According to a new report, Steil is using his role as Chair of the “historically bipartisan” House Administration Committee to attack voting access and peddle dangerous election conspiracies.
This hardly comes as a surprise after Steil hired a committee staffer who was involved in the fake elector scheme in Arizona. When asked about why he hired someone to aid in election oversight who was involved in this scheme, Steil dismissed the staffer’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election as not “terribly relevant.”
DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
“Despite Bryan Steil’s best efforts to lead his party’s dangerous efforts to roll back voting rights and undermine our democracy, Wisconsinites will hold him accountable at the ballot box in November.”
A historically bipartisan and relatively unknown House committee is being thrust into the spotlight over accusations of “undercutting voting rights” as Republicans seek to use their power to advance a slate of new election laws.
A new report released this week by Accountable.US, a self-described nonpartisan watchdog that has been characterized as “center-left” by outside groups, targets the House Administration Committee with accusations that Republicans are using their majority to alter election laws ahead of the 2024 contest to boost former President Donald Trump.
The group argues the committee has been filled with far-right Republicans intent on “undermining Capitol security, constraining the freedom to vote, and propping up election conspiracies.”
The 39-page report, first obtained by the Washington Examiner, specifically targets the Republican lawmakers on the committee led by Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), citing their voting records against certifying the 2020 election and opposing investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Accountable.US’s report lists the committee members who voted against certifying President Joe Biden’s victory against Trump and have supported amicus briefs in certain states to challenge the results of the 2020 election. It also dings all Republican members on the committee for voting to advance the ACE Act despite voting down an amendment that would acknowledge Biden as “the rightful winner of the 2020 election.”
Although the House Administration Committee has long flown under the radar, the panel is one of the more powerful in the lower chamber as it holds jurisdiction over congressional and electoral operations. The committee has also become increasingly contentious as Republicans turn their focus to implementing stricter election laws ahead of the November contest.
Democrats on the House Administration Committee have long pushed back against the ACE Act, claiming the legislation would only be used to “appease extremist election deniers.”
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