Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos told his GOP colleagues Tuesday that he would forgo the House committees he'd been assigned, two Republicans in the room told POLITICO.
The announcement comes days after senior House Republicans seated the New York freshman trailed by a cloud of apparent serial fabrications on two committees: Science and Small Business. But even those lower-profile Santos assignments quickly became a political liability for Speaker Kevin McCarthy's conference, particularly as Republicans scrapes for the votes they need to yank Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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