California Rep. Kiley Loses Committee Spots After GOP Exit (1)

Rep. Kevin Kiley lost his committee assignments after leaving the Republican Party to become an independent, according to messages read on the House floor Wednesday.

The House clerk read messages from Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.), noting that Kiley’s elections to both panels were “automatically vacated” as of Wednesday.

Kiley is running for reelection in one of the most competitive districts in the country and has publicly sparred with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during the 119th Congress. When he renounced his Republican affiliation, Kiley said he still planned to ...