Salon.com > House Administration Committee http://www.salon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:50:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 House GOP addresses its “only white male committee chairs” problem http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/house_gop_addresses_its_only_white_male_committee_chairs_problem/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/house_gop_addresses_its_only_white_male_committee_chairs_problem/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13111564 House Republicans responded to criticism that they were only appointing white, male committee chairs by bringing a woman into the mix: Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., who will head the House Administrations Committee.

Earlier this week, various news outlets pointed out that Republicans had tapped 19 white men to head up the committees in the next session. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., is currently the only female Republican committee chair, and she'll be stepping down from her post.

The Washington Post reports:

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