January 06, 2004
Ralph Hall Loses Committee Posts
By Byron LaMasters
It's good to see that Nancy Pelosi has wasted no time in stripping Ralph Hall of his committee posts after his switch to the Republican Party:
Rep. Ralph Hall's defection to the GOP cost him two key committee posts Monday.
Three days after the Rockwall lawmaker's surprise decision, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi replaced him as ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee with a colleague from Tennessee, Rep. Barton Gordon.
She also said she will soon fill an unspecified vacancy on the Energy Committee – Mr. Hall's other assignment, which spokeswoman Janet Perry Poppleton said Mr. Hall intended to resign anyway.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at January 6, 2004 12:06 PM
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These are the same strong-arm tactics used by the Union Army that turned a young Ralph Hall into a Democrat in 1867.
I agree that she did the right thing. Gotta wonder what the Rs will do for Hall, though.
The decision on redistricting is in: http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/ and it looks like it upholds the legality of the new map. Big fun now.
I agree that she did the right thing. Gotta wonder what the Rs will do for Hall, though.
The decision on redistricting is in: http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/ and it looks like it upholds the legality of the new map. Big fun now.
Yeah, when you switch parties you can expect not to keep the perks that came with being in the old party. Like committee assignments. I assume we'll give him something, though.
Sherk
