Reichert Passed Over for Appropriations Seat
By DAVID POSTMAN
SEATTLE TIMES BLOG, POSTMAN ON POLITICS
Congressman Dave Reichert was just given the official word that he did not get the seat he wanted on the House Appropriations Committee, confirms his spokeswoman, Abigal Schilling. The seat went to Alabama Rep. Jo Bonner.
That was the recommendation from House Republican leaders and in a meeting that just ended, it was made official by the Republican Steering Committee, which met in the office of Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio.
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