Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid published a tentative list of his choices to head the various Senate committees. The list is after the jump.
-Herb Kohl, Chairman, Senate Special Committee on Aging
-Tom Harkin, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture
-Daniel Inouye, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations
-Carl Levin, Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services
-Christopher Dodd, Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
-Kent Conrad, Chairman, Senate Committee on Budget
-John D. Rockefeller IV, Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
-Jeff Bingaman, Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
-Barbara Boxer, Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
-Max Baucus, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance
-John Kerry, Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (upon the resignation of Senator Joseph Biden)
-Edward Kennedy, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
-Joseph Lieberman, Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
-Byron Dorgan, Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
-Dianne Feinstein, Chairwoman, Senate Intelligence Committee
-Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary
-Charles Schumer, Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
-Mary Landrieu, Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (upon resignation of Senator Joseph Biden and Senator John Kerry assuming Chair of Foreign Relations)
-Daniel Akaka, Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
**Senate Committee on Ethics Chairperson will be recommended by the Senate Majority Leader and adopted by Senate resolution
**Joint Economic Committee Chairperson alternates with each Congress. The House of Representatives will chair the Committee in the 111th Congress
There you have it. The Lieberman decision was already publicized and griped about weeks ago.
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