House GOP picks all-male slate of new committee chairs

House Republicans selected a new roster of committee chairmen for the 114th Congress starting in January.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) won the most contested opening this year, a four-way race on Tuesday to become the powerful House Oversight Committee chairman next year, succeeding term-limited Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA). Notably, none of the new House committee chairs are women. Current House Administration Committee Chairwoman Candice Miller (R-MI) remains the only female on the roster of panel leaders. Over the course of the last two days, the House GOP Steering Committee, a panel consisting of elected leadership, top committee chairmen and regional representatives that determines gavel assignments, interviewed candidates and voted on who should win the chairmanships. The full GOP conference will ratify the new recommendations, which is expected to easily pass.