Here's the list... no real surprises. Webb got some plum assignments. Kind of surprising Tester didn't go for Ag, but I see that Baucus is already there. Joe is a Chair. Repubs have to love that Judiciary Committee. ___________ Agriculture 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 CHAIR: Dodd Johnson Reed Schumer Bayh Carper Menendez Akaka Brown Casey Tester Commerce CHAIR: Inouye Rockefeller Kerry Dorgan Boxer Nelson (Fl) Cantwell Lautenberg Pryor Carper McCaskill Klobuchar Energy CHAIR: Bingaman Akaka Dorgan Wyden Johnson Landrieu Cantwell Salazar Menendez Lincoln Sanders Tester Environment 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 HELP CHAIR: Kennedy Dodd Harkin Mikulski Bingaman Murray Reed Clinton Obama Sanders Brown Homeland and Government 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 Whitehouse Aging CHAIR: Kohl Wyden Lincoln Bayh Carper Nelson (Fl) Clinton Salazar Casey McCaskill Whitehouse Veterans CHAIR: Akaka Rockefeller Murray Obama Sanders Brown Webb Tester Rules 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
Nobody who has serious WH ambitions wants anything to do with the Judiciary Committee... there's really no power, no pork, no routine way to influence things, and the televised fights over controversial nominees and subsequent pressures from interest groups are incredible... think Thomas.
