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Rotor Focus May Shift in House, as Granger To Cede Chairmanship of HAC-D

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

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While nearly all of the U.S. senators and representatives on the respective defense appropriations committees retained their seats at the polls on Nov. 6, the Democratic control of the House to begin in January will mean that there will be new leadership of the House Appropriations Committee and its defense panel.Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) will likely assume the chairmanship of the full committee, while Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), a backer of such rotor programs as the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] V-22 Osprey…

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