Does Rearranging Appropriations Panels Make Any Sense?, Roll Call (new link from Center for American Progress)
"Anticipating the problem he will likely face - that is, repeatedly trying to overcome support for veterans in order to direct more money to the space center - DeLay put forth a proposal to realign subcommittee jurisdictions. His timing was perfect. He floated the proposal only weeks before the Republican Steering Committee - a group in which DeLay controls considerably more votes than his own - was to select a new chairman of the full Appropriations Committee."