Ilhan Omar committee removal - DirecTV drops Newsmax - Ultra-processed food's impact

Source: Associated Press

1. Summary
   On a party-line vote of 218-211, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was removed from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which she has held since 2018, over past antisemitic comments. She is the third Democrat to be blocked from a committee assignment. Republicans cited Democrats' 2021 votes to remove Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from their committee assignments as precedent.
   
   It was initially unclear if there were enough votes to remove Rep. Omar. Several Republican representatives opposed it, and only agreed to vote with the party after Speaker McCarthy promised guardrails for future committee removals. Rep. Ken Buck, one of the lawmakers McCarthy persuaded, said Congress needs to "stop this nonsense of kicking people off committees."
   
   Rep. Omar received bipartisan condemnation in 2019 for comments about pro-Israel lobbying in Congress, in particular for saying “it’s all about the Benjamins baby." The removal resolution also cited her previous description of Israel as an "apartheid state."

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   House Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
   NPR (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 76% • 5 min read
   

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   Rep. Ilhan Omar expelled from House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ocasio-Cortez slams ‘targeting women of color’.
   The Algemeiner (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 63% • 4 min read

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   Ilhan Omar destroyed taboo on AIPAC, Israel criticism. (2019)
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