With new Congress, D.C. region is losing clout

The Washington Post ^ | 8 November 2014 | Rachel Weiner

[W.]

When veteran Virginia congressmen James P. Moran, a Democrat, and Frank R. Wolf, a Republican, announced their plans to retire, then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had a plan to mitigate the damage. He would make the case that the commonwealth should get one and possibly two new seats on the powerful Appropriations Committee.

Then Cantor lost his primary.

In January, Virginia will have gained three new members in Congress — but lost 71 years of seniority, including a valuable stronghold in Republican leadership.

[W.]

Long, whiny diatribe on how bad the government workers have it, and how it's going to get worse since the election...BYOB and crying towel!

[Dilbert San Diego]

And this is bad news, because....................

[W.]

Only to them, they’re the ones needing crying towels...

[piytar]

But but but I thought the GOPe put the Tea Party to pasture. It’s the other way around?

Cry me a river.

[piytar]

But but but I thought the GOPe put the Tea Party to pasture. It’s the other way around?

Cry me a river.

[KC_Conspirator]

An outright lie and more sour grapes from sore loser Rachel Weiner. In fact, Congress will gain more respect now with more Republicans coming.

[txrefugee]

Most of the nation thinks it’s time to cut about 50% of government jobs. The under-worked and overpaid parasites have to issue thousands of regulations every year to justify their fat pay checks, and the country suffers.

[KC_Conspirator]

This young woman author is a 20 something servile liberal for Obama. An unthinking democrap drone.

[W.]

Screw the crying towel, if they keep going lkie they are, we’re gonna need an ark!

[W.]

Seems we have quite the bumper crop of sour grapes this last week. Odd how they all matured on the same day!

[W.]

I know, after a certain threshold of employee numbers, government and state employment is just another form of welfare!

[W.]

So many journalists, so little truth. And all products of our shiny fantabulous edumacation system!

[cicero2k]

I think the take away line for the election is Joni Ernst’s “from the biscuit line at Hardees to the chambers of the US Senate”. In other words, a normal person goes to Washington. I hope she can keep normal, and curb the nervous laugh.

[W.]

Hopefully she finds a great mentor, and keeps an even keel.

[piytar]

LOL

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

In January, Virginia will have gained three new members in Congress — but lost 71 years of seniority, including a valuable stronghold in Republican leadership.

Now, place that against the background, as exemplified by the Great One, that prior to the progressive era, the average Congressman's stay in the House was around 4 years.

Seniority??? Pffffft! We don' nee' no steenking seniority!

(And, as usual, one of Maryland's next door neighbors is having more fun than we.)

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

[palmer]

then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had a plan to mitigate the damage. He would make the case that the commonwealth should get one and possibly two new seats on the powerful Appropriations Committee.

We here in Virginia are supposed to line up behind the politicians who bring us the pork. Meanwhile we are printing money to fund the deficit and screwing future generations out of a country. F all the politicians, every one of them.

[W.]

It’s disgusting to see how far government has strayed from its intended design and function. ‘Mission creep’ doesn’t come close...