CA: GOP lawmaker stripped of committee chairmanship - says budget mess isn't Republican's problem

[Kadie]

GOP lawmaker stripped of committee chairmanship after he says budget mess is not Republican's problem

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Just one day after the Sacramento Bee quoted Republican Sen. Tom Berryhill saying that the budget shortfall is "really not our problem," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, moved to strip the Central Valley lawmaker of his committee chairmanship.

In a letter to the Senate Rules Committee, Steinberg said he will ask the committee to replace Berryhill as chair of the Senate agricultural committee with Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres. The pro tem noted that "each member of the California Senate represents nearly 1 million people and we have a duty, regardless of party of philosophy, to actively engage in the serious work to address the challenges confronting California."

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"This is really not our problem," Berryhill, who represents Oakdale (Stanislaus County) told the Bee. "The Democrats own this, and we think that they should be giving us what the solutions are."

The comment raised eyebrows around the Capitol. We'll see if there's any more fallout.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=80966#ixzz1B1mYlxkv

[WhiteTara]

1. the pukes wrecked the budget. n/t

[DFW]

2. Once rockets go up, who cares where they come down?

"That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.

-- Tom Lehrer

[LiberalFighter]

3. Why is a Republican the chair of the committee?

[kestrel91316]

4. Why is ANYONE who is a member of the party whose stated goal is to cripple government

even permitted to participate in said government? This always puzzled me.