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House Republicans: Not So Hot on NRCC�s Young Guns

The NRCC's recruits may have impressed the committee - whichis currently reeling from its execution of the NY-23 Special Election - butthey don't seem to have impressed House Republican Whip Cantor's team.

NRCC Bullish on Its Top Recruits: "The National Republican Congressional Committee[announced] that nine challenger and open-seat candidates have impressed thecommittee enough with their early efforts to be bumped up to the nextrung of the recently retooled ‘Young Guns' campaign program."[Roll Call, 10/27/09]

GOP Whip Team Has Yet to Pay Dues:"Half of the members of the House Republican whip team have yet tocontribute a dime this year to the ‘Young Guns' program, created byMinority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) and hisdeputy, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.),to train and reward GOP challengers across the country." [Roll Call, 10/19/09]

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