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Last Updated on Monday, 15 November 2010 01:29 Written by rslcpol Monday, 15 November 2010 01:29
From klfy.com:
Republicans will have the majority in Louisiana’s House of Representatives for the first time since Reconstruction, with the party switch of a New Orleans lawmaker.
Democratic Rep. Walker Hines announced Friday he is switching to the GOP.
Hines’ move gives Republicans 51 seats in the 105-member chamber. Democrats will have 50, and there are four independents. Democrats control the state Senate.
In a statement, Hines says his discontent with Democrats has grown over the past few years. He says he disagrees with the policies of President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the national Democratic Party, including Obama’s now-lifted moratorium on deepwater drilling.