The next time you see someone say "I refuse to support the Democrats!"...

[WilliamPitt]

...show them this thread. This is what the House will look like if the Democrats are given enough support to take that chamber back.

At least 10 Congressional Progressive Caucus members will become Committee Chairmen or Chairwomen. An additional 35 Congressional Progressive Caucus members would become Subcommittee Chairmen or Chairwomen. The following Progressive Caucus members would become Committee Chairs:

Congressman George Miller: Chairman of Education and Workforce Committee;

Congressman Barney Frank: Chairman of Financial Services;

Congressman Henry Waxman: Chairman of Government Reform;

Congressman Bennie Thompson: Chairman of Homeland Security Committee;

Congressman Tom Lantos: Chairman of International Relations Committee;

Congressman John Conyers: Chairman of Judiciary Committee;

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter: Chairwoman of Rules Committee;

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez: Chairwoman of Small Business Committee;

Congressman Lane Evans: Chairman of Veterans Affairs Committee;

Congressman Charles Rangel: Chairman of Ways and Means Committee.

The following Progressive Caucus members would become Subcommittee Chairs:

Appropriations Subcommittees: Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro and Marcy Kaptur, Congressmen John Olver, Jose Serrano, and Ed Pastor;

Armed Services Subcommittee: Congressman Neil Abercrombie;

Education and Workforce Subcommittees: Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and Congressman Dennis Kucinich;

Energy and Commerce Subcommittees: Congressman Ed Markey and Congresswomen Jan Schakowsky and Hilda Solis;

Financial Services Subcommittee: Congresswoman Maxine Waters andCongressman Luis Gutierrez;

Government Reform Subcommittees: Congresswoman Diane Watson and Congressmen Dennis Kucinich, Elijah Cummings, Danny Davis of Illinois, and William Clay;

International Relations Subcommittee: Congressman Donald Payne;

Judiciary Subcommittees: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee and Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Melvin Watt;

Interior Subcommittees: Congressmen Raul Grijalva and Tom Udall and Congresswoman Donna Christensen;

Rules Subcommittees: Congressman Jim McGovern;

Small Business Subcommittees: Congresswomen Madeleine Bordallo;

Transportation and Infrastructure: DeFazio, Filner, Holmes-Norton, and C. Brown;

Ways and Means Subcommittees: Congressmen Pete Stark, Jim McDermott, and John Lewis of Georgia.

...so...did'ja hear DeLay's gonna quit?

17 open seats now.

Just sayin'.