Washington, d.c., leading republican mid-term two years ago, the house of representatives election, the democratic only sent the nine new members, this year's congress orientation. Lost 87 excited republican colleague between, a small group of was nicknamed "noble nine," to a great extent is ignored.
This is not this year, a number of new 44 democratic Congressman on Capitol hill for the first time.
A kind of new fresh face Democrats together, their first public appearance, on Tuesday, house minority leader Nancy pelosi, behind a few minutes file. They crowded together in the Capitol visitor center stage, filling it end-to-end mechanism.
"Look at this," pelosi amazed, as a new gang was on the stage and find a method suitable for. "It takes time for our new members, here the length of the platform is music to my ears.
Pelosi puffery new party of diversity, grow up for nearly 200 Democrats in the last Tuesday's elections, boasting, it is the first core group "historical civilization of the government, with the women and minorities." Party she said, in 2013, there will be 61 women, 26 Hispanic, 11 people, five gay men, bisexuals and 43 black senator.
Direct stood behind ms pelosi is Florida Patrick murphy, the tea party favorite republican Congressman Alan west unexpectedly won the victory. The 29-year-old murphy is his new class most young members, and pelosi chose him on behalf of the group.
Murphy said: "I just beat you can know," his colleagues new applause, when he arrived at the microphone. "A call Alan western, you may have heard of him."
Before elections, the democratic congressional campaign committee issued a memo, announced the death of tea party in the house of representatives, reason is western struggle, keep his seat. New York Congressman Steve Israel, who presides over DCCC, approached the platform, describes a group of "solutionists" is not driven by the ideology of the new class. (time will tell us, if this is true.
Israel said: "with the new members, tea party began to roll back and problem solving began to push ahead,". "This is how the election."
Will become the new members, including 35 a republican spending in the next few days in Washington, DC, learning style houses and roads around the Capitol building. They will be the official oath in January this year.
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