In 1961, the committee, then dominated by the chamber’s bipartisan conservative bloc, was its own rogue source of power. The chairman, Rep. Howard Smith, D-Va., opposed newly elected President John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier agenda — especially its civil rights plank.

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Representative Ted Lieu said “Trump is all over the Epstein files.” He called the Republican lawmakers’ move “a coverup of epic proportions.”

Some Republicans aren't buying House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) insistence he will not put a Jeffrey Epstein-related resolution on the floor this week. Debate has surged in the House over whether to hold a floor vote on a measure demanding the release of documents related to the Epstein case.