WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday named five Republicans, including his top deputy and one of Congress' most combative defenders of President Donald Trump, to a new panel tracking federal coronavirus and economic relief spending.
The second-ranking House Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, will be the party's leader on the Democratic-dominated panel, McCarthy told reporters.
Among those joining Scalise will be Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, one of Trump's most loyal and aggressive allies. McCarthy's appointees, along with some Democrats that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already named, suggest that the panel will see its share of partisan conflict.