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AOC was always going to be a long shot for Ways and Means. It should be interesting to see how the other appointments shake out and whether progressives get their 40 percent.
I'm betting a bunch of the new progressives ended up on Financial Services. Because slim pickings on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce and Appropriations. speaker.gov/newsroom/1919-…
It's already generating blowback. From a progressive strategist active in lobbying for committee seats: “Progressives handed Nancy Pelosi 7,000 roses today in her office. She returned the favor by shutting them out of key committees that really controls the money in her House."
The progressives who handed her roses were Markos Moulitsas and the Daily Kos community.

To be clear, the anonymous progressive is not affiliated with Daily Kos.
I will note: It's hard for progressives to maintain a united front with Democratic leadership if some top activist types are giving gifts to the same people other activists are trying to pressure.
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