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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 12/08/10 4:31 am • # 1 
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The reputations of new R chairs of some Congressional committees are 'iffy', at best ~ Image ~ Sooz

By [url=/author/Lee Fang]Lee Fang[/url] at 9:55 am
Exclusive: New GOP Appropriation Chair Secretly Lobbied For Health Reform Money He Called ‘Socialistic'

After an internal struggle within the House Republican caucus, the GOP Steering Committee voted to select Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) as the new Chairman for the Appropriations Committee yesterday. Rogers campaigned for the position promising to carry out the wider Republican agenda of defunding popular progressive policies, particularly with a pledge to “stopâ€
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PostPosted: 12/08/10 5:55 am • # 2 
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Another ThinkProgress FOIA request revealed that Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who called health reform “unconstitutional[i],â€
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PostPosted: 12/13/10 5:24 am • # 3 
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It's the rock-solid, backwards, bought-and-paid-for mindsets like Bachus's [and others] that make 'iffy' reputations seem preferable ~ Image ~ Sooz

By Pat Garofalo at 10:50 am
Incoming GOP Financial Services Chairman: Washington's Role Is ‘To Serve The Banks'

During the financial reform debate, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) — who will become chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in the 112th Congress — continually criticized the reform effort. He falsely characterized the legislation that ultimately became the Dodd-Frank financial reform law as creating “permanent bailout authority,â€
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