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As the House prepares to create a special committee Thursday to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks, Democrats are considering boycotting the committee, with some questioning its political motives and calling it a kangaroo court.

"There's not going to be a sideshow; there's not going to be a circus," House Speaker John Boehner said.

Boehner also said the White House brought this on itself by withholding some emails about Benghazi for months - until it was forced to release them in a recent lawsuit.

"The White House played a more significant role in the developments of how they were going to describe this, certainly more than anything that had been disclosed thus far," Boehner said.

The new select committee will be chaired by South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy. He will be joined by six other Republicans and five Democrats, if the Democratic Party participates at all.

Democrats argue Benghazi has already been investigated by four separate House committees. Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly sat on two of them.

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Connolly thinks the Republicans are doing it for political reasons.

"To keep the base fired up between now and the midterm elections," he said.

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Israel is the current chairman of the DCCC. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

The hours are punishing, the travel is relentless and sometimes no matter how politically shrewd or hardworking a person is he or she can completely fail on the national stage by nearly no fault of their own.

So who would want to run a House campaign committee, again?

Quite a few Democrats. One of the most intense guessing games currently in the caucus is who will serve as the next chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

If you are looking to get a seat at the table, and right now no one is getting up, then the DCCC post might be the only opening, former DCCC spokesman Doug Thornell said. Its probably the toughest, most thankless job in leadership. But if you excel, a lot of doors open.

The position offers an opportunity to win the loyalty of incoming freshman that can translate into support for a future House leadership bid.

But more importantly, Democrats bet that next cycle 2016 will be a good one, thanks to improved party performance in presidential years and the possibility of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the top of the ticket.

Dozens of plugged-in Democratic operatives weighed in to CQ Roll Call on likely contenders. But the caucus leader, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, will make the final selection. And if Pelosi is no longer in leadership, the race for DCCC chairman could completely change.

To compare, House Republicans elected their campaign committee chairman. Insiders say the current National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden of Oregonwill stay for a second term.

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Two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission indicated they have serious concerns about Chairman Tom Wheeler's net neutrality proposal, casting doubt on his ability to start considering the plan next week.

The comments by Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel came as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Yahoo led a group of about 150 online companies in writing to the FCC on Wednesday saying Wheeler's proposal to allow broadband providers to charge for faster delivery of content posed "a grave threat to the Internet."

With the two Republicans on the five-person agency opposed to enacting new net neutrality rules, Wheeler needs the votes of his fellow Democrats to move his plan forward.

An FCC spokesman said Wednesday that Wheeler intended to push ahead with his proposal.

Wheeler angered liberals and public interest groups last month when he unveiled details of his attempt to reestablish rules for Internet traffic after a federal court ruling overturned the agency's 2010 regulations.

Critics complained Wheeler was backtracking on the FCC's longstanding view that all legal online content should be treated equally and phone and cable companies shouldn't be allowed to create high-speed toll lanes on the Internet.

Such pay-for-priority arrangements would lead to higher prices for consumers, the critics said.

On Wednesday, Rosenworcel called on Wheeler to postpone a planned May 15 vote that would begin the formal rulemaking process. She asked for a delay of at least a month because she has "real concerns" about his proposal and wants to allow more time for public comment.

"His proposal has unleashed a torrent of public response. Tens of thousands of e-mails, hundreds of calls, commentary all across the Internet," Rosenworcel said in a speech to a meeting of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies in Washington.

"We need to respect that input and we need time for that input," she said.

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Democrats elect Jeff Jackson to replace State Senator Dan Clodfelter.

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Local democrats prepare for November #39;s election in light of primary
Democrats won #39;t have to focus on Tuesday #39;s election because there aren #39;t candidates contesting each other. They #39;re focusing on November #39;s election.

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