Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., left, at the 2019 announcement that he intended to send former Obama White House staffer Kim Teehee, right, to Washington as the Cherokees' delegate in the House of Representatives. Advertisement“The House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing on this matter soon,” a senior Democratic aide told HuffPost on Friday. “The obligation to seat a Cherokee Nation delegate is as binding today as it was in 1835.”“I’ve looked at the treaty. A second senior Democratic aide told HuffPost: “Last year, the Committee on House Administration tasked the Congressional Research Service to produce a report on the legal and procedural issues related to seating a Cherokee Nation Delegate in the House. Still, he said he is friends with Teehee, the proposed delegate, and he thinks the Cherokee Nation has a case to make.

Source: Huffington Post September 24, 2022 03:06 UTC