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GOP MOVES RIGHT

A sign that Republican membership in the House has moved right came when the 13 new GOP congressmen elected three of its four class officers who had been backed by the conservative Club for Growth.

They included Bill Sali of Idaho as class president, Adrian Smith of Nebraska as Policy Committee representative and Doug Lamborn of Colorado as representative to the whip. The fourth officer is Kevin McCarthy of California as Steering Committee member.

A footnote: The 13 newcomers constitute the smallest Republican freshman class in many years. The 41 freshman Democrats will pick their officers later.

I don’t know much about the other three, but Adrian Smith is a “Real Deal” Conservative. I had a chance to meet him last fall while I was representing The Leadership Institute in Nebraska and Adrian is also an LI Grad so it is nice to see some fellow LI’ers making it to leadership positions is nice.