<html><body> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <P>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> <BR><BR><BR>> Committee chairs do set agenda, but the back-benchers can vote with <BR>> the Republicans. <BR>> <BR>> Doug <BR> <BR>So can Committee chairs. Look who is go to be heading the Foreign Relations Committee  Congressman Tom Lantos,  of Kuwaiti baby incubator fame.  Mr. Lantos has never met a war he didn't like. With his leadership, I think we can stop worrying about "cutting and running" from Iraq. SR</P> <P>"The likely incoming chairmen of the House International Relations Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Rep. Tom Lantos of San Mateo and Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware -- say that while they will not use their posts to seek funding cuts in the administration's Iraq policy, they will seek to carve out a separate identity. "</P> <P>full at <A href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/11/10/MNG6SMA3RS1.DTL&type=politics">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/11/10/MNG6SMA3RS1.DTL&type=politics</A> </P> <P> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>