LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ANGLE FOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - The Antelope Valley's two congressional representatives are angling for powerful committee assignments. Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, whose district includes the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County portion of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , is seeking a seat on the House Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30 1950), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, , R-Roseville, to replace Rep. Ron Packard, R-San Clemente, who is retiring. Rep. Bill Thomas For other people with similar names, see . William Marshall Thomas (born December 6 1941), commonly known as Bill Thomas, American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, representing the 22nd District of , R-Bakersfield, whose district includes the Kern County portion of the Antelope Valley, is seeking to succeed Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, as the chairman of the House Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee. Archer is leaving the post as the result of leadership term limits Republicans enacted as part of their 1994 ``Contract with America'' for government reform. The Appropriations Committee has oversight on bills funding government operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint
The Ways and Means Committee has oversight on tax issues, trade, health and Social Security. Recommendations on the committee assignments will be made by a 24- member House Republican steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun . The entire House of Representatives will vote on the steering committee's recommendations in early January. McKeon is endorsed for the Appropriations Committee slot by the California Republican delegation. However, McKeon aide David Foy said it would not be appropriate to speculate on how much weight that endorsement will have with the House Republican steering committee. McKeon now sits on the Armed Services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. , Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. , and Education and the Workforce committees. If he is selected to the Appropriations Committee, McKeon, under House rules, would have to give up his seats on all three of the other committees. To become chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Thomas would have to convince House Republican leaders to bypass seniority as one of the major requirements for the post. Thomas, the second senior Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, is challenging Rep. Philip Crane, R-Ill., the senior Republican on the committee, for the assignment. In a phone interview, Thomas said when Republicans took control of Congress after the 1994 election, the members deemed seniority ``important, but not absolute'' in electing committee chairmen. Senior members of committees were passed over for leadership slots on occasion in favor of other, more able candidates. Thomas said he expects the steering committee will hold to that practice this time as well. ``Everyone has their their own style and presentation,'' Thomas said. ``I emphasize coordination and communication.'' Thomas said it would be presumptuous pre·sump·tu·ous adj. Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward. [Middle English, from Old French presumptueux, from Late Latin praes to lay out an agenda until the committee members get input from President-elect George W. Bush. Thomas noted that the committee's jurisdiction, including taxes and health care, covers about ``three-fourths of a Bush stump speech.'' Also running for the Ways and Means chairmanship is Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., the third senior Republican on the committee. Congressional sources say, however, it is unlikely the steering committee will bypass the top two senior members in favor of Shaw. Crane is circulating a letter among his House colleagues noting his seniority, having served in Congress 10 years longer than Thomas, who was first elected in 1978. Crane states in the letter he will be a ``team player'' for the Republican agenda. ``He has the most seniority and he believes that should be the most important factor in choosing the chairman,'' said Crane spokesman Bryce Dustman. ``By not choosing on seniority, that creates the potential for divisiveness.'' Earlier this year, Crane admitted to having an alcohol problem and said he had sought treatment at a Maryland rehabilitation center. Since then, Dustman said, Crane has received an outpouring of support, and it does not appear to be an issue in the chairmanship battle. Crane is endorsed for the post by the conservative think tank Free Congress Foundation. The FCF FCF Free Cash Flow FCF Free Congress Foundation (conservative activist group) FCF Feline Conservation Federation FCF Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship FCF Functional Check Flight FCF Fluids and Combustion Facility applauded Crane's anti-tax stance and questioned Thomas' commitment to the Republican agenda. ``If Bill Thomas becomes chairman of Ways and Means, the Democrats will be delighted. They will have someone with whom they can work, as he is close to their views on many issues,'' FCF president Paul Weyrich wrote in a Nov. 27 commentary. ``Conservatives have everything to gain if Crane wins the race and everything to lose if Thomas wins. Right now Thomas is way ahead. Crane will have to run and run hard to catch up.'' In the Nov. 27 commentary, Weyrich said the Thomas-Crane battle might deserve as much attention as the Al Gore-George Bush fight for the presidency. ``As much as we are paying attention to the prolonged presidential contest, we ought to be tuning in tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune to this race,'' Weyrich wrote. ``At the end of the day, it may well turn out to be every bit as important as who occupies the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.'' CAPTION(S): Photo: (1) Howard McKeon Wants Appropriations (2) (ran in AV editio n only) Bill Thomas Seeks Ways, Means |
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