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Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Hastings Bid for Key Post Nixed

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Pelosi to Hastings: No Chairmanship For You

WASHINGTON —  House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi has told Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings that he will not be the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the two Democrats announced Tuesday.

"I have been informed by the speaker-elect that I will not serve as the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 110th Congress. I am obviously disappointed with this decision. As we learn in Ecclesiastes, however, for everything there is a season," he said in a press statement. ...

Breaking: Alcee Hastings to drop chairmanship bid?
Allahpundit

That’s the word at Congressional Quarterly but it’s behind a firewall so you’ll have to make do with the tidbits at TPM Muckraker.

Hard to tell from what’s there whether this was voluntary in the literal sense or in the Charlie Rangel sense of the word.

I’ll look around for update. Standby.

Update: Sounds like it’s “voluntary” in the Rangel sense and Pelosi’s staff is trying to help him save face. ...

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Jay has more at Stop The ACLU.

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Michelle: So long, Alcee

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Ed Morrissey: We Love You Alcee, Especially When You Leave

Posted by Bill Faith on November 28, 2006 at 03:19 PM in Nancy Pelosi, Politics | Permalink

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