of the committee and made them the chair of that committee? has that ever happened? we have been digging around for an answer to that all day. and the answer appears to be, never. at least not since the 19th century. when committees were assembled in a very different way than they are today. that s what makes today s news so interesting because house speaker john boehner announced today that he did find a gal. congresswoman candice miller we guess he s decided to put in charge of not the homeland security committee, no, the house administration committee. so the woman who wanted to chair homeland security and was on that committee, instead, got a consolation prize. she s going to be chair of a committee she hasn t been on before. a committee that among other things oversees the house cafeterias. so this not helpful picture is now, if i have done the math right, suddenly 105% more helpful. look. diversity. speaker boehner has one more