SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Greg Walden has been named to a caucus position that House Minority Leader John Boehner said would put Walden at the table in Republican strategy sessions.
Boehner said Thursday that Walden would be Republican leadership chairman, participate in GOP leadership meetings and run projects such as an initiative to make the House more open and accountable to the American people.
Walden is a six-term member of Congress from Hood River, representing the state's 2nd Congressional District.
Boehner said Walden would continue as deputy whip and as deputy chairman of the GOP congressional campaign operation. But he will take a leave from the Energy and Commerce Committee -- without surrendering his seniority.
