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http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/11/17/your-morning-jolt-georgias-jack-kingston-as-chairman-of-house-appropriations-committee/

“Anybody who’s a Republican right now, come June, is going to be accused of hating seniors, hating education, hating children, hating clean air and probably hating the military and farmers, too,” said Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a fiscal conservative who is lobbying to become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “So much of the work is going to be appropriations related. There’s going to be a lot of tough votes. So some people may want to shy away from the committee. I understand it.”

Kingston said he’s asked U.S. Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., to join the budget committee, and was turned down by both.