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Nancy Pelosi names Democrats for Benghazi panel
Politico ^
| 5-21-2014
| Jake Sherman & Lauren French
Posted on 05/21/2014 11:25:05 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Nancy Pelosi names Democrats for Benghazi panel
By JAKE SHERMAN and LAUREN FRENCH | 5/21/14 11:27 AM EDT Updated: 5/21/14 2:11 PM EDT
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after a heated debate over the issue within her caucus officially tapped five Democrats to the special committee charged with investigating the Benghazi attacks.
Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings (Md.), Adam Smith (Wash.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Linda Sanchez (Calif.) and Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) will serve on the panel, which is headed by South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy.
Cummings of Maryland will serve as the select committees ranking member. The lead Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Cummings has often served as a sparring partner over Benghazi with Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).
Smith, Schiff and Duckworth have responsibilities related to defense and foreign service as part of their other committee assignments.
The announcement comes after Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) met for an hour Tuesday to negotiate over the probe.
Appointing Democrats to the panel marks a departure for Pelosi, who initially didnt want to dignify the committee by naming any Democrats to it. Her perspective changed, however, after fellow Democrats said she should appoint at least a few Democrats to sit on it in order to counter claims by Republicans. Some Democrats also felt the party should be represented if Republicans subpoena high-level Obama administration officials, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The committee, which the House agreed to create earlier this month in a party-line vote, created seven seats for Republicans and five for Democrats.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: adamschiff; adamsmith; benghazi; benghazidems; cummings; duckworth; gowdybsc; lindasanchez; pelosi
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To: BuckeyeTexan
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:32:11 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: exit82
This will be a pointless piece of DC theater. From Barak Boko Haram Hussein Obama to the witless and useless Hitlery Clinton no one, no one, I repeat no one will pay any price, be held in anyway accountable. No one.
Why don’t they get to the important matters of governance like naming a bridge after some thief—excuse me- congressman?
To: smoothsailing
Trey Gowdy will have no trouble handling anything Elijah can throw at him.
We got it well covered Smooth, you posted this 3 minutes earlier than I did. :-)
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:32:33 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: smoothsailing
The Parade of Horribles.
To: smoothsailing
Gowdy will wipe the floor with these light weights!
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:32:59 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(There's no "R" in Warshington!)
To: smoothsailing
Cummings of Maryland will serve as the select committees ranking member.
This RAT clown has no credibility........
NO MORE LIES, MR. CUMMINGS:
TELL AMERICA THE TRUTH
Houston, TX - April 9, 2014 - Washington is reeling as Rep. Elijah Cummings' (D-MD) true role in the IRS abuse scandal has come to light. Emails released by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, of which Cummings is the ranking member, show Cummings and his staff communicating with Lois Lerner while the IRS targeted True the Vote for abuse.
"Today's committee action reveals what we knew all along. Partisan politics and the weaponization of government against opponents of this administration is real and continues," said True the Vote president Catherine Engelbrecht. "Elijah Cummings has blocked the IRS abuse investigation all along. We now see clearly that two branches of government have colluded to target and silence private citizens.
"America has come to a tipping point," Engelbrecht said. "No more lies. No more cover-ups. No more collusion. Enough is enough. Finally, we have a chance for the rule of law to be re-established, thanks to the bold efforts of Chairman Issa and Rep. Jordan."
Engelbrecht added, "We filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Cummings in February. Today we're amending that filing to include this latest revelation. As I have said in my testimony before Congress; I will not retreat, I will not surrender, I will not be intimidated. I will not ask Rep. Cummings, Lois Lerner, Barack Obama, or anyone else, for permission to exercise my constitutional rights."
Click here for a copy of the letter from Chairman Issa and five Subcommittee Chairman to Ranking Member Cummings.
Click here for documents about Cummings'interactions with the IRS about True the Vote
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:33:12 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: Cheerio
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:34:13 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: WildHighlander57
That was done last week
Gowdy heads it
And a female fed prosecutor from IN
Rest have legal training except one
All very competent
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:35:04 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: txrefugee
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:35:30 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: gr8eman
“Gowdy will wipe the floor with these light weights!”
—
I agree.
.
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:36:30 AM PDT
by
Mears
To: smoothsailing
Who is the blonde chica?
I’m thinking Tammy Faye 2.0
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:36:48 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:37:10 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: mowowie
Imagine how disappointed he must be. LOL!
To: smoothsailing
That fat guy with the ham-head from Florida didn’t make the cut. Oh well. He’s used to that, I’m sure.
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:38:17 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: upchuck
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:38:27 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: smoothsailing
Nancy Pelosi names Defense Council Democrats for Benghazi panel
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:38:39 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: smoothsailing
The dem bluff was called. LOL.
To: smoothsailing
sending in their ‘finest’ racist spinners. The ones that scream over any thing.
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:40:44 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: smoothsailing
Lets see we got a black guy, an asian, a hispanic......
One of those Adams has got to be gay....
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posted on
05/21/2014 11:40:54 AM PDT
by
mowowie
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