Patty Murray To Chair The Senate Budget Committee
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR 10:28 AM EST, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2012
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) is set to become the next chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, her office confirmed to TPM on Thursday.
"Senator Murray has confirmed that she expects to be the next chairman of the Senate Budget Committee," her spokesman Eli Zupnick said.
"She is going to use all of her committee and leadership positions to continue fighting for veterans, as she has done over her entire career. She plans to continue working to reduce the deficit and pay down the debt in a balanced way that is fair for seniors and the middle class and calls on the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share."
Murray, who chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee this cycle, was next in line to replace current Budget Chairman, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), who did not seek re-election.
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Mass
(27,315 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)She's my senator!
titanicdave
(429 posts)we Washingtonians should be very prod of our "mom in tennis shoes"
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)Nice to have someone from a solid Democratic state in charge of serious matters.
Put bluntly, it should be a rule of the caucus that chairmanships can go only to Senators from states which voted for the Democratic candidate for President in the most recent election.
dsc
(52,162 posts)for her successful leading of the DSCC. Given her performance she should get to name her prize.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)run our household bills and her duties as the secretary- treasurer of her union then we`ll be in good shape!
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)An actual solid Dem. And a great person.