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Speaking of bipartisan: two GOPers for top committee spots

By emmettoconnell
Thu Dec 14, 2006 at 06:52:09 AM PST
Section: Washington State Topic: Legislative performance

The extremely large Democratic house majority has reached across the aisle to pick two extremely well qualified folks to head up committees. Seattle Times:

House Democrats on Wednesday awarded two Republicans top committee posts, a concrete sign that Democrats intend to reach across the political aisle, House leaders said.

Rep. Tom Campbell, R-Roy, will be chairman of the newly formed Select Committee on Environmental Health, and Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-College Place, will be vice chairwoman of the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services.

Both lawmakers are favorites of the Democrats, who broadened their House majority to 62-36 last month. Campbell, a former Democrat who switched parties in 1995, is essentially an independent who doesn't sit with either party caucus. He bolted the GOP caucus a few years ago and hasn't returned. He is a moderate and often votes with the Democrats but still considers himself a Republican and was re-elected under the party label last month.

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In early experiments with clustering of the WA House 2006 Roll call data Tom, Jarrett and Campbell are the three who noticeably "stand out" from the otherwise fairly well-defined (although internally unstable, computationally speaking) Republican and Democratic blocs.

The additional background on Campbell is interesting. Thanks.

by m3047 on Thu Dec 14, 2006 at 08:10:40 AM PST

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