Friday, June 19, 2009

.375 Might Win a Batting Title.....

....but does it bring home more than a gleaming trophy?

Link to June 19 Smart Politics blog post, "Minnesota, Wisconsin Lead Nation in Largest Proportion of House Committee Leadership Posts".

Excerpt: With 37.5 percent of its House memberships now holding such committee leadership positions, Minnesota ties Wisconsin for the highest proportion of its House delegation to hold chairmanships or ranking member status across all 50 states.

Long-serving Wisconsin Representative David Obey (WI-07) chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee, emerging Republican leader Paul Ryan (WI-01) is the Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, and GOPer James Sensenbrenner (WI-05) is the Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Wisconsin also has an 8-member delegation to the House.

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