He’s staying atop his committee

I keep forgetting to make a note of this: it looks like, contrary to rumors of impending drama, the Senate's favorite troglodyte, James Inhofe, will be keeping his perch atop the Senate Environment Committee after all. His dispatches from the minority office over the next two years should be ... entertaining. Like watching a quaint old black-and-white movie.

I keep forgetting to make a note of this: it looks like, contrary to rumors of impending drama, the Senate’s favorite troglodyte, James Inhofe, will be keeping his perch atop the Senate Environment Committee after all. His dispatches from the minority office over the next two years should be … entertaining. Like watching a quaint old black-and-white movie.

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