Yet the qualities that drive Mr de Mol's creativity are not equally suited to the daily grind of improving operating performance and sitting in committee meetings.
She deserves credit for forcing through the new quasi-independent Office of Congressional Ethics to vet and funnel complaints to the sitting ethics committee.
"I'm glad members of the press aren't being treated any better than members of the Legislature sitting through committee hearings," said Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr., a Republican from Middletown.
Among the group's measures currently sitting in committee are a bill that would give incentives to employers to hire long-term jobless people along with the Creating Homeownership Opportunity Act, which would establish pretax savings accounts that can be used for the down payment on a first home.
Former ministers Gisela Stuart, Meg Hillier and Helen Goodman have thrown their hats into the ring, and there's an intriguing rumour that one sitting select committee chair might fancy trading up to the PAC.
Rangel, a Korean War veteran, has previously introduced bills to reinstate the draft, and has one sitting in committee currently.
Their consultants draft bills for bought-and-paid-for state and federal legislators, sometimes literally sitting in committee rooms where the bills are finalized.
Why, she asked, should members of Parliament get extra pay for sitting on committees?
All the other ladies are used to sitting on committees, and they make speeches and know exactly what is wanted.
He also expanded his areas of expertise, sitting on committees dealing with such areas as foreign relations, the federal budget, banking, commerce, finance, and education.
