Susan Valdés named No. 2 of powerful budget committee just days after party swap
Rep. Susan Valdés landed a plum committee post just days after announcing she had changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
It’s a safe bet that had Valdés remained a Democrat, she wouldn’t have been named Vice Chair of the powerful House Budget Committee, formerly known as Appropriations.
The Tampa Democrat-turned Republican was also named to the Education and Employment Committee and to subcommittees for Government Operations, Education Administration, Industries and Professional Activities, and Insurance and Banking.
That’s more committees than most Democrats landed. No Democrats were named to committee leadership.
Valdés announced last week that she had swapped parties....
