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JNS Reporter

Ilhan Omar To Be Booted From House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kevin McCarthy Says

US House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2021. McCarthy has previously argued that Omar should be stripped of her committee seat for her history of antisemitic comments. JIM WATSON/JNS

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday repeated his promise to block vocal critic of Israel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In an interview with Punchbowl News, McCarthy said that he would also prevent Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from assuming their assignments in the House Intelligence Committee. 

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