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House Oversight Committee tables subpoena for Elon Musk after roll-call vote
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A motion by the panel's Democrats to subpoena Elon Musk was tabled after a recorded roll-call vote, 20–19, ending immediate committee action to call the billionaire as a witness.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform voted to table a motion to subpoena Elon Musk, blocking an immediate committee demand that the billionaire appear as a witness.
Representative Gerry Connolly, the committee’s ranking member, moved to subpoena Musk, saying the committee should question the private citizen because of Musk’s role in the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency effort. "I move that the committee subpoena Elon Musk to come before it as a witness at the earliest possible moment," Connolly said during the hearing.
The committee then voted on a motion to table the subpoena. Dr. Don Fox (motion to table) moved to table; the motion was seconded. After the clerk called the roll, committee staff…
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