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Topic: Republicans pick new
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Republicans pick new
committee chiefs
The Hill [Washington DC], by Molly K. Hooper
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/27/2012 11:14:49 PM
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| House Republican leaders picked six new committee chairmen on Tuesday, solidifying the team that will carry them forward in the new Congress. Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) office released the slate of chosen chairmen for ratification by the entire House GOP conference, which is expected to happen on Wednesday. Three of the races were competitive, with Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) now set to become the new Homeland Security Committee chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) the Science Committee chairman and Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) the Foreign Affairs chairman.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 11/27/2012 11:58:08 PM (No. 9036937)
Are any of these guys good? I´m glad they kept Rusn but know none of the others.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 11/27/2012 11:58:42 PM (No. 9036938)
Dang phone! I meant Ryan. Sorry.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
veritas, 11/28/2012 12:52:52 AM (No. 9036967)
I want people with fire in their eyes and bloody axes in their hands.
Every day of sending letters, "expressing concern," hearings -- it´s all wasted. Worse, it abets the Dems efforts at hurting the country.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 11/28/2012 1:45:04 AM (No. 9036975)
With the exception of Lamar Smith, I´m not familiar with this newly-elected crew. I too want some fire, and please some new fresh messaging expertise from the leadership. This Speaker´s press opportunities are simply embarrassing. They each take a turn behind the mike reading boilerplate talking points we have all heard a hundred times before. I have seen better presentations in high school speech classes. Let´s go Boehner and company!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/28/2012 4:07:15 AM (No. 9037012)
Looks to me like good ole boys,seniority based, deck chair shuffling by Boehner.I want to see people like Trey Gowdy getting chairs.
People´s brains haven´t caught up to the new reality on how our government works anymore. The House is becoming more irrelevant by the day except for being the whipping mule for the media.
Obamajust got relected ostensivly because he´s such a supreme leader but he´s put nothing on the fiscal cliff table. Instead the GOP is under pressure to stick their necks out wth a willing media rady to chop them off.
Dingy Harry has laid down the gauntlet on a number of things which go unchallenged.The left never gives an inch on anything while the republicans stand in line to cave on issue after issue.
It´s crazy for the GOP to stick their necks out on SS and Medicare because the left drools over demogouging it.There´s plenty of room in baseline budgeting to cut spending but you have to demonstrate the waste in each dept. to get public support for cuts.
The left has been using the same base tactic for decade after decade. They get elected,run up spending then come back a year later and say they need tax increases to cover the deficit. By then, people forget they´re the ones who created the demand for more taxes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 11/28/2012 7:28:10 AM (No. 9037129)
Well, the GOP House and PLO Senate had better come up with a solution to the final splat over the cliff or Obama will just have to do it through Executive Order. The American people just can´t wait, eeeyo.
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