New House Commitee Chairmen all white men!

[Landslide Lyndon]

The Republican reach out to women and minorities continues unabated.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84293.html

At the top of House committees, it’s a man’s world.

Not a single woman will lead any of the major House committees in the 113th Congress.

After a day of meetings closed to the public, the House Republican Steering Committee announced an all-male slate of committee chairs, including 12 returning lawmakers who will head up some of the most important panels in Washington. The chairs for the House Ethics Committee and House Administration Committee have yet to be chosen, so a woman could end up in one of those slots.

The top female contender to lead a major committee was Michigan Rep. Candice Miller, who lost a battle for the chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee to Texas Rep. Mike McCaul.

[Svensson]

Of course they are. That's all the Republicans have in the House.

[Lief 🗽]

Maybe they should have asked to borrow some of Mittens' binders?

[Ogre Mage]

Bad PR next to a House Democratic Caucus where white men are now in the minority and a U.S. Senate where an Asian man (Inouye) and several white women will be committee chairmen.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Nice way to emphasize only half the damn story.

CMR as Speaker one day? It could happen, especially if some concerns exist about Cantor. The Majority Leader has been passed over before.

The real travesty is this:

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I smell some fine pork grilling somewhere.

And what does Jeb know about financial services?

[Lief 🗽]

I think it's even more of a travesty that Lamar "SOPA" Smith is in charge of the Technology committee. Dear lord.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Didn't even see that one. Saw his name close to judiciary and thought he was still on there.

Add it to the list.

[Ogre Mage]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/269797-gop-women-press-boehner-for-top-committee-spots

The fact House GOP women are pushing Boehner on this issue is telling.  The committees are where most of the real work in Congress is done.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

He won't, he'll just falsely claim he doesn't actually control the stearing committee like he did when they screwed Jeff Flake over in 2007 for the Wicker seat on the appropriations committee.

[DrScholl]

Republicans have had a woman as conference chair before, Deborah Pryce and that is the only leadership position they've had a woman in. It's mostly ceremonial and isn't a real power position like a committee chair is. Republicans simply have a different diversity structure and that's just the way it is.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Bad PR next to a House Democratic Caucus where white men are now in the minority and a U.S. Senate where an Asian man (Inouye) and several white women will be committee chairmen.

I am watching Episode Seven of Ken Burns' "The War", in which it discusses his injuries recieved, which were made even worse by the fact that he couldn't have an anesthetic because he had been given to much morphine before reaching the field hospital.

I don't care much for his politics, but you got have some kind of respect for the man. He is on appropriations, correct?

[CountryRoads]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

[Ogre Mage]

Bad PR next to a House Democratic Caucus where white men are now in the minority and a U.S. Senate where an Asian man (Inouye) and several white women will be committee chairmen.

I am watching Episode Seven of Ken Burns' "The War", in which it discusses his injuries recieved, which were made even worse by the fact that he couldn't have an anesthetic because he had been given to much morphine before reaching the field hospital.

I don't care much for his politics, but you got have some kind of respect for the man. He is on appropriations, correct?

Yeh, he's the Senate Appropriations Chair and pretty much runs the entire machine in Hawaii.

[Ogre Mage]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

She chaired Foreign Affairs but is term-limited under the House Republican caucus rules for committee leadership.

[Maxwell]

Lamar Smith having a chairmanship instead of not being in the congress is offensive.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

She chaired Foreign Affairs but is term-limited under the House Republican caucus rules for committee leadership.

And yet they gave Paul Ryan a waiver

[Keystone Phil]

Can someone post a link to the story about whether or not these gentlemen are qualified? Thanks.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Can someone post a link to the story about whether or not these gentlemen are qualified? Thanks.

I think it's an established fact by now that Paul Ryan is uniquely unqualified to be chairman of the Budget Committee. 

[hopper]

Can someone post a link to the story about whether or not these gentlemen are qualified? Thanks.

I think it's an established fact by now that Paul Ryan is uniquely unqualified to be chairman of the Budget Committee. 

There could be somebody better but it is what it is.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The party of small government puts Lamar Smith at the Technology Committee. Okay.

[Fascism Must Be Defeated]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

She chaired Foreign Affairs but is term-limited under the House Republican caucus rules for committee leadership.

And yet they gave Paul Ryan a waiver

They're probably mad at her because she supports Same-sex marriage.

[Ogre Mage]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

She chaired Foreign Affairs but is term-limited under the House Republican caucus rules for committee leadership.

And yet they gave Paul Ryan a waiver

They're probably mad at her because she supports Same-sex marriage.

I don't agree with Ros-Lehtinen on much, but I've admired her longstanding support of LGBT rights. 

[CountryRoads]

wasnt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a committee chairwoman?

She chaired Foreign Affairs but is term-limited under the House Republican caucus rules for committee leadership.

And yet they gave Paul Ryan a waiver

They're probably mad at her because she supports Same-sex marriage.

I don't agree with Ros-Lehtinen on much, but I've admired her longstanding support of LGBT rights. 

One of her kids is transgender, which is part of why she's pro-LGBT. I respect her stance on it too (even though i dont agree with her). She put family over politics.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Perhaps we should diversify our virtually all-white, all-male Forum before we criticize the House GOP.

[CountryRoads]

Perhaps we should diversify our virtually all-white, all-male Forum before we criticize the House GOP.

Win!