House GOP Meets for Annual Retreat
The Hill reports:
Dozens of Capitol Hill policemen and Baltimore City police surrounded the Marriott Waterfront hotel as GOP House members arrived for their annual retreat on Thursday.
The streets lining the Charm City hotel, located in the Inner Harbor, were congested with bumper-to-bumper U.S. Capitol Police cars, while plainclothes and uniformed cops manned the lobby.
One GOP aide explained that an increase in security precautions was expected since Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) ascended to the Speaker’s chair and in the wake of the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
According to Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), turnout for this year’s retreat — dubbed “Congress of Tomorrow” — appears to be very high.
Simpson said that “just about all” of the largest GOP freshman class in decades was in attendance at the retreat. ...
