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House Oversight Committee votes 21-20 to table motion to subpoena Elon Musk
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform voted 21-20 to table a Democratic motion to subpoena Elon Musk for testimony about the Trump administration—s use of private AI and data handling, after heated points of order and procedural delays.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday voted 21-20 to table a Democratic motion to subpoena Elon Musk, ending immediate efforts to compel the tech executive to testify before the panel.
Ranking Member Lynch moved that the committee issue a subpoena for Elon Musk, saying, "pursuant to clause 20 2 k 6 of house rule 11, I move that this committee subpoena Elon Musk to testify before this committee." The motion was seconded, but the chair accepted a motion to table the subpoena and the committee proceeded to a recorded roll call vote.
The vote followed more than an hour of procedural points, exchanges about committee practice and the clerk—s readiness to call the roll, and repeated suspensions while members debated parliamentary procedure. Chairwoman Mace…
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