Committee Assignment of the 111th Congress

[Spaghetti Cat]

Do your realize that 8 GOP members of the Appropriations Committee won't be back in January.  8 vacancies!  And 4 ranking members (Armed Services, Oversight and Gov. Reform, Small Business, and Ways and Means) will be gone too.

[SPC]

Is that just a huge coincidence that Allard, Sununu, Warner, Domenici, Dole, Smith, Hagel, and Craig were all on the same committee?

[Spaghetti Cat]

Sorry, I'm talking house, should have specified.

[Ogre Mage]

There will be considerable turnover on the two most powerful committees in the Senate, Appropriations and Finance, as well.

Appropriations Committee Departures:  Pete Domenici, Larry Craig, Wayne Allard (possibly Ted Stevens)

Finance Committee Departures:  Gordon Smith, John Sununu

No doubt there will be a hard scramble for those slots.  They're plum assignments for any senator.

[Verily]

Is Byrd also resigning from the Appropriations committee, or just from the Chairmanship?

[Ogre Mage]

Is Byrd also resigning from the Appropriations committee, or just from the Chairmanship?

Just from the chairmanship.  Byrd will remain on the committee.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4A66KC20081107

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Is Byrd also resigning from the Appropriations committee, or just from the Chairmanship?

Just from the chairmanship.  Byrd will remain on the committee.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4A66KC20081107

Good.

Does anyone know if Kennedy is giving up his Chairmanship?  I'd guess he would, but is it confirmed?

[Bacon King]

Smith was ranking member in Aging, Chambliss is the ranking member in Agriculture (but alas will probably still be around), Domenici was the ranking member in Energy.