Which Senate Committees Would You Be On?

[Free Bird]

Per these rules (name your state preference, foreign posters): https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/3f85020c-5fe6-40d7-955d-dfec9defb72a.pdf

3 "A" Committees (Including 1 "Super A," aka Armed Services, Appropriations, Finance, Foreign Relations)
1 "B" Committee
1 "C" Committee (Optional)

[Del Tachi]

It'd be easier to just name the ones I'd want to be on:

Appropriations
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Rules and Administration

[Free Bird]

It'd be easier to just name the ones I'd want to be on:

Appropriations
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Rules and Administration

It's a Mississippi tradition to be on Appropriations it seems LOL

I guess I'll change the title. Here are mine:

Senator Bird (R-CT)

Foreign Relations
HELP
Banking
Budget

[Peanut]

Senator Peanut (D-IL) :

Judiciary.
HELP.
Budget.
Ethics.

[Orwell]

Senator JacksonHitchcock (D-MI)
Appropriations
Banking
HELP
Budget

Im on all the money committees it seems! Here comes SotT.

[NewYorkExpress]

Senator NewYorkExpress (D-NY)

Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Intelligence

I could probably swap out Foreign Relations for Appropriations, honestly.

[YE]

HELP
Environment
Budget
Ethics

[America Needs R'hllor]

Senator Parrotguy (D-NY)

Foreign Relations (A)
Select Intelligence (A)
Joint Economic (B)
Ethics (C)

OP mentioned three A committees but the rules on the PDF say 2, so if OP is somehow right my third A committee would be Judiciary.

[Blair]

Foreign Relations
HELP
Energy and Natural Resources
Banking

No doubt I’d be one of those unpopular no name senators who gets stuck on the ageing committee

[gottsu]

Senator gottsu (D-RI)

Foreign Relations
HELP
Energy & Natural Resources
Small Business & Administration

[Free Bird]

Senator Parrotguy (D-NY)

Foreign Relations (A)
Select Intelligence (A)
Joint Economic (B)
Ethics (C)

OP mentioned three A committees but the rules on the PDF say 2, so if OP is somehow right my third A committee would be Judiciary.

It's weird. From what I gather from skimming some assignment lists you can have 1 Super A and 2 As, but the Super As are listed with the regular As.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Judiciary
Banking
HELP

Personally, three would give me enough work, as I'd actually want to attend most/all of the hearings and markups and not feel like I'm running all over with my head cut off. I would only take a fourth assignment if it was to a committee no one cares about (Rules/Ethics/Aging).

[Del Tachi]

Senator Parrotguy (D-NY)

Foreign Relations (A)
Select Intelligence (A)
Joint Economic (B)
Ethics (C)

OP mentioned three A committees but the rules on the PDF say 2, so if OP is somehow right my third A committee would be Judiciary.

It's weird. From what I gather from skimming some assignment lists you can have 1 Super A and 2 As, but the Super As are listed with the regular As.

Yes.  You can serve on up to three A committees, but no more than one Super-A committee.

I think this configuration exists because there are some senators who sit on no Super-A committees.  For example, Cortez Matso (D-NV) has seats on CST, Banking and EPW but no Super-A assignments. 

[Tender Branson]

The Committee for Basement & Wall Construction.

[Crumpets]

Foreign Relations
Intelligence
Commerce, Science and Transportation

[Alabama_Indy10]

Appropriations
Judiciary
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Rules and Administration

[😥]

Senator AndriyValeriovich

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Foreign Relations
HELP
Judicary

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

*I read the rules, and apparently you're not allowed to serve on more than 2 A committees, and you're not allowed to serve in the same committee as another senator from your state.

That's weird. Domenici and Bingaman served on the Energy Committee at the same time, and both were their parties respective ranking members.

Maybe the rule applies to senators from the same party?

[Lechasseur]

*I read the rules, and apparently you're not allowed to serve on more than 2 A committees, and you're not allowed to serve in the same committee as another senator from your state.

That's weird. Domenici and Bingaman served on the Energy Committee at the same time, and both were their parties respective ranking members.

Maybe the rule applies to senators from the same party?

Possibly

[Del Tachi]

Most Senators serve on 3 A committees, 2 "regular" A committees and 1 "super" A committee.  The "no more than 2 A committees" rule is only referring to these regular committees and predates the establishment of Super A committees. 

The rules are set up in a way where each senator serves on 3 A committees, one of which is a Super A committee.  No senator can serve on more than 1 Super A committee.

Also, it should be noted that Republicans are much more sticklers for these rules than Democrats.  Republican committee assignments are pretty much automatic based on seniority, whereas Democratic leadership has more say in selecting some of its membership into powerful chairmanships. 

[Lechasseur]

Senator Lechasseur (R-LA)

Foreign Relations (A)
Homeland Security (A)
Select Intelligence (Super A)
Rules and Administration (B)

[Ethelberth]

Indian Affairs

[Free Bird]

Senator Lechasseur (R-LA)

Foreign Relations (A)
Homeland Security (A)
Select Intelligence (Super A)
Rules and Administration (B)

Foreign Relations is the Super A, Intelligence is just, well, Select lol

[Former President tack50]

Senator tack50 (D-CA)

Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Rules and Administration
Joint Taxation

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Senator Blairite (D-CA)

Finance
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Budget

Joint Taxation