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Leach exit would give Dems opening
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Mar 20, 2005 01:27am |
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| News Date | Sunday, March 20, 2005 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Should House Republican leaders pass over Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) again for the International Relations Committee chairmanship and Leach retire, it would likely spell a Democratic pickup, some Republicans concede.
The scenario cannot be far from Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill.) mind.
In 2001, House Republican leaders gave Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) the committee chairmanship — skipping Leach, who had more seniority — to keep Hyde from retiring.
This time, neither the Speaker nor anyone else in leadership is sending any overt signals that Leach, in his 15th term, will succeed Hyde, who must step down in 2007 after three terms as chairman.
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