Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), who is mulling a bid to succeed House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), said the appropriations process “cannot continue” to operate the same in the aftermath of the uphill battle to pass the fiscal 2024 spending bills.
A spokesperson for Aderholt, the senior Republican on the appropriations committee, told the Washington Examiner that the congressman is being “very deliberate” in making a decision whether to replace Granger. The Texas congresswoman announced on Friday that she asked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to begin the process of finding a new committee head “as soon as possible” — just hours after the House passed the final six appropriations bills.
“The congressman is being very deliberate in making a decision because it’s clear: We cannot continue under the
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