Article snippet: As Breitbart News reported, Ocasio-Cortez has already expressed her desire to be on two committees that are rarely open to freshman lawmakers — House Financial Services and Energy and Commerce. The finance committee oversees the nation’s financial sector, while energy and commerce’s jurisdiction includes public health and research, environmental quality, and energy policy. Ocasio-Cortez has also expressed interest in joining the House Ways and Means Committee, perhaps the most powerful of the three because of its role in appropriations and banking. If Ocasio-Cortez gets seated on any or all of these committees, she would be in a position to advance her political agenda, including universal Medicaid and the New Green Deal that focuses on abolishing fossil fuels and making the fight against so-called climate change a legislative priority. “I think with our district, we can be ambitious, so we’re kind of swinging for the fences on committees,” Ocasio-Cortez told HillTV. “We might as well ask for something big.” The Hill reported: And the left is all in for Ocasio-Cortez’s attempted power grab. Vice News reported that a spokesperson for the freshman said she is going to seek a seat on the Ways and Means Committee. “Everything that progressives care about goes through those committees,” Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, a group working to get leftists on major committees, told Vice News. In a move that could help her attain more historic gains... Link to the full article to read more