Anti-war member denied GOP leadership position on House panel

[The Straight Story]

Anti-war member denied GOP leadership position on House panel

By Megan Scully, CongressDaily
House Armed Services ranking member Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has disciplined one of his party's most vocal anti-war members by denying him a minority leadership position on the powerful defense committee.

Hunter, a loyal supporter of President Bush and an outspoken hawk on the Iraq war, recently told Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., that he would be passed over for the Readiness Subcommittee ranking member slot because of his stance on the war, Jones said in an interview Thursday.

Jones, in his seventh term, rose quickly in seniority on the 61-member panel after two more-senior GOP members suffered election defeats and former Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Joel Hefley, R-Colo., retired.

Now the eighth-ranking Republican on the committee, Jones was in line to be ranking member on one of the seven Armed Services subcommittees. Instead, Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., will serve as ranking member on the Readiness panel. Davis, in her fourth term, ranks 11th in seniority among 28 Republicans.

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[brentspeak]

1. Well, if Jones ever wanted to return to the Democratic Party, I'm sure he'd be more than welcome

[williesgirl]

3. No we need to swing a SENATOR so we can get rid of that fucker Lieberman!

[PretzelWarrior]

2. good news for America. if they keep it up...

they won't have enough members in congress to even fill out all available slots for minority on all committees.

DUncan Hunter is another one so full of shit his day will come soon.

People of the country need to bitch slap the GOP again and again until they either go away or start to once again represent the mainstream thinking.

[leveymg]

4. In '08, I think I may go do some GOTV for Hunter's Dem opponent - worked against Weldon this year!

I love campaign work. Particularly when the GOP incumbent is a dirty, evil prick.:evilgrin: