Opinion | MAGA’s hottest club is the House Oversight Committee

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Opinion | MAGA’s hottest club is the House Oversight Committee
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Republicans don't expect to get much done these next two years in Congress — except investigating Joe Biden, that is.

of camera-ready firebrands, all eager for a chance to be front and center during the looming high-profile clashes with the Biden administration. In a Congress that is, by any measure, poised to be a three-ring circus, the clowns of the Oversight Committee are ready to compete for the spotlight.

In a Congress that is, by any measure, poised to be a three-ring circus, the clowns of the Oversight Committee are ready to compete for the spotlight.the Committee on Oversight and Accountability — is an important gig that speaks to the balance of powers in our system. Most of the other House committees operate as mini fiefdoms, focused on smaller swatches of the executive branch. The Oversight Committee’s remit, though, is the entirety of the federal government, and the committee acts as the primary investigative arm of the House.

Among the 17 Republicans who will be perched on the Oversight Committee alongside Comer are Arizona’s Paul Gosar and Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry, two of the most fervent advocates for former president Donald Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy lies. There’s alsoMarjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, two far-right darlings and media hounds.

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