Ambitious, junior House Republicans could come into their own next Congress.
As GOP committee chairmen and senior lawmakers head for the exits, more junior Republicans will soon vie to take up their mantles. House Republicans are losing more than 200 combined years of institutional knowledge as 19 members, including four committee chairs, retire.
There will be heated competitions to lead the Energy & Commerce, Financial Services, and Appropriations committees, but also various lower-profile subcommittees that give members a larger, more powerful role in legislating. Scores of seats will open, too, on the House’s most coveted committees.
The House GOP is ...