Top House Republicans announced their recommendations Tuesday for the new Congress' committee chairmanships, an all-male list that includes returning Paul Ryan to the Budget panel and seven new faces to head other committees.

The leaders proposed waiving the GOP's six-year term limit for Ryan, R-Wis., to keep his chairmanship.

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Asked about the lack of women among the leaders' recommendations to head committees, Michael Steel, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, noted that three women have been selected to the party's leadership for next year. They include Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who will be the No. 4 House GOP leader.

Ros-Lehtinen said she did not request an exemption from the six-year term limit, saying Ryan was an exception because "he was our vice presidential candidate." As for the lack of women, she noted that Boehner had yet to pick chairs for two panels — the Ethics and House Administration committees — and said, "Don't write the headline yet."

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Alan Fram, Associated Press, today.