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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:01 PM
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Dems Win Would Move House Committees Far Left
Edited on Thu May-11-06 10:06 PM by sparosnare
*Warning* This is from a conservative site. But check it out anyway - they've got 'match-ups' of the current Committee Chairmen and the Dems who would take over. I love the looks of it and the comments about our Dems are hilarious. Let's make sure it happens. :patriot:

"When voters go the polls this November, they should remember who will take charge of the major committees in the House if the Democrats win a majority. Under Republicans, House committees have been chaired by moderates or conservatives, and often a chairman who is generally moderate (such as Homeland Security Chairman Peter King of New York) is in fact a conservative when it comes to the area for which his committee is responsible.

Even if Republicans retain the majority, three chairmanships will change hands because Representatives Jim Nussle (R.-Iowa.), Henry Hyde (R.-Ill.) and Bill Thomas (R.-Calif.) are retiring. But in a Republican House, those chairmen are likely to be replaced by members at least as conservative as they are. If Democrats take control of the House, the chairmanship of every major committee will lurch to the left."

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14223
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:05 PM
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1. "If Conyers becomes chairman, Bush will face an impeachment inquiry "
Yup. And we can't wait!

:nopity:
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:10 PM
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2. YAY!!
:party:
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:16 PM
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3. Conyers is not 'far left'. He's simply rational.
We need to destroy these labels they have made for reasonable people acting reasonably.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:22 PM
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4. That all seems to be in order
Edited on Thu May-11-06 10:35 PM by Patsy Stone
Waxman: "Hyper-liberal congressman from Hollywood. In 1990s, he worked to protect the Clinton Administration from the committee's investigations of corruption. When Clinton left office, Waxman reversed course, demanding investigations of the Bush Administration. Nonetheless, he objected to the committee's probe of former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, who eventually pleaded guilty to stealing classified documents from the National Archives. Under his leadership, this committee would launch multiple investigations of the Bush Administration."

Yes, please, thank you.

How then, exactly, did Rep. Bennie Thompson (D - Miss.) "{work} to keep gas prices high by keeping U.S. dependent on foreign oil"???

Oh, right, by voting against ANWR. :rofl:
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:25 PM
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6. They are funny, "hyper-liberal'", lol.
Poor little deluded souls. :rofl:
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:31 PM
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7. Every one of the descriptions was great
I read each and thought, "And you say that like it's a bad thing."
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 10:24 PM
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5. Looks like a good lineup to me.
On Appropriations
Replace crook: Jerry Lews (R-CA)
with: David Obey (D-WI)

On Education and Workforce
Replace lunatic: Buck McKeon (R-CA)
with: George Miller (D-CA)

On Energy and Commerce
Replace ideologue: Joe Barton (R-TX)
with: John Dingell (D-MI)

On Government Reform
Replace crook: Tom Davis (R-VA)
with: Henry Waxman (D-CA)

On Hometown Security :evilgrin:
Replace idiot: Peter King (R-NY)
with: Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

On International Relations
Replace fat, old hypocrit: Henry Hyde (R-IL)
with: Tom Lantos (D-CA)

On Judiciary
Replace certifiable lunatic: James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
with:..... (wait for it).... John Conyers Jr. (D-MI)
(Hooray for Detroit!!! My home town.)

On Resources
Replace mobster: Richard Pombo (R-CA)
with: Nick Rahall (D-WV)

On Ways and Means
Replace babbling fool: Bill Thomas (R-CA)
with: Charles Rangel (D-NY)
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 11:20 PM
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8. Looks like a wish list to me... n/t
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-11-06 11:37 PM
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9. When the committees are far right, any move to the left is...
.... well moving it toward the center. I guess the center appears like the extreme left wing to them.

Mark.
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