Tax-Writing Democrats See Subcommittee Gavel Shifts: BGOV Tax

Tax-Writing Democrat Sees Panel Shuffle

The influential tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee could see shakeups in subcommittee leadership next year as Democrats look to gain seats—maybe even making way for a new generation of leaders, Macon Atkinson reports.

Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), speaking Wednesday at BakerHostetler’s annual legislative seminar in Washington, said Democrats desire “dynamism” like that created by Republican term limits for committee chairs.

“I don’t know that there’s much appetite in this moment to move into something like what the Republicans have,” Schneider said, referring to the six-year constraint on top spots Republicans implemented in 1997, “but ...