US Congressional Republicans Accidentally Gave The Democrats A Supermajority On A New 'Weaponization' Subcommittee

The House, in an attempt to expand the “weaponization” subcommittee to 21 members, appears to have inadvertently shrunk it to 12 and given Dems a supermajority. pic.twitter.com/LG9O2rbKJ9

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 1, 2023

Insider: House GOP accidentally gives Democrats supermajority on new 'weaponization' subcommittee 

* 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. 

In a resolution that sought to expand the committee to 13 members up to 21, drafters made an apparent typo, which was first noted by Politico's Kyle Cheney. 

The resolution, put forward by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and passed by voice vote, stated that the subcommittee would have "not more than 12" members, and that "not more than 9 shall be appointed in consultation with the minority leader." 

That would give Democrats a 9-3 supermajority. In reality, the plan is for the committee to have 12 Republican members and 9 Democratic members, and the error will almost certainly be corrected before the committee convenes. 

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WNU Editor: This has been corrected. But for a moment some people were scratching their heads (mine included).