And Pelosi loses a fight.
House Democrats picked Rep. Steny Hoyer to be majority leader on Thursday, spurning Rep. Nancy Pelosi's handpicked choice moments after unanimously backing her election as speaker when Congress convenes in January.
A Marylander and 25-year veteran of Congress, Hoyer defeated Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania in a vote of 149-86.
Hoyer's margin of victory reflected a pre-election strategy in which he showcased support from moderates, veteran lawmakers in line to become committee chairmen and more than half of the incoming freshman class -- the majority-makers whose victories on Election Day gave the party control of the House.
"Steny was more where the mainstream of where the party was," said Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, who will become chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
The bottom line: Blue-dogs, DLC'ers, Nancy, Steny, etc. you have a couple of priorities listed 1 to 10 in no specific order:
- End the war NOW!
- Repeal the Patriot Act and protect our rights.
- Bring diplomacy back into our foreign policy.
- Save the Earth - endorse the Kyoto Protocol and bring this nation to environmetal sanity.
- Investigate this regime and impeach when necessary.
- End the War!
- End the War!
- End the War!
- End the War!
- End the War!
Okay you got me. Six items are the same. Hint-hint: get moving.
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