Liberals to hold top posts in Democrat-run Congress

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON: The US Congress, run for years with an iron fist by hardliners in President George W Bush’s Republican party, will get a radical makeover if opposition Democrats win November’s midterm election.
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The new Financial Services Committee chairman would be Barney Frank, a liberal activist on social policy issues and one of only a handful of openly gay lawmakers in Congress.

The House Government Reform Committee gavel would be wielded by Henry Waxman, a progressive gadfly who has launched investigations of Big Tobacco, the Iraq war, and Enron, among other targets.

Meanwhile the House Judiciary Committee, where Draconian proposals crafted by conservatives stalled immigration reform, would be led by John Conyers, an African-American civil rights activist who has called numerous times over the years for Bush’s impeachment.

The chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which controls congressional purse strings, would be headed by Charles Rangel, an African-American and unapologetic leftie who backs progressive social policy like rent control and urban renewal projects that are abhorred by many conservatives.

more:http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.aspx?cu_no=2&item_no=106623&version=1&template_id=43&parent_id=19

article give a good recap of how much better off we'll all be after we WIN. :)

[Lasher]

1. Election Predictions now forecasts a 219 - 216 Dem majority in the House

Here is the link to their site: http://electionpredictions.blogspot.com/

Junior's in for an awakening.

[displacedtexan]

2. News From The Land Of DUH

Where's this current headline...?

"Hardliners in President George W Bush’s Republican party control the country"