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Last summer, congressman zoe loftgren wrote a letter to a congressional colleague. congresswoman loftgren is on the house judiciary committee and at the time she wrote this letter, she was the number three most senior democrat on that committee. so she's the third-ranking democrat on the committee. she wrote this letter to the number two-most senior democrat on the same committee, who is congressman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention that you are proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top democratic position on the house judiciary committee. i ...

Attention that you are proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top democratic position on the house judiciary committee. i also understand you're asserting that i would not be a candidate for this slot if it were vacant. i request that you refrain from characterizing my intentions. oh! politico.com obtained that letter and the way they understood it based on their reporting was that congresswoman zoe loftgren was basically arguing that the top democratic seat on that committee shouldn't be handed out purely on the basis of seniority. she was arguing that she should b...

You can understand it. they want to know what the tax climate is going to be before they start spending money. one other thing that courtesy of our friend al cayman at "the washington post" just noticed that the gingrich term limits which you remember very well on house chairman, paul ryan will have to get a waiver from his house caucus colleagues to stay on his budget chair. i'm betting that that happens because he is still, i think, a rising star in the party. but he has that little thing that he's got to go through, which is to get a vote in the caucus before he can continue. >> mark. >> th...