110th Congress - Tentative Senate Committees

Senator Reid has tentatively announced the makeup of the committees for the 110th Congress. The biggest change for the conservation community is the removal of Senator Inhofe from his position as chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. He will most likely be replaced with Senator Boxer, a politician we have worked successfully with over the years. How do you think the committee assignments will affect conservation legislation?

MW

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Reid Announces Democrats Anticipated Committee Assignments for 110th
Congress

Washington, DC - Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today
announced the committee assignments he anticipates members of the
Democratic Caucus will hold during the 110th Congress.

As required by Senate rules, Senator Reid will meet with the incoming
Senate Republican Leader following the Republican Caucus's leadership
elections to negotiate and finalize the Majority/Minority make-up of
each Committee.

Outside Foreign Relations, which would gain one member from both the
Majority and Minority under this anticipated plan, the number of
Senators placed on each committee reflects the committee make-up agreed
to in the 108th Congress, the last time there was a 51-49 Senate.

Anticipated Committee Democratic Assignments for the 110th Congress

(Subject to Negotiations Following Republican Leadership Elections)

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

Health, Education, Labor, Pensions

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

Small Business

CHAIR: Kerry
Levin
Harkin
Lieberman
Landrieu
Cantwell
Bayh
Pryor
Cardin
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