Wednesday, November 28, 2012
9:00 AM
Ryan cleared to continue as Budget chair
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has been granted a waiver to continue as chairman of the House Budget Committee.
House Republicans have a six-year term limit on committee chairmen and ranking members. But the House Republican Steering Committee made an exception for Ryan yesterday in recommending him to continue leading the committee.
The full GOP caucus is expected to vote today on the recommendations.
U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, announced earlier this month that he was seeking the chairmanship of the Science, Space and Technology Committee. But the steering committee recommended Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas.
See Speaker John Boehner’s statement on the slate of committee chairs here.
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