Meet the House Republicans Who Will Wield Power in the New Congress

WASHINGTON — Republicans may have won control of the House by only the slimmest of margins, but in a chamber that operates purely by majority rule, their razor-thin edge has given them all the tools they need to plunge the Biden administration into a morass of investigations.
Kay Granger, the first female mayor of Fort Worth and a 13-term congresswoman, is on track to become the first Republican woman to take the helm of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls government spending.

Mike Rogers, a deeply conservative 10-term congressman is in line to become chair of the Armed Services Committee, which has historically operated in a bipartisan way.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers is in line to become the first woman to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of three major investigative committees in the chamber.

Michael McCaul, a former federal prosecutor, is poised to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee, which is expected to lead an investigation into the Biden administration’s handling of the precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Jim Jordan, the founding chair of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus and an eight-term congressman who is in line to become chair of the Judiciary Committee.

James Comer, a former state legislator and Kentucky agriculture commissioner who has served in Congress for six years has been eagerly awaiting his chance to lead a wide array of investigations with the subpoena power that comes with Republican control of the House.

Bugs Marlowe

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