Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York and Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York and Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
  • House Republicans accidentally gave Democrats a supermajority on a new panel they created.
  • Under the resolution passed by voice vote on Tuesday, Democrats would get 9 seats on a 12 member panel.
  • But the plan is to actually have 21 seats on the committee, and the error was eventually fixed.

In an apparent error, House Republicans passed a resolution on Tuesday that would give Democrats a supermajority on a new select subcommittee probing the "weaponization" of the government.