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WASHINGTON — Democrats plan to increase their numbers on the House Intelligence Committee, a move that Republicans charge breaks the majority party’s promise to implement 9/11 commission recommendations.
The commission’s report, issued in 2004 when the Republicans controlled Congress, recommended a complete overhaul of the “dysfunctional” House and Senate intelligence committees. Included was a recommendation that the revised committees have only a one-member numerical difference between parties.
The House committee currently has 12 Democrats and nine Republicans. That will change to 13-8 in the new Congress, according to House Republicans.
