GOP lawmakers approve House Committee chairmen for 114th Congress

GOP lawmakers approved a slate of chairmen to run House Committees in the 114th Congress.

Nine new members will wield gavels atop panels next year; filling positions left open by fellow Republicans limited to three terms at the helm, according to House GOP internal rules.

{mosads}Paul Ryan (Wis.) — the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee and former Budget Committee — will preside over the powerful Ways and Means Committee.

Jason Chaffetz (Utah) will head the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tom Price (Ga.) will wield the Budget gavel and Devin Nunes (Calif.) will take the reins as Intelligence Committee chairman.

Other committees with new chairmen include: Armed Services, Agriculture, Small Business, Natural Resources and Ethics.

The 10 other House committee chairmen will remain the same.

No women were elevated to fill the open chairmanships. However, House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) re-selected Rep. Candice Miller (Mich.) as chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, the de facto mayor of Capitol Hill.