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I expect we will be seeing some changes with Mitch McConnell and John Boehner. Those that criticize Boehner probably don't realize he helped Newt write the Contract with America and was hampered by Denny Hastert. I expect we will be seeing changes in the House as well. My Congressman was elected to head NRCC and you can take it to the bank, winning back the house just became more of a reality.

This from Rep John Boehner's background and why I expect him to be an effective leader much more so then Hastert:

During his tenure in the House, he has worked consistently to reform the federal government. His first two terms in the House were marked by an aggressive campaign to clean up Congress and make it more accountable to the American people. In fact, during his freshman year, Boehner and fellow members of the reform-minded "Gang of Seven" took on the House establishment and successfully closed the House Bank, uncovered "dine-and-dash" practices at the House Restaurant, and exposed drug sales and cozy cash-for-stamps deals at the House Post Office.

John was also active in education reform issues, despite serving in the minority at the time. In 1994, he passed legislation with strong bipartisan support allowing school districts to use their Title I funds for public school choice programs, under which parents could choose which public school their children would attend. Later, John was instrumental in crafting the Contract with America, the bold 100-day agenda for the 104th Congress that nationalized the 1994 elections. One of the Contract's cornerstones - the Congressional Accountability Act, requiring Congress to live under the same rules and regulations as the rest of the nation - bears the unmistakable imprint of his drive to reform the House.