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Akin is on the Science, Space and Technology committee because it is not a very good committee to be on. It doesn't oversee much funding, so it gets filled with
by rglovejoy 13y ago
Akin is on the Science, Space and Technology committee because it is not a very good committee to be on. It doesn't oversee much funding, so it gets filled with hacks placed there by the House leadership. Any representative with ambition and talent is going to want to be on the good committees, such as Armed Services or Ways and Means, which have huge responsibilities and the attention of lobbyists.
- nairteashop 13y agoUnfortunately Akin was on the House Budget and Armed Services committees as well (a subcommittee on the latter, but still). I just picked Science because it was the most ridiculous assignment of the three, but I would be very surprised if he was actually really good at the other two.