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Subscribe to RSSAfter enduring negative headlines that all of the House Republican committee chairmanships will be filled by men in the next Congress, Republicans have found their woman.
NBC News has learned that Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) will be named chair of the House Administration Committee. Miller did not serve on the committee during the 112th Congress.
Lack of diversity has been an issue for the GOP, and many strategists believe that the party’s problems with women and minorities led to President Obama’s re-election.
Miller has been in Congress since 2003, and her highest committee level post is on the House Homeland Security Committee.
The House Administration Committee deals with the pertinent administrative business of the House. The committee can decide such mundane things as whether or not the House cafeterias will use paper or Styrofoam plates -- or more serious matters such as benefit packages for congressional workers and how the Library of Congress operates. The Committee also monitors the expense accounts of House members.
House Speaker John Boehner issued this statement: “From ensuring the House runs efficiently and smoothly, to making Congress more open and accessible, Candice has a big job ahead as chairman of the House Administration Committee. In her new post, Candice will provide the leadership needed to keep operating costs down, save taxpayer dollars, and help lawmakers use new technology to better engage with their constituents. And her experience as Michigan secretary of state will be invaluable given the committee’s oversight of campaign finance and election laws.
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lmao.. the token woman...talk about tone deaf
I'm sure there will be a man nearby to tell her what to do. So she doesn't have to fill her head with all those MEN decisions. The GOP doesn't "get it" and I hope they never do.
Based on past experience of some current and past GOP House Members,this lady will be relatively safe in that group unless she starts to wear a tie and long trouses.
Republicans are so tone deaf on the diversity issue in their party that it's laughable.
The GOP has always been, and continued to be, a white male party.
What goobers are the Republican Party. They are no more representative of the citizens of the US as the Taliban are. The GOP is the party of "Great Old People". They are mostly delusional not believing that the reality is what it is. That's diagnostic right there. They are in a word, sad!
The fact is they did UNDER CRITICISM is the whole point of the article, it was pointed out....there is no doubt there were several GOP women they could have chose for some committee chairs...fact is they DID NOT...only after being shamed...the people the still support this party really should wake up, all of their talk about diversity is phony...to catlover, as far as women being committee chairs in the Dem controlled house there were 2, and now there are 4 women Chief Deputies....and of course Pelosi being minority leader, so catlover WAKE UP, stop watching Beck and Limbaugh, and read FACTUAL NEWS for a change
Naturally, the republicans put her in charge of the 'housekeeping' committee.