Posted on 01/05/2007 7:59:53 PM PST by mdittmar
In taking back control of the House, Democrats also are restoring the old names used for committees when they last headed them in 1994.
Republicans swept into power in that year's midterm elections had created their own monikers for several committees. As part of the rules changes adopted this week, Democrats reclaimed the old names for several committee and created a new name for one other panel:
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce was changed back to its pre-1995 name, Education and Labor. Tom Kiley, a spokesman for incoming chairman George Miller, D-Calif., said Miller "believed that the name change in 1994 was a deliberate swipe at the labor movement in this country. He wanted to reverse the insult."
• The House Resources Committee is now the House Natural Resources Committee — the name it received in 1993 and lost in 1995. (It started in 1816 as the Committee on Public Lands.) Incoming Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., said the new name shows Congress' "commitment to conserving our nation's unique natural and cultural heritage — including its natural environment, public lands and forests, and fish and wildlife."
• Returning to a name first bestowed in 1922, the International Relations Committee is once again the Foreign Affairs Committee. Holocaust survivor Rep. Tom Lantos D-Calif., wields the gavel.
• The Science Committee is now the Committee on Science and Technology to more accurately describe the committee's jurisdiction, Democratic counsel John Piazza said. He said the Republicans' 1995 change shortened the name from the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Tennessee Democrat Bart Gordon is the new chairman.
• Rep. Henry Waxman , D-Calif., is chairman of the newly renamed Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which had been the Government Reform Committee only since 1999. Before then, it was the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Waxman revels in his reputation as a watchdog over the executive branch.
"International Relations" is more PC than "Foreign Affairs" which sounds like it's FDR-era. The former better reflects commerce, economics and international politics of the 21st century.
The Rats are building a bridge to the past, get ready to see how HUGH the toll is going to be.
Me too. I was ticked until I read the story. Why did the repubs change them in the 80's and 90's?
I so dislike politicians.
Renaming things is what the left does. Thus:
"Surrender" = "Redeployment"
"Murder" = "Abortion"
"baby" = "fetal material"
"Discrimination" = "Affirmative Action"
"Non Partisan" = "Marxist"
"Stealing" = "Paying your fair share"
I could go on...
Might as well rename turds as truffles. Who cares.
I think I'll go back to being apolitical. At least my blood pressure was lower. Sheesh...
You've got that right. Besides, Teddy Roosevelt wants his adjective back.
<:yawn:
What really matters is the plan to redefine marriage.
It's because the Left knows how important it is to control the vocabulary to control the argument and ultimately Public Opinion.
Please do. In the meantime:
Communist = Progressive Pederasty = Gaiety
Ethnocentrism = RACISM!!!
Orient = Asia
Willful ignorance = Tolerance
Anything at all (according to Tom Sowell) = Social Justice
... and so on, and so on.
I wonder how much the stationery is going to cost us...and the plaques on the desks and the lettering on the doors, etc., etc.
A business associate of mine works at the Capitol. He showed me the buttons they were giving out on the first day of the new session.
It had the slogan "Looking out for the little guy" and a drawing of a baby-like person on the bottom.
I've tried to find a soft-copy but can't seem to locate one.
Let's hope it's temporary
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Let them DIG.....and keep digging......get the popcorn....
Anti-SUV and Recycling Policy Committee
ROFL!
You're insulting the 5 year olds of this nation! /sarcasm off
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