America has new committee chairs in the U.S. Senate. Here they are, folks.
* Appropriations: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
* Environment and Public Works: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
* Finance: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
* Foreign Relations: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
* Judiciary: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
* Intelligence: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
A note from Political Wire:
The committee assignments given to the freshmen senators were also released. Of note: despite the fact that Harry Reid promised before the election that, if elected, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) would be given a seat on the Appropriations Committee as soon as possible, he did not receive such an assignment yesterday.
The New York Times has more.
Nov 15, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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I wasn’t even a zygote yet when Watergate went down. But, thankfully I get to re-live those days right now in 2006!
That’s right, today’s hearings into the controversial eavesdropping program undertaken by the Bush Administration is revealing some very interesting glimpses into the mind of George W. Bush.
From the AP:
Under sharp questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, Gonzales said that Bush would not grant the access needed to allow the probe to move forward.
“It was highly classified, very important and many other lawyers had access. Why not OPR?” asked Specter, R-Pa.
“The president of the United States makes the decision,” Gonzales told the committee hearing, during which he was strongly criticized on a range of national security issues by Specter and Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), the panel’s senior Democrat.
You can listen to the hearings live on C-Span.
Jul 18, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky in
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