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Thursday, July 06, 2006

A battle of the whips?

Today, while former Kentucky Rep. Ken Lucas was hosting Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Lucas' GOP opponent, Rep. Geoff Davis was busy hosting Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri.

Blunt is the 3rd ranking GOP leader in the House, just under House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, who beat Blunt out for the No. 2 spot.

Still wondering what a whip is? C-SPAN's glossary of congressional terms explains it here. Basically, it's the person who counts votes for a bill and "whips" up support for the measure by pressuring lawmakers of the same party to vote for it.

Back to Kentucky's battle of the whips...

Blunt was in Kentucky today to visit the Boone County Sheriff's Department and the Newport Independent Pre-School's NIS Early Childhood Initiative with Davis. The two planned to hold a forum on local issues, such as illegal drug crime and dealing with online sexual predators.

Hoyer, meanwhile, held a fundraising event for Lucas.


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