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The boundaries of Pennsylvania's 18 U.S. House Districts

Why Americans Actually Voted For A Democratic House. (Think Progress, 11/7/2012)

Tally as of November 7, 2012

• House Democrats:    53,952,240
• House Republicans:  53,402,643

Yet at the time that this post was written, the Republican held a 233-192 advantage, with 10 seats still undecided.

Excerpt:    Republicans won several key state legislatures and governors’ mansions in the election cycle before redistricting, and they gerrymandered those states within an inch of their lives.

Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and John Nygren (R-Marinette) Named Co-Chairs of Joint Committeee on Finance

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) news release on Darling appointment.

8th Senate District

Public libraries in the 22nd Assembly District

Bayside/Fox Point/Glendale/River Hills.  North Shore Library 

Brown Deer Public Library

Germantown Community Library

Grafton.  U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Library

Menomonee Falls Public Library 

Mequon/Thiensville.   Frank L. Weyenberg Library

Milwaukee Public Library.  (service area sliver)

Sussex/Lisbon.  Pauline Haass Public Library, Sussex (Lisbon service area)

Whitefish Bay Public Library

Academic library
Rincker Memorial Library, Concordia University, Mequon


Assembly Speaker Robin Vos's news release on Nygren, Strachota appointments.

Public libraries in the 89th Assembly District
Brown County Public Library (service area)
Marinette County Library 

• Coleman
• Peshtigo
• Stephenson Library, Marinette
  

Oconto.  Farnsworth Public Library,

Academic library
UW-Marinette Library

Speaker Robin Vos also selected Pat Strachota (R-West Bend) as Assembly Vice-Chair on Joint Finance.

On the Democratic side, Minority Leader Chris Larson chose Bob Wirch (Pleasant Prairie) and Jennifer Shilling (La Crosse) to serve on the committee.  Current co-chair Lena Taylor was not reappointed.

In a nutshell.   The Joint Committee on Finance is a statutory, 16-member standing committee of the Wisconsin Legislature. The Committee's primary responsibility is to serve as the principal legislative committee charged with the review of all state appropriations and revenues.

With Republicans holding majorities in the Senate and Assembly, the 16 members will include 12 Republicans and 4 Democrats.

Most commonly used adjective preceding "Joint Finance".

Everything you always wanted to know.

Queens Library Perseveres in the Rockaways

Despite Ruin, Library Offers Books and Community.  (The New York Times, 11/25/2012)


Excerpt: All told, the storm destroyed more than 100,000 items including books and DVDs in four of the five Queens library branches in the Rockaways, which had a combined total of more than 600,000 visitors last year. The Peninsula branch lost about 40,000 books and other materials, as well as its laptops and other electronic equipment.