206 House Republicans Scramble for 7 Spots on Benghazi Committee

[doxydad]

Nearly 90 percent of the House Republican caucus members want a spot on the House Benghazi select committee. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland reportedly told journalist David Drucker that 206 of the House’s 233 Republican members have requested consideration for being placed on the select committee. The committee, once it is chosen, will consist of seven Republican and five Democratic members of Congress.

As Republican members of Congress pursue their mad dash to join Fox News in pursuing an unproductive partisan witch hunt that has been rehashed over and over for months, it becomes crystal clear that the GOP lacks a substantive legislative agenda.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/07/206-house-republicans-scramble-7-spots-benghazi-committee.html

IF.. I were Nancy Pelosi, I would not let ANY Dems sit on the panel. Then they could go insane with anti-partisan blabble on Faux Noise all day.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Are they going to have as many investigations into Benghazi

as they've had votes to repeal ACA? I guess when you don't have any plan to deal with actual issues, this is what you do.

[TexasProgresive]

2. As many as White Water

[JoePhilly]

3. Each wants clips of them screaming about Bengahzi for the home town

crazies. Being on this committee gives them material for their ads.

[2pooped2pop]

4. so they all want to be on a comittee with nothing to do?

Other than rehashing the same ol same ol, there isn't much to do except go on Faux News.

I guess we will be subjected to this until after the 2016 elections. Then it will suddenly drop off the face of the earth.

[HooptieWagon]

5. Exactly. Nothing to do but appear on camera, pound the table, and be poutraged.

If the Dems participate, they'll be the adults in the room. Hopefully, score a few points to boot.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. It is now the "in" committee assignment at the moment

[Sunlei]

7. good points. The 5 Ds Boehner gets to tap, may have to be on the committee?

Rs IMO, will tap the Ds with midterm elections the RW wants to disrupt.

[Blue Owl]

8. All for a glass of Tropicana Select

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[Blue Idaho]

9. Those seats are going to be real money makers...

Just imagine the fundraising these bottom feeders plan on doing from their high horses...

[kairos12]

10. Images of the flying monkeys leaving the castle fill my mind.

[ck4829]

11. That has to be the hardest work a lot of them have done this entire Congress

[trueblue2007]

12. I AGREE ..... IF.. I were Nancy Pelosi, I would not let ANY Dems sit on the panel.

Then they could go insane with anti-partisan blabble on Faux Noise all day.

[Justice]

13. I don't believe 206 Republicans wanted a spot on the committee. I think many did not want a spot.

Supposedly 206 of them clamoring to be a member of the committee. Yet, oddly, all members of the committee come from
wildly safe conservative districts. They received no less than 58% of the vote and in 3 cases more than 60% of the vote.

I think any Republican member who is in a moderate district wanted no part of being on the committee. Republicans nationally in 2012 received 47.6%
of the vote (less than Democrats) yet in these districts the Republicans did quite well.


Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) (Won 58% of the vote in 2012)

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman (Won 65% of the vote in 2012)


Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) (Won 59% of the vote in 2012)

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) (Won 62% of the vote in 2012)


Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) (Won 64% of the vote in 2012)


Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) (Won 59% of the vote in 2012)

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) (uncontested in 2012)