List of House and Senate Committee Chairs

[ellisonz]

For those to busy with life to be a junky:

House:

Ways & Means - Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Armed Forces - Rep. Ike Skelton (MO)
Natural Resources - Rep. Nick Rahall (WV)
Government Reform - Rep. Henry Waxman (CA)
Judiciary - Rep. John Conyers (MI)
Energy & Commerce - Rep. John Dingell (MI)
Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence - Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX)
Education & the Workforce - Rep. George Miller (CA)
Homeland Security - Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS)
Appropriations - Rep. David Obey (WI)
Agriculture - Rep. Collin Peterson (MN)
Budget - Rep. John Spratt (SC)
Ethics - Rep. Stephanie Tubb Jones (OH)
Financial Services - Rep. Barney Frank (MA)
House Administration - Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA)
International Relations - Rep. Tom Lantos (CA)
Rules - Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY)
Science - Rep. Bart Gordon (TN)
Small Business - Rep. Nydia Velaquez (NY)
Transportation & Infrastructure - Rep. James Oberstar (MN)
Veterans' Affairs - Rep. Bob Filner (CA)

Senate

Appropriations Committee - Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
Judiciary Committee - Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
Foreign Relations Committee - Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.
Budget Committee - Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota.
Homeland Security Committee- Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.
Armed Forces Committee - Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan.
Environment & Public Works Committee - Sen. Barbara Boxer of California
Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee - Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Energy & Natural Resources Committee - Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Rules & Administration Committee - Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California.
Agriculture Committee - Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa.
Select Committee on Intelligence - Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.
Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee - Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
Veterans Affairs Committee - Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii.
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee - Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee - Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.
Finance Committee - Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.
Indian Affairs Committee - Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota.
Select Committee on Ethics - Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Barbara Boxer is chair while he's in the hospital, I believe.
Select Committee on Aging - Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin.

Sources:
http://usliberals.about.com/od/liberalleadership/a/SenateChairs.htm
http://usliberals.about.com/od/liberalleadership/a/HouseChairs.htm

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[Jeanette in FL]

1. Oh, what a list that is

Thank you for taking the time to post this. K & R'd

[madokie]

2. thanks, only one I'm not to sure about, ho'lie' joe

[ellisonz]

5. I don't like it either...

but at least he's caucusing with the Dems. 51-49 is an awfully slim margin. So ultimately IMHO it is a small price to pay even if it stinks to high heaven.

:-(

But we have a majority!

:)

[madokie]

7. Oh yeah, I have in my 58 years never seen a number be so important

[ellisonz]

25. And it's going to take 67 to impeach!

:kick:

[salin]

9. It is also a great 'payoff' for Rove and his election help...

Joe's game of "I am the bipartisan senator" generally means = I won't challenge bushco. So while serious investigations will get underway in a myriad of committees and subcommittees... except very superficial work from his - so he can keep fostering an image of "playing nice".

[salin]

3. wonder how some of the passed over on the HLS feel

about the chair being given to Lieberman? Wonder who else is assigned to the committee.

[soothsayer]

4. gawd, lieberman got the creepy "spy on citizens'' chair? damn!

[ellisonz]

6. 110th Committee Assignments are still being finalized.

But you *might* be able to get an idea from the 109th:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=About.Membership

Obviously, Chafee is gone and the Dems now have more seats, some which likely go to freshmen Senators. So it probably won't change too much because it is a somewhat plum picking and members want to build seniority.

[salin]

8. If you counted his earlier years in office to his current term, Lautenburg

should have been considered. Would far prefer Lautenburg to Lieberman as Chair of HLS.

Granted I am sure this was thrown to Joe in order to try to get him to be more likely to vote with dems (and keep the maj) than with the repubs. Bah!

[mmonk]

10. Lieberman and his position are problematic.

In the spirit of the constitution, our security measures should be brought under it's legal umbrella anyway.

[Roland99]

11. That's as beautiful as gazing upon the Mona Lisa

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. But some kid put a moustache on this Mona Lisa

Homeland Security Committee, Lieberman

I'm thinking there are a few other moles and warts, but time will tell how this all plays out.

[Roland99]

15. Well until Lieberman does jump ship, if he does, I'll withhold judgment.

[babylonsister]

12. What a difference a few months make! nt

[KittyWampus]

14. Slaughter, Tubbs-Jones, Franks, Obey,Boxer, Leahy- So many of these people rock!

Impressive.

[ellisonz]

16. There's something just as significant in the House as the first woman Speaker.

4 African-American Chairs:

Ways & Means - Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Judiciary - Rep. John Conyers (MI)
Homeland Security - Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS
Ethics - Rep. Stephanie Tubb Jones (OH)

Which has to be a record...and they are some mighty powerful committees at that.

[KingFlorez]

18. It's 5, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald chairs House Administration

[ellisonz]

19. Whoops...

My bad, must have dozed off watching Pelosi's excellent speech to the CBC (check C-SPAN).

:dem:

[KittyWampus]

21. I feel a bit sheepish admitting to not bíng familiar with some of the names

[ellisonz]

23. I doubt you're alone. I'm not familiar with everyone either.

Anyways, we'll all become more familiar w/the unknowns in the next few months.

:hi:

[proud patriot]

17. Wheeeeeeeeeeee ! ! !

:woohoo:

[ellisonz]

20. To the top, because information is knowledge and knowledge is power.

:kick:

[ellisonz]

24. Kick for the "Do-Nothing Congress-CNN."

:kick:

[ellisonz]

22. There have been some name changes to the above in the House.

Education and Workforce is now Education and Labor.
International Relations is now Foreign Affairs.
Science is now Science and Technology.
Government Reform is now Oversight and Government Reform.

When I made list up, I hadn't caught the changes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_on_go_co/committee_name_changes

[Cameron27]

26. Bookmarked

Thanks for posting; great thread!