206 House GOPers Fighting For 7 Seats On The Benghazi Committee

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. B... House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Boehner said Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., did the right thing by stepping down from the the House Financial Services Committee after he was indicted Monday for evading taxes. (AP Photo) MORE LESS
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Almost every one of the 230-plus House Republicans is clamoring to be among the seven members placed on the Benghazi select committee.

Multiple Hill reporters tweeted that 206 congressional GOPers had requested a seat on the committee. House leadership aides said Tuesday that the committee would have seven Republicans and five Democrats.

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  1. They are such idiots.

  2. There should be NO democrats on the committee. None.

  3. Why not have the 207 AS the committee? It won’t matter, since it’s just a show. C’mon Boehner, you can get 'em all in the clown car!

  4. Pelosi ought to give them the other 5, but she should get to select the Republicans. I pick Gohmert, Blackburn, and Bachmann. Should be fun.

  5. Why can’t they all be on it? It’s not like Congress will be doing anything else…

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