Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Demoted

Vice President Pence no longer has an office on the House side of Congress, with a senior Democratic aide confirming Tuesday that it was part of the latest round of reassignments.

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The allocation of office space falls under the discretion of the Speaker, meaning it now falls under the discretion of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

  The Hill
how disrespectful! Will Trump tweet?
"Room assignments are reviewed and changed at the beginning of every Congress," the aide said.

Pence received the office space in 2017 from then-Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), NPR noted.

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Pence regularly travels to Capitol Hill in his current capacity to speak with lawmakers and rally support around President Trump's policies.

As vice president, Pence is the president of the Senate. Vice presidents typically have office space on that side of Congress, but he also had the space in the House.

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The Democratic aide noted that no other vice president had dedicated House-side office space for the last 25 years prior to Pence and that the White House legislative affairs team was provided with House office space it did not previously have.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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