Another Maxine Waters coming up on the horizon.
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Subject: and the dems still wonder
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:08:21 -0500 (EST)
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<http://yhoo.it/hZcwt6>
Like other freshman lawmakers, newly elected Florida Democrat Rep.
Frederica Wilson ran for Congress on a vow to change Washington. But
her first order of business has nothing to do with health care,
education or the usual mix of issues that come up in the early days of
a new Congress.
Instead, Wilson's first goal is to overturn a rule that blocks her
from wearing a hat on the House floor. The freshman Democrat is
pressing incoming House Speaker John Boehner to overturn the rule,
which dates back to the 1800s, or at least to make an exception for
her. But it's unclear whether Boehner -- who, in any event, will
likely have plenty of priorities ahead of a rule-change request from
a member of the opposition party -- could do anything, shy of a full
floor vote, to overturn the House's hat ban.
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