House Oversight Committee's Republicans are ready for their spotlight

This week, Republicans announced their roster for the powerful House Oversight Committee — and what a doozy it is. [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Jan. 20, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [MAGA's hottest club is the House Oversight Committee]( by Hayes Brown The battle to install Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, as speaker has set the House weeks behind schedule. One of the delayed tasks has been finalizing committee assignments, a complicated puzzle even in the best of times. This week, Republicans announced their roster for the powerful House Oversight Committee — and what a doozy it is. Under the leadership of Chairman Jim Comer, R-Ky., the committee has been packed to the brim with some of the loudest and most die-hard members of the caucus' MAGA wing. It's a veritable rogue's gallery of camera-ready firebrands, all eager for a chance to be front and center during the looming high-profile clashes with the Biden administration. In a Congress that is, by any measure, poised to be a three-ring circus, the clowns of the Oversight Committee are ready to compete for the spotlight. This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. [Read their full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Supreme Court leak report leaves legal experts scratching their heads]( Have the justices themselves even been considered potential suspects? [Read more.](//link.msnbc.com/click/30308155.54507/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9iYW5uaW5nLXRpa3Rvay1ub3QtZ29vZC11c2UtYmlkZW4tcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aW1lLXJjbmE2MzczMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIzMDEyMCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bf766b68a [DEAN OBEIDALLAH]( [House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's rationale for targeting Ilhan Omar isn't believable]( McCarthy knows how well anti-Muslim hate plays with the GOP base. [Read more.]( [JA'HAN JONES]( Maryland's new governor is everything the GOP hates ... and Moore]( Wes Moore is a compassionate contrast to Ron DeSantis' gubernatorial mischief. Read more.]( [STEVE BENEN]( [Trump's mistaking E. Jean Carroll for Marla Maples could be a costly legal blunder]( Trump might have undermined his own defense. [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [ALL IN]( [Rep. Schiff: Speaker McCarthy seeks to 'decapitate those who would hold them accountable']( [HALLIE JACKSON]( [Rep. George Santos addresses claims about performing as a drag queen]( [THE REIDOUT]( [Rep. Lee on what Tucker Carlson got wrong in his tirade over her anti-hate crime bill]( [THE BEAT WITH ARI]( [Fox's Rupert Murdoch faces deposition in Dominion defamation suit](     MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] This week, in a bonus episode of "Into America," Trymaine Lee learns about the history of the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, and how the community is fighting to save it, as part of MSNBC's Racial Healing Town Hall. [Listen now](, wherever you get your podcasts.   The history of lotteries spans over four millennia. The modern version of them arose out of a need for a form of more state funding that wouldn't raise taxes. Jackpots have reached record levels in the past few years — and, "Americans now spend more on lottery tickets every year than on cigarettes, coffee or smartphones," writes historian and author Jonathan Cohen. Cohen is author of "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America," a comprehensive history of America's lottery obsession. In the book, he points out that lotteries are much less profitable for states than some proponents say, but on the other hand, they are extremely lucrative for private companies that manufacture tickets. [Cohen joins WITHpod]( to discuss the evolution of lotteries, changes he thinks should be made to the way they are run, public misconceptions about the revenue generated by games and why he says state run lotteries shouldn't exist.     [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)