Johnson appoints Virginia Foxx as Rules Committee chair
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has selected Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) to serve as chair of the House Rules Committee, installing the veteran lawmaker at the helm of the panel that will play a key
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Virginia Foxx will hold Rules Committee gavel
Johnson chose Foxx to succeed now-retired Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Unlike most other House committees, the Rules gavel is chosen solely at the discretion of the speaker — a recognition of the panel’s key role in managing business on the House floor.
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Speaker Mike Johnson points to Genesis in defense of House passing bill to protect women’s sports
La., defended the lower chamber's passage of a bill protecting women's sports by noting that sex goes back to the time of Genesis when God created Adam and Eve.
Speaker Johnson foe Thomas Massie removed from powerful House Rules Committee
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North Carolina’s Rep. Virginia Foxx appointed to lead powerful House committee
Rep. Virginia Foxx was appointed by House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the House Committee on Rules, making her the only woman leading a committee in the current session of Congress.
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Thomas Massie no longer on House committee after voting against Speaker Mike Johnson
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