Tony Bark@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDemocrats in the House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein filesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down11
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats in the House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein filesapnews.comTony Bark@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-22 months agoI thought Masturbates-with-his-son Johnson called an early recess to prevent exactly this? Am I misunderstanding how that works, then, or did the committee decide to meet in defiance of that?
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoI’m guessing the subcommittee are somewhat autonomous. That’s my guess.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoThey can’t vote on new legislation during the recess, but I’m guessing the committees can set their own schedule.
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYeah, this is how it works in my home state. They can still hold committee meetings, but no session where they pass/kill bills.
I thought Masturbates-with-his-son Johnson called an early recess to prevent exactly this? Am I misunderstanding how that works, then, or did the committee decide to meet in defiance of that?
I’m guessing the subcommittee are somewhat autonomous. That’s my guess.
They can’t vote on new legislation during the recess, but I’m guessing the committees can set their own schedule.
Yeah, this is how it works in my home state. They can still hold committee meetings, but no session where they pass/kill bills.