


He authored several books, including the Washington Post best-seller O verruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People and the highly-acclaimed We the Students: Supreme Court Cases For and About America’s Students, which has sold more than 50,000 copies. He was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years.
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He earned a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis to deliver a series of landmark legislative accomplishments. Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where he also served as the Senate Majority Whip. He was also renamed Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Chair of the Rules Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures for the 117th Congress. This is his second term serving on the Rules Committee and the Coronavirus Select Subcommittee. suburbs in Maryland, announced that his cancer is in remission after he completed chemotherapy. Raskin’s third term serving on the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on House Administration. Jamie Raskin, a prominent lawmaker representing D.C. House of Representatives since January 2017. Raskin is the leader the American people need to defend our democracy and champion an effective government at this critical moment in our nation’s history,” Maloney said in a statement Thursday after the vote.ĬNN’s Shawna Mizelle contributed to this report.Congressman Jamie Raskin has represented Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. Carolyn Maloney, the current chairwoman of the Oversight panel, is leaving Congress next month after losing a member-versus-member Democratic primary to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) officially passed Friday on a bid for a Senate seat in deep-blue Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016. representative for Marylands 8th congressional district since 2017. “I want to be clear: This is an investigation of Joe Biden, and that’s where the committee will focus in this next Congress.” Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Sunday that he is seriously considering a bid for Senate and expects to announce a decision before July 4. Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. David Trone (D-Md. “In the 118th Congress, this committee will evaluate the status of Joe Biden’s relationship with his family’s foreign partners and whether he is a President who is compromised or swayed by foreign dollars and influence,” the Kentucky Republican said. Days after a high-profile potential candidate bowed out of the Maryland race for U.S. Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced on Wednesday that he has a serious but curable form of cancer and will begin outpatient treatment.

Comer said that there are plans to subpoena Hunter Biden. Jim Comer – the expected next chairman of the Oversight Committee – outlined a broad range of investigative targets focused on President Joe Biden and his family’s business dealings. Raskin will be in the line of defense against Republicans, who had little ability to enforce their document requests while they were in the minority but will gain subpoena power once in the majority. CNNįirst on CNN: Incoming GOP chair investigating Biden family businesses won't subpoena President BidenĪs the ranking Democrat on the Oversight panel, Raskin will become the chief House defender of the Biden administration when Republicans, who have vowed to investigate the president’s son Hunter Biden and the Biden administration, take over the chamber in the next Congress. Jim Comer speaks with CNN's Pamela Brown in a sit-down interview.
