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Roster of New Committee Chairs in US Senate

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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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Reader Comments (6) - post a comment

Posted by Alex, Nov 15 2006, 12:28PM - Link

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.

Posted by Carroll, Nov 15 2006, 12:50PM - Link

Lieberman for Homeland. That's a fox in the henhouse.
And Kerry for small business? That's a waste of brainpower.

Posted by Zathras, Nov 15 2006, 6:48PM - Link

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.

Posted by Jerome Gaskins, Nov 15 2006, 7:09PM - Link

Let's wish them all success and an evergrowing lack of catastrophe.

Posted by KathyF, Nov 16 2006, 3:32AM - Link

I guess Rockefeller will finally get that report out.

Posted by steambomb, Nov 17 2006, 1:12AM - Link

I would have liked to have seen Feingold given a committee chairmanship.