looking forward to fiery AOC as Ranking on Oversight.

Damn.

On edit - from AOC:

‪Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‬‪
@aoc.bsky.social‬
5m
STAY POSITIVE!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
‪@aoc.bsky.social‬
We can do this. Tomorrow is the day. Do not give up early. Do not be discouraged! A close vote is what we needed here and that’s what we got.

Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working.
December 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM

So this isn't over?

https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3ldhiw232422c

FSogol

(46,726 posts)

3. That statement shows you don't know much about my rep.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:41 PM

Dec 16

He's just as fiery as AOC.

angrychair

(9,887 posts)

9. We will see I guess

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 08:43 PM

Dec 16

He is 74 yrs old. I worry this sends the wrong message that we continue to be the political party of old ideas and old ways and old people.
While I don't always agree with everything some of the younger members say and do we need new ideas and new approaches.
No 74 yrs old has the same fire and stamina of someone in their 30s.
We are only hurting ourselves to think we can keep doing things the same way and expect a different result.

SunImp

(2,375 posts)

10. That's exactly it

Reply to angrychair (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 09:14 PM

Dec 16

It discourages younger voices from stepping up to run for anything & it turns off younger voters because it makes it seem like the party doesn't want to listen to them. There is too many cancerous people who dislike Aoc

Fiendish Thingy

(18,801 posts)

4. The gerontocracy won't give up without a fight. Nt

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:43 PM

Dec 16

niyad

(120,662 posts)

5. Or the patriarchy.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:52 PM

Dec 16

Skittles

(160,292 posts)

7. it is getting very tiresome

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 07:24 PM

Dec 16

some these folk really need to pass the baton already

Lunabell

(7,064 posts)

6. The party seniors are not listening.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:52 PM

Dec 16

New blood is sorely needed.

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,514 posts)

8. This made me smile

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 07:59 PM

Dec 16

Link to tweet

cadoman

(968 posts)

11. I can get behind either of them, experience and age is not a bad thing

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 09:52 PM

Dec 16

Connolly is a longtime known quantity. If we elect nothing but thirty-somethings we'll miss out on benefits of age diversity.

I'm confident the party will find a similarly influential role for AOC.

LeftInTX

(30,580 posts)

12. She would have been great on Oversight, but maybe I'm missing something.

Reply to cadoman (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 11:10 PM

Dec 16

I wouldn't recommend her for like Intelligence Committee or Defense etc, but Oversight, hell yeah!

AverageOldGuy

(2,169 posts)

13. The old farts learned nothing

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 12:32 AM

Dec 17

They will not give up power. We have to take it.

iemanja

(54,890 posts)

14. Bill Kistol and Tim Miller were arguing for AOC

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 12:33 AM

Dec 17

on the Bulwark. They convincingly argued that she’d do a better job of holding the Trump administration to the fire.

Party loyalty and seniority seem to have won out.

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(800 posts)

15. Whew! We're SAVED from socialism again!

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:43 AM

Dec 17

Oh yay.

Galraedia

(5,207 posts)

16. The vote is just advisory, not the final decider.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:47 AM

Dec 17

Personally I think it would be stupid to choose Connolly over AOC as he has esophagus cancer.

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,514 posts)

17. Connolly defeats Ocasio-Cortez to lead Democrats on Oversight panel

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:40 PM

Dec 17

Here is the final vote. The committee vote was only advisory.

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5044107-connolly-ocasio-cortez-oversight-committee-democrats/

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Tuesday defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to lead Democrats on the Oversight and Accountability Committee in the next Congress, putting the feisty liberal veteran in one of the most powerful spots to confront President Trump in his second term.

The win was forecast a day earlier, when the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted to recommend the seat to Connolly, who has a decade more experience than Ocasio-Cortez on the powerful committee.

The non-binding Steering vote lent a symbolic boost to Connolly, 74, but his victory was ultimately decided by the full Caucus, which huddled behind closed doors Tuesday morning in the Capitol basement and voted by secret ballot to give him the coveted seat.

Connolly also got some help from former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who endorsed his bid and lobbied actively on his behalf in the lead up to this week’s votes.

Here is the final vote

Link to tweet

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