Tentative Democratic Committee Assignments in Senate

[Bob Geiger]

From incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, we get the tentative committee assignments for the 110th Congress to begin in January. These assignments are probably solid, but they are subject to negotiations and may change slightly:

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Chair: Harkin

Leahy
Conrad
Baucus
Lincoln
Stabenow
Nelson (NE)
Salazar
Brown
Casey
Klobuchar

Appropriations

Chair: Byrd

Inouye
Leahy
Harkin
Mikulski
Kohl
Murray
Dorgan
Feinstein
Durbin
Johnson
Landrieu
Reed
Lautenberg
Nelson (NE)

Armed Services

Chair: Levin

Kennedy
Byrd
Lieberman
Reed
Akaka
Nelson (Fl)
Nelson (NE)
Bayh
Clinton
Pryor
Webb
McCaskill

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Chair: Dodd

Johnson
Reed
Schumer
Bayh
Carper
Menendez
Akaka
Brown
Casey
Tester

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Chair: Inouye

Rockefeller
Kerry
Dorgan
Boxer
Nelson (Fl)
Cantwell
Lautenberg
Pryor
Carper
McCaskill
Klobuchar


Energy and Natural Resources

Chair: Bingaman

Akaka
Dorgan
Wyden
Johnson
Landrieu
Cantwell
Salazar
Menendez
Lincoln
Sanders
Tester

Environment and Public Works

Chair: Boxer

Baucus
Lieberman
Carper
Clinton
Lautenberg
Cardin
Sanders
Klobuchar
Whitehouse

Finance

Chair: Baucus

Rockefeller
Conrad
Bingaman
Kerry
Lincoln
Wyden
Schumer
Stabenow
Cantwell
Salazar

Foreign Relations

Chair: Biden

Dodd
Kerry
Feingold
Boxer
Nelson (Fl)
Obama
Menendez
Cardin
Casey
Webb

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Chair: Kennedy

Dodd
Harkin
Mikulski
Bingaman
Murray
Reed
Clinton
Obama
Sanders
Brown

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Chair: Lieberman

Levin
Akaka
Carper
Pryor
Landrieu
Obama
McCaskill
Tester

Judiciary

Chair: Leahy

Kennedy
Biden
Kohl
Feinstein
Feingold
Schumer
Durbin
Cardin
Whitehouse

Intelligence

Chair: Rockefeller

Levin
Feinstein
Wyden
Bayh
Mikulski
Feingold
Whitehouse

Budget

Chair: Conrad

Murray
Wyden
Feingold
Johnson
Byrd
Nelson (Fl)
Stabenow
Menendez
Cardin
Sanders

Special Committee on Aging

Chair: Kohl

Wyden
Lincoln
Bayh
Carper
Nelson (Fl)
Clinton
Salazar
Casey
McCaskill
Whitehouse

Veterans Affairs

Chair: Akaka

Rockefeller
Murray
Obama
Sanders
Brown
Webb
Tester

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Chair: Kerry

Levin
Harkin
Lieberman
Landrieu
Cantwell
Bayh
Pryor
Cardin
Tester

Rules and Administration

Chair: Feinstein

Dodd
Byrd
Inouye
Schumer
Durbin
Nelson (NE)
Dorgan
Murray
Pryor

Joint Economic

Chair: Schumer

Kennedy
Bingaman
Klobuchar
Casey
Webb

Indian Affairs

Chair: Dorgan

Inouye
Conrad
Akaka
Johnson
Cantwell
McCaskill
Tester

And, no, I don't think Joe Lieberman should even be allowed to chair a committee on Senate restroom sanitation, much less Homeland Security.

You can read more from Bob at BobGeiger.com.

[robinlynne]

1. Lieberman should not even be allowed to be on a committe. He is not a

Democrat. WTF?

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Senate Demcrats seem to like him:

Senate Democrats give Lieberman standing ovation
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who bolted the Democratic party after losing a primary election this year to run as an independent, won a standing ovation at a closed meeting of all Senate Democrats Tuesday.

Lieberman was introduced by Democratic Leader Harry Reid who, according to Lieberman, told his colleagues that, "families go through crisis but we survived and I just want to welcome back Joe Lieberman."

"It's been a helluva year," Lieberman told the group before imploring them to heed the lessons of the midterm election and "be willing to compromise" with Republicans.

more: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/11/senate-democrats-give-lieberman.html

[ThomCat]

4. At the very least, he should not be a Comm. Chair.

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If he pulls any of his republican crap I hope they pull him out of there.

[queenbdem87]

5. Neither is Bernie Sanders, and yet I don't hear you complaining.

Lets just call a spade a spade here guys, you don't feel Leiberman is liberal enough so you dont want him in a position of leadership. And at least Leiberman is at least likely of becoming a Democrat again while Bernie Sanders(even though I like him more) shows no signs of becoming a Democrat. Leiberman won, get over it. He is still largely a progressive and will serve his state better than any rethug out there.

[robinlynne]

6. Bernie Sanders is not head of a committee!

[patricia92243]

2. Thanks - nice and easy to read I'll bookmark it.