Kenneth Y. Tomlinson: Boehner should make reformer Kingston appropriations chairman

They are Republicans, but these notorious House appropriators are symbols of the Washington that enabled the GOP last week to score a massive victory at the polls.

Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif, the former Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, earmarked a million dollars to rebuild the swimming pool back home where he once worked as a lifeguard. He got another million for the Jerry Lewis Community Center in his hometown of Highland.