Goodlatte’s Committee Swap
posted by Brent FinneganRep. Bob Goodlatte has to step down from his long-held position as ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee because he has maxed out his term limit for that position. But he’s about to become the second most powerful Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.
Among other things, that committee handles legislation relating to crime, punishment, and civil liberties. According to OnTheIssues.org, Goodlatte has voted to make the PATRIOT Act permanent, voted against “funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons,” and received remarkably low ratings from the ACLU.
posted: December 22nd, 2008 by Brent Finnegan
filed under crime & punishment, politics.
Comments: 2
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Comment from Breslau
Time: December 23, 2008, 11:45 am
What a surprise, Goodlatte didn’t serve the interests of any group relating to race, ethnicity, and LGBT Americans! OH-EM-GEE.
Comment from Rufus Junior
Time: May 1, 2009, 6:53 pm
I thought Goodlatte took the Republican Contract with America, which included 12 year self imposed term limit.
Bob? Comment?
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