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Issued today by Senator Harry Reid's office:
AGRICULTURE -- Tom Harkin
APPROPRIATIONS -- Robert Byrd
ARMED SERVICES -- Carl Levin
BANKING -- Chris Dodd
COMMERCE -- Daniel Inouye
ENERGY -- Jeff Bingaman
ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS -- Barbara Boxer
FINANCE -- Max Baucus
FOREIGN RELATIONS -- Joseph Biden
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR & PENSIONS -- Edward Kennedy
HOMELAND & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS -- Joseph Lieberman
JUDICIARY -- Patrick Leahy
INTELLIGENCE -- John D. Rockefeller IV
BUDGET -- Kent Conrad
AGING -- Herb Kohl
VETERANS -- Daniel Akaka
SMALL BUSINESS -- John Kerry
RULES -- Dianne Feinstein
JOINT ECONOMIC -- Chuck Schumer
INDIAN AFFAIRS -- Byron Dorgan
-- Steve Clemons
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I would have liked to have seen Feingold given a committee chairmanship.
Let's wish them all success and an evergrowing lack of catastrophe.
Interesting that the number of Chairmen past 80 (3 -- Byrd and the two Hawaiians) is greater than the number younger than 60 (2 -- Conrad and Schumer). Only one of the latter (Conrad) has a committee with significant jurisdiction, whereas Appropriations and Commerce are two of the most important committees in the Senate.
Lieberman for Homeland. That's a fox in the henhouse.
And Kerry for small business? That's a waste of brainpower.
Ok, I'll confess.
I thought Robert Byrd would have been slotted for AGING. ;)
But to be honest, it was pretty much a wide-open field with many many candidates.
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