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Rep. Kevin Hern angles for Republican Study Committee to lead policy debate in next Congress

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma speaks at a rally Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Rep. Kevin Hern is planning to make the Republican Study Committee a fiscal check on the next Congress.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., center, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, while working on a bipartisan infrastructure bill with, from left, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Though elected as a Democrat, Sinema announced Friday, Dec. 9, that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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Ranking member Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, is seen here in a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Mr. Cloud is demanding answers after a major labor union with ties to President Biden took steps to abolish the National ICE Council, which represents thousands of officers at Homeland Security's deportation agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

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