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change.org: Tell the House of Representatives to ditch bottled water and save taxpayer dollars

Posted Wed, 2011/01/19 - 12:32pm by RCAP

The text below was taken from a page on change.org.

Targeting: The U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker of the House John Boehner

Started by: Corporate Accountability International

The new Speaker of the House John Boehner recently made waves with his intention to cut $35 million of bloated spending from the U.S. House of Representatives' budget.

The Rural Blog: Congressman from one of poorest and most rural districts in line to head House Appropriations

Posted Mon, 2010/11/01 - 10:30am by RCAP

The Republican congressman from one of the nation's poorest and most rural districts said yesterday that he has the votes to become chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee if his party takes control of the chamber as a result of Tuesday's elections, as expected.

Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers of Kentucky's 5th District told The Rural Blog that he has 19 of the 33 votes on the Republican Steering Committee, which determines chairmanships. Rogers, an Appropriations subcommittee chairman in his 30th year in Congress, is a member of the committee.