http://capitolannex.com/2007/01/27/80th-legislature-a-close-look-at-speaker-craddicks-committee-assignments/ Outside Austin, But Terribly Well Connected Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:27:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://capitolannex.com/2007/01/27/80th-legislature-a-close-look-at-speaker-craddicks-committee-assignments/#comment-99796 Vince Leibowitz Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:58:36 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2007/01/27/80th-legislature-a-close-look-at-speaker-craddicks-committee-assignments/#comment-99796 WUSRPH makes some good points. Very interesting. WUSRPH makes some good points. Very interesting.

]]> http://capitolannex.com/2007/01/27/80th-legislature-a-close-look-at-speaker-craddicks-committee-assignments/#comment-99792 WUSRPH Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:20:56 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2007/01/27/80th-legislature-a-close-look-at-speaker-craddicks-committee-assignments/#comment-99792 As much as I may sympathize with Jim Pitts, it should be noted that it has been a long-standing policy in the House NOT to appoint a FORMER chair of a committee to that panel, as it tends to undermine the new Chair. He is, by far, not the first (or the last) ex-chair to be removed from the committee he formerly chaired. If you check the list, you will see for example that Hardcastel is no longer on Ag & Livestock. Several other former chairs (including some that got promoted) are also no longer of their prior committees. As much as I may sympathize with Jim Pitts, it should be noted that it has been a long-standing policy in the House NOT to appoint a FORMER chair of a committee to that panel, as it tends to undermine the new Chair. He is, by far, not the first (or the last) ex-chair to be removed from the committee he formerly chaired. If you check the list, you will see for example that Hardcastel is no longer on Ag & Livestock. Several other former chairs (including some that got promoted) are also no longer of their prior committees.

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