| 11. | Representative Deen served for eight years on the House Appropriations Committee.
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| 12. | And a handful of Hispanic representatives sit on the Appropriations Committee.
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| 13. | Cochran is the number two Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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| 14. | It is considered very difficult to unseat an Appropriations Committee member.
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| 15. | A Democratic staffer on the Senate Appropriations Committee was more pessimistic.
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| 16. | Walsh is the Appropriations Committee member who oversees the NSF budget.
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| 17. | The Appropriations Committee has scheduled separate hearings next month as well.
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| 18. | The Appropriations Committee is the wrong venue for debating this issue,
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| 19. | That request is pending in the Senate and House Appropriations committees.
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| 20. | Hatfield will become chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee in January.
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