Subject: Policy Alert - Lame Duck Update
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 November 19, 2010  

LAME DUCK UPDATE 

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to offer the first in a series of updates that will provide an overview of activities in the lame duck congressional session.  We will provide these updates periodically to review legislative activity and activities to organize for the 112th Congress, which will convene on January 5.

Leadership Elections: Some New Faces—And Some Not So New

The incoming House Republican majority formally selected their leadership team for the 112th Congress.  Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) will serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Others elected to leadership roles include Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), majority leader; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), majority whip; Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Conference chairman; and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Conference vice chairman.  Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) was elected chair of the Republican Policy Committee, and Rep. John Carter (R-TX) was elected Conference secretary.  In an effort to respond to the historic number of members comprising the “freshman” class, the leadership appointed two representatives from that class to participate in leadership: Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC).

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