Committee Structure Following Nov. 5 Midterm Elections
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Changes will not take effect until beginning of the 108th Congress. Other restructuring is possible.
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<center> <table border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="7" width="672"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Times" size="4">Committee Structure Following Nov. 5 Midterm Elections</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><i><font face="Times" size="1">Changes will not take effect until beginning of the 108th Congress. Other restructuring is possible.</font></i></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Times" size="3">House Energy & Commerce Committee</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Republicans (currently 31 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <br /> <br /> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Billy Tauzin (La.) - Chairman</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Charlie Norwood (Ga.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Charles Bass (N.H.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Michael Bilirakis (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Barbara Cubin (Wyo.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Joe Pitts (Penn.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Joe Barton (Texas)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Shimkus (Ill.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Mary Bono (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Fred Upton (Mich.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Heather Wilson (N.M.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Greg Walden (Ore.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Cliff Stearns (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Shadegg (Ariz.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Lee Terry (Neb.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Paul Gillmor (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Charles "Chip" Pickering (Miss.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ernie Fletcher (Ky.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">James Greenwood (Penn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Vito Fossella (N.J.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Greg Ganske (Iowa) <i>lost Senate race</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Christopher Cox (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Roy Blunt (Mo.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ed Bryant (Tenn.) <i>lost Senate primary race</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Nathan Deal (Ga.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Thomas Davis (Va.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Robert Ehrlich (Md.) <i>won gubernatorial race</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Richard Burr (N.C.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Steve Buyer (Ind.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Edward Whitfield (Ky.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">George Radanovich (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Democrats (currently 26 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Dingell (Mich.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Peter Deutsch (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Diana DeGette (Colo.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Henry Waxman (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bobby Rush (Ill.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Lois Capps (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Edward Markey (Mass.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Anna Eshoo (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Mike Doyle (Penn.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ralph Hall (Texas)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bart Stupak (Mich.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Chris John (La.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Rick Boucher (Va.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Eliot Engel (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jane Harman (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Edolphus Towns (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Albert Wynn (Md.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Tom Sawyer (Ohio) <i>lost primary</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Frank Pallone (N.J.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Gene Green (Texas)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Thomas Barrett (Wis.) <i>lost gubernatorial primary</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Sherrod Brown (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Karen McCarthy (Mo.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bill Luther (Minn.) <i>lost general election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bart Gordon (Tenn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ted Strickland (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Times" size="3">House Government Reform Committee</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Republicans (currently 24 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Dan Burton (Ind.) - Chairman (stepping down)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Doug Ose (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ed Schrock (Va.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Christopher Shays (Conn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ron Lewis (Ky.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John "Jimmy" Duncan (Tenn.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jo Ann Davis (Va.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Sullivan (Okla.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John McHugh (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Todd Platts (Penn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Benjamin Gilman (N.Y.) <i>did not seek re-election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Mica (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Dave Weldon (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Constance Morella (Md.) <i>lost general election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Thomas Davis III (Va.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Christopher Cannon (Utah)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Steve Horn (Calif.) <i>retired</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Mark Souder (Ind.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Adam Putnam (Fla.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bob Barr (Ga.) <i>lost primary election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Steven LaTourette (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">C. L. "Butch" Otter (Idaho)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Dan Miller (Fla.) <i>did not seek re-election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Democrats (currently 18 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Henry Waxman (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Elijah Cummings (Md.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">William Lacy Clay (Mo.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Tom Lantos (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Dennis Kucinich (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Diane Watson (Calif.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Major Owens (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Danny Davis (Ill.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Stephen Lynch (Mass.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Edolphus Towns (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Tierney (Mass.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Rod Blagojevich (Ill.) <i>won gubernatorial race</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Paul Kanjorski (Penn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jim Turner (Texas)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Vacancy</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Tom Allen (Maine)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Independent</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bernard Sanders (Vt.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Times" size="3">Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Republicans (currently 10 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Judd Gregg (N.H.) - future Chairman</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Christopher Bond (Mo.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Mike DeWine (Ohio)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Bill Frist (Tenn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Pat Roberts (Kan.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Tim Hutchinson (Ark.) <i>lost general election</i></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Michael Enzi (Wyo.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Susan Collins (Maine)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Warner (Va.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jeff Sessions (Ala.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Democrats (currently 9 members)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Edward Kennedy (Mass.) - Chairman</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jeff Bingaman (N.M.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.)</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Christopher Dodd (Conn.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Patty Murray (Wash.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Vacancy</font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Tom Harkin (Iowa)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Jack Reed (R.I.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Barbara Mikulski (Md.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">John Edwards (N.C.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">Independent</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%" valign="top"> <p> <font face="Helvetica Condensed" size="1">James Jeffords (Vt.)</font> </p> </td> <td width="32%" valign="top"> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </center><br /> <br /> |