House Democrats on Tuesday elected Pennsylvania Rep. Brendan F. Boyle to lead the caucus on the Budget Committee next Congress.
Boyle, 45, who is finishing his fourth House term, ran unopposed for Budget ranking member. He will succeed retiring House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth of Kentucky as the panel’s top Democrat.
Under Democratic Caucus rules, the full caucus votes to directly elect its Budget panel leader instead of nominees for the position first going through the Steering and Policy Committee, as some other committee roles do.
