The Battle for Chairman of Ways and Means Heats Up

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Human Events:

As soon as Paul Ryan, R-Wis., becomes Speaker of the House, the race will be on for his current post, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

 

At present, it looks like Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, will square off with Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, to replace Ryan at Ways and Means, the House’s tax-writing committee.

 

Brady, now co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, has the reputation of a hard-liner. Tiberi, an ally of his fellow Ohioan, John Boehner, is viewed as more of a moderate. In our current scorched-earth landscape, the calculus may seem simple – dump everything and everyone remotely associated with Boehner and go with Brady.

But a closer look reveals Tiberi may be a better fit.

Tiberi is a pro-business Republican. Elsewhere in Congress, this might disqualify him, but at Ways and Means, it could prove instrumental in a number of ways.

A lot of tax law concerns business and trade, where his background could help.