Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) faces the demanding and nearly impossible task of trying to rein in GOP plans to unleash hundreds of fresh investigations of Obama administration policies and programs.
House Democrats chose Cummings as their ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday over Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in a vote of 119-61, according to a Democratic source.
The decision to promote Cummings to the top post was an attempt to counter the aggressive incoming Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has vowed to hold hundreds of hearings and launch new investigations into the bank bailouts, the stimulus funds and possibly the healthcare overhaul.
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