Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced the
Democrats' anticipated committee lineups for the 111th Congress.
The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic membership
has one new name, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen,
of New Hampshire,
with two more to come, while Sen. Bill
Nelson (D-Florida) has dropped off to take a seat on Finance. A committee
staff source suggests that of the "To Be Announced," likely picks are Al Franken (D-MN), who would succeed
his Minnesota Republican rival Sen. Norm
Coleman when the race is finalized, and Ted Kaufman (D-DE). "Franken wants SFRC and I expect him to be
seated there," the committee source said. "If I had to put money on it, I would
bet on Kaufman as the other new member, since he is assuming the seat held by
the former committee chairman." The GOP is expected to lose another current
member on the committee, so that the ratio of Democrats to Republicans will be 11 to 8.
SFRC line up announced by Reid so far:
- John
F. Kerry, of Massachusetts,
chairman
- Christopher
J. Dodd, of Connecticut
- Russell
D. Feingold, of Wisconsin
- Barbara
Boxer, of California
- Robert
Menendez, of New Jersey
- Benjamin
L. Cardin, of Maryland
- Robert
P. Casey, Jr., of Pennsylvania
- Jim
Webb, of Virginia
- Jeanne
Shaheen, of New Hampshire
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