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by BooMan
I am going to do a little exercise. I am going to show you who the top four members (by seniority) are in the Senate for each and every committee. As you will see, several members are in line to chair more than one committee. No Senator will chair more than one committee, so figuring out who will chair what gets a little complicated. Lieberman provides a little problem, so I will discuss that too. And then there is the problem of so many Senators that are planning on running for President (which will make chairing committees problematic, to say the least). So, go below the fold for the results and my analysis.
Aging
Herbert Kohl- Chairman Agriculture
Tom Harkin- Chairman Appropriations
Robert Byrd- Chairman Armed Services
Carl Levin- Chairman Banking
Christopher Dodd- Chairman Budget
Kent Conrad- Chairman Commerce
Daniel Inouye- Chairman Energy
Jeff Bingaman- Chairman Environment
Max Baucus (chair of Finance) Ethics
Tim Johnson- Co-Chairman Finance
Max Baucus- Chairman Foreign Relations
Joe Biden- Chairman Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Edward Kennedy- Chairman Homeland Security & Government Affairs
Joe Lieberman- Chairman Indian Affairs
Byron Dorgan- Chairman Intelligence
Jay Rockefeller- Chairman Judiciary
Patrick Leahy- Chairman Rules
Christopher Dodd (chair of Banking) Small Business
John Kerry- Chairman Veteran's Affairs
Daniel Akaka- Chairman Now, on Lieberman: We don't really mind Lieberman chairing a committee on Homeland Security. The problem is that the committee is also in charge of Governmental Affairs. It's the equivalent of the Government Reform committee in the House and it should be investigating things like war profiteering. We really don't want Joe to be chairing that committee. Yet, we can't antagonize him too much or he might bolt the party and turn our 51-49 majority into a 50-50 split, with ties broken by the Vice-President. So, here is what I suggest doing. Respect Joe's seniority. But offer him the chairmanship of the Environment committee. Joe is in line to chair that committee anyway because Max Baucus would much rather chair the Finance Committee. If Joe accepts this, who would be in line for the Homeland Security chair? Well, that would be Carl Levin, but he will want to chair Armed Services. Next in line is Daniel Akaka. He is in line to chair Veteran's Affairs, but he would much rather have Homeland Security. Okay, you ask, but then who would be in line to chair Veteran's Affairs? The answer is Jay Rockefeller. But he would rather have Intelligence. That leaves it to Patty Murray. So, this is how I envision the committee chairs looking in the Senate:
Agriculture:Tom Harkin- Chairman Appropriations: Robert Byrd- Chairman Armed Services: Carl Levin- Chairman Banking: Christopher Dodd- Chairman Budget: Kent Conrad- Chairman Commerce: Daniel Inouye- Chairman Energy: Jeff Bingaman- Chairman Environment: Joe Lieberman- Chairman Ethics: Tim Johnson- Co-Chairman Finance: Max Baucus- Chairman Foreign Relations: Joe Biden- Chairman Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: Edward Kennedy- Chairman Homeland Security & Government Affairs: Daniel Akaka- Chairman Indian Affairs: Byron Dorgan- Chairman Intelligence: Jay Rockefeller- Chairman Judiciary: Patrick Leahy- Chairman Rules: Diane Feinstein- Chairwoman Small Business: John Kerry- Chairman Veteran's Affairs: Patty Murray- Chairwoman
How many of the committee chairs are running for President? Three. And that might effect assignments. Here's the list:
Dodd: Banking What say you?
Senate Committee Assignments | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Senate Committee Assignments | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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