Tauscher to Cede Her House Throne
- By Tory Newmyer
- Roll Call Staff
- June 22, 2009, Midnight
Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) was getting frustrated.
In the midst of a heated budget debate this spring with Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), the GOP’s master of House rules and process was having trouble reclaiming his time, and he lodged his complaint with the presiding lawmaker, Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.). “I asked you to allow me to reclaim my time,” Dreier said to Tauscher. “I said it three times with enthusiasm, so I don’t believe that I was talking over the gentleman.”
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