Rep. Chip Roy is floating himself as a possible candidate to chair the influential House Rules Committee next year.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is putting himself forward as a contender to be the next chair of the House Rules Committee, an influential panel that acts as the last gatekeeper for most bills before they get a House-wide vote. 'I will defer to the speaker on that,' Roy said when asked about the chairmanship on Steve Bannon’s 'War Room' podcast this week. 'Obviously, I have put my name out there.
Roy got a seat on the House Rules Committee as part of a deal with ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in January 2023 to expand conservative representation – a piece of a wider compromise for McCarthy to win his short-lived House speakership. The Texas Republican was not one of the eight Republicans who later voted to oust McCarthy despite his early criticism – and was even publicly skeptical of his colleagues’ decision to do so.
He’s scored support from multiple colleagues, however – Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital on Thursday, 'He’d be great. I support him 100%.' Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, wrote on X that Roy 'will build the conservative coalition in the House needed to support President Trump’s priorities as Rule Committee chairman.' But unlike other committees, whose chairpersons are selected by a wider group of lawmakers, only the House speaker gets a say for the House Rules panel.
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