POLITICO — Speaker John Boehner appointed seven Republicans on Friday to the new House committee charged with probing the Benghazi terrorist attacks, as Democrats are still wrestling with how to participate in the investigation.

GOP Reps. Susan Brooks of Indiana, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mike Pompeo of Kansas, Martha Roby of Alabama, Peter Roskam of Illinois and Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia will sit on the panel. Boehner announced earlier this week that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) will chair the panel.

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Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) chatted on the floor Friday, and Democrats entered their second leadership meeting of the day early in the afternoon. Aides to Boehner and Pelosi met Thursday to discuss the contours of the probe, and continued to negotiate into Friday afternoon.