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And observers say that mo #file_links<D>\keywords5.txt,1,S] ve makes it easier for Chairman Julius Genachowski to soon follow him to the doors 鈥?since now Genachowski will leave Democrats with a 2to1 voting advantage (whereas #file_links<D>\keywords2.txt,1,S] if he鈥檇 left before McDowell did, the FCC would be in a 2to2 deadlock).McDowell said he didn鈥檛 have a post-FCC job lined up yet. And it鈥檚 unclear who President Obama might name as his successor, though whoever the GOP pick is, that nominee could wind up paired with the Democratic nominee to replace Genachowski, following in the tradition of grouping one Democratic candidate with a GOP one for a smoother Senate confirmation.Though Genachowski on Wednesday said he had 鈥渘o news鈥?regarding if and when he鈥檇 leave the FCC, the White House has been interviewing potential replacements.Sounds like they might want to stay close to the phone.Ike and dislikeRep. Rob Bishopis no architecture buff. The Utah Republican probably couldn鈥檛 tell a flying buttress from a mansard roof. But he loves Dwight Eisenhower. And saving money.So the congressman is essentially pitting himself against the world鈥檚 greatest living architect in a battle over the planned memorial to Ike.The 14-year odyssey to build the memorial to our 34th president is getting seriously messy, with Bishop holding a hearing on legislation he introduced that would scrap the yet-to-be-built memorial designed by legen #file_links<D>\keywords1.txt,1,S] dary architect Frank Gehry.Bishop, who chairs the public-lands subcommittee of the Natural Resources panel, hasn鈥檛 come right out and called the Gehry-designed memorial 鈥?planned for a choice bit of real estate on the Mall 鈥?undignified. But he seems to be siding with members of the Eisenhower family who fear that the design is too busy (one family member told the Washingtonian magazine it looked 鈥渓ike a theme park鈥?.Bishop says he didn鈥檛 like the process used to select it, and wants to reopen the process and solicit other designs.And he fears the whole thing is getting a little pricey, and wants better accounting of how the commission established to oversee the project is spending its money.A little back story: Congress passed a law in 1999 authorizing an Eisenhower memorial. Since then, the commission solicited proposals and selected Gehry鈥檚 design.But Eisenhower family members started complaining about the design. Some people don鈥檛 like the mesh-metal 鈥渢apestries鈥?incorporated into it. The family and other critics have questioned the closed-bid process used to select it. Still others have fired back. The American Institute of Architecture criticized Bishop鈥檚 bill, calling it an effort to stifle creativity.Don鈥檛 look for smoother water ahead, either.Congress has to pass some kind of reauthorization by May in order to hold the spot for the memorial on the Mall. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, is delving into the matter. And everyone in Washington knows how an Issa investigation goes. Spoiler alert: It gets even more intense.Shamrock shake-upPresident Obama may only have named one Hispanic to his second-term Cabinet thus far. But another group is going strong: Irish Americans. Obama on Tuesday noted the preponderance of them in his newly reshuffled inner circle. 鈥淭h #file #file_links<D>\keywords4.txt,1,S] _links<D>\keywords3.txt,1,S] e next four years are shaping up to be very green ones here in the White House,鈥?he said during a White House reception celebrating St. Patrick鈥檚 Day , citing chief of staff Denis McDonough, national security adviser Tom Donilon, CIA Director John Brennan, and head speechwriter Cody Keenan. Obama added that Vice President Biden had agreed to stay on as 鈥淚rishman-in-chief.鈥滲ut we bet environmentalists were hoping Obama meant something else when he promised a 鈥済reen鈥?second term. With Emily HeilThe blog: washingtonpost.com/intheloop. Twitter: @InTheLoopWP.