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Congress

House GOP Taps McCaul, Royce For Key Committees

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

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House Republicans will approve today a new lineup of committee chairmen, including Reps. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) for the Homeland Security and Ed Royce (R-Calif.) for the Foreign Affairs panels. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) unveiled yesterday the House Republican Steering Committee’s chairmanship recommendations for the 113th Congress, which will start in January. In a statement he pledged the House panel leaders will “continue focusing on reforms that will grow our economy and create new jobs, and on holding the Obama…

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