{"id":546582,"date":"2023-02-02T02:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mcconnell-pulls-rival-rick-scott-off-powerful-commerce-committee\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T02:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:05:32","slug":"mcconnell-pulls-rival-rick-scott-off-powerful-commerce-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcconnell-pulls-rival-rick-scott-off-powerful-commerce-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"#McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e24ce1ee6e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e24ce1ee6e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcconnell-pulls-rival-rick-scott-off-powerful-commerce-committee\/#McConnell_pulls_rival_Rick_Scott_off_powerful_Commerce_Committee\" >McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"McConnell_pulls_rival_Rick_Scott_off_powerful_Commerce_Committee\"><\/span>McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mcconnellmitch_scottrick_111622gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has pulled Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who tried to oust him as the Senate\u2019s top Republican in a bruising leadership race, off the powerful Commerce Committee. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell also removed Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who supported Scott\u2019s bid to replace McConnell as leader, from the Commerce panel, which has broad jurisdiction over a swath of federal agencies. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The GOP leader insisted last year that he didn\u2019t take the attempt to end his leadership reign personally, but the latest move sends a clear message to conservatives that challenging McConnell\u2019s leadership carries a cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcConnell got to pick. He kicked me off, he kicked Lee off,\u201d Scott confirmed in an interview. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged running against McConnell is the likely reason he was booted from the panel despite his relative seniority on the committee and experience running a major company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably ran the biggest company almost any senator in the history country has ever run. I was governor of the third-biggest economy in the United States, Florida. I\u2019ve got a business background,\u201d Scott said, ticking off his credentials. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Scott and Lee have teamed up to challenge McConnell\u2019s leadership of the GOP conference on fiscal and spending decisions, with several Republican freshmen. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scott said he learned of the decision in a text message. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>One personal familiar with the episode described the Florida senator as \u201cfurious.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other conservatives agree the leadership fight was a major factor in the decision to remove Scott and Lee from Commerce. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell insisted in November that he didn\u2019t have any hard feelings left over after Scott challenged him in an acrimonious race, which McConnell eventually won by a vote of 37 to 10, with one senator voting present. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not in any way offended by having an opponent or having a few votes in opposition,\u201d he said after he was re-elected following hours of tense discussions within the GOP conference. \u201cI\u2019m pretty proud of 37 to 10.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Scott had more seniority on the Commerce panel than Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), who already serves on two other \u201cA\u201d committees \u2014 the Banking and Environment and Public Works Committees \u2014 and Lee had more seniority than Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who also sits on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>ropriations Committee and serves as the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell replaced Scott, Lee and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a conservative who left the panel to take a coveted seat on the Finance Committee, with three freshmen: Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The GOP leader had sole discretion to decide whether Scott and Lee could stay on the Commerce Committee because it was the third \u201cA-list\u201d committee held by both senators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scott asked at a Senate Republican conference lunch meeting who made the decision to remove him from the Commerce Committee and was informed that McConnell alone made the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scott also sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, while Lee is a member of the prestigious Judiciary Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources panel. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A Republican aide familiar with the behind-the-scenes jockeying over committee assignments noted that Scott and Lee already sit on prime committees and the group of incoming freshmen wanted seats on Commerce. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The source noted that losing committee seats is an unfortunate consequence of losing a Republican Senate seat in the 2022 midterm election. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who tried to oust him as the Senate\u2019s top Republican in a bruising leadership race, off the powerful Commerce Committee. \u00a0 McConnell also removed Sen. 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