Tulsa World
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
Published: 11/3/2010 7:23 AM
Last Modified: 11/3/2010 12:08 PM
WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma's congressional delegation received a huge boost following the Republican takeover in the U.S. House, and the state could be headed toward the kind of clout it enjoyed more than half-century ago.
"This is an opportunity for Oklahoma to begin to amass the kind of influence it had in the '50s and '60s,'' Republican Rep. Tom Cole said.
Those days of longer-serving members of Congress, Cole said, gave Oklahoma clout that went far beyond its size.
Cole will remain on the House Appropriations Committee, one of the most coveted assignments in Congress, and will see his seniority increase... FULL ARTICLE
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