Democratic lawmakers fear AOC, vote secretly to exclude her from her chosen committee

Pelosi held a secret ballot vote to choose between two New York representatives interested in the job, Reps.

According to POLITICO, Rice and AOC have been fighting behind the scenes for weeks to nab a seat on the exclusive House Energy and Commerce Committee, which, according to its website, "Has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in Congress." It would be a powerful position for the Democratic socialist to push her Green New Deal policies in the early days of a Biden-Harris administration.

Before the House voted to award the seat to Rice, several House Democrats aired grievances with Ocasio-Cortez and lobbied against her for the committee assignment.

Axios attempted to blunt the blow against the radical progressive by noting, "Ocasio-Cortez lost the vote by the House Democratic Steering Committee because she didn't personally ask for enough votes, and because some members fear she'll support a primary against them from the left."

The second part is correct, but our sources tell us AOC worked very hard to get the position and made a pitch to every member of the Steering Committee.

Axios also notes that if the vote were public, fear of her wrath would have driven a win.

Conscious of AOC's power with progressives and online, the member said: "The vote would have been very different if it wasn't secret."

https://noqreport.com/2020/12/18/democratic-lawmakers-fear-aoc-vote-secretly-to-exclude-her-from-her-chosen-committee/