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   From: cblasey@paloaltou.edu   
      
   WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t get a seat on   
   the powerful tax writing committee where she sought to push her   
   progressive agenda of Medicare for All, free college tuition and   
   a green new deal.   
      
   Instead, the open downstate New York slot on the House Ways and   
   Means Committee went to a moderate Democrat, Long Island Rep.   
   Tom Suozzi, a former CPA, attorney and county executive.   
      
   Suozzi will assume the committee seat of Rep. Joe Crowley, the   
   Queens Democrat Ocasio-Cortez defeated last year in a stunning   
   upset.   
      
   Ocasio-Cortez sought a spot on the committee—which is usually   
   off limits to freshman reps – with the backing of progressive   
   groups that pushed for a slate of fresh-faced candidates to earn   
   posh assignments.   
      
   Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib made a play for Appropriations, but   
   she too was passed over.   
      
   Ocasio-Cortez, at 29 the youngest member of Congress, took the   
   defeat in stride. Asked if she felt slighted by leadership, her   
   spokesman Corbin Trent said “certainly not.”   
      
   “She hoped to be on it, but we’re excited to see what committees   
   she does get,” Trent said.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/ocasio-cortez-passed-over-for-   
   influential-house-committee/   
      
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