Speaker Kevin McCarthy may not have the votes to deny Omar a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The GOP has 222 seats to Democrats' 212 but McCarthy can only afford to lose four Republican votes if he wants a majority to remove Omar, since Republican Representative Greg Steube from Florida is unlikely to participate as he is currently recovering after falling 25 feet off a ladder.
"While I will be sidelined in Sarasota for several weeks, I will be carrying out as many of my congressional duties as possible," Steube tweeted on Tuesday."I'm eager to rejoin my colleagues in Washington as soon as possible!" Republican Representative Victoria Spartz from Indiana said she would not support denying Omar a seat on the committee in a statement on Tuesday. She opposed removing Greene and Gosar in 2021.to remove Reps. Greene and Gosar from their committees without proper due process. Speaker McCarthy is taking unprecedented actions this Congress to deny some committee assignments to the Minority without proper due process again," Spartz said.
"As I spoke against it on the House floor two years ago, I will not support this charade again. Speaker McCarthy needs to stop 'bread and circuses' in Congress and start governing for a change," she added.
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