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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:53 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:53
From Indystar.com:
Even as they celebrated their new dominance of the Indiana General Assembly, Republicans gave away a small piece of their power Tuesday, as the new House Speaker Brian Bosma said he’s naming two Democrats to head committees.
Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said it was a first in Indiana, where the election victors usually get to claim all the spoils.
It’s not, though, unprecedented nationwide. Karl Kurtz, a spokesman for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said at least two other states — Texas and Louisiana — have minority party members heading committees. It used to be more common, he said, “but as legislatures have become more partisan, it’s not in as much practice as it used to be.”