The Senate Democratic Steering Committee has approved committee assignments for the next Congress.
Committees are important places for Senators to delve deeply into issues and affect policy.
What notable point about these assignments: the new freshmen Senators have received top-notch committees.
Names listed in descending order of seniority with new committee members in italics:
AGRICULTURE
Leahy
Harkin
Baucus
Stabenow – CHAIRMAN
Sherrod Brown
Casey
Klobuchar
Bennet
Gillibrand
Donnelly
Heitkamp
APPROPRIATIONS
Mikulski – CHAIRMAN
Leahy
Harkin
Murray
Feinstein
Durbin
Tim Johnson
Landrieu
Reed
Lautenberg
Pryor
Tester
Vacancy
T. Udall
Shaheen
Merkley
ARMED SERVICES
Levin – CHAIRMAN
Reed
Bill Nelson
McCaskill
Mark Udall
Hagan
Begich
Manchin
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Blumenthal
Donnelly
Kaine
King
BANKING
Tim Johnson – CHAIRMAN
Reed
Schumer
Menendez
Sherrod Brown
Tester
Warner
Merkley
Hagan
Manchin
Warren
Heitkamp
COMMERCE
Inouye
Rockefeller – CHAIRMAN
Kerry
Boxer
Bill Nelson
Cantwell
Lautenberg
Pryor
McCaskill
Klobuchar
Warner
Begich
Blumenthal
ENERGY
Wyden – CHAIRMAN
Tim Johnson
Landrieu
Cantwell
Sanders
Stabenow
Mark Udall
Franken
Manchin
Coons
Hirono
Heinrich
Environment and Public Works
Baucus
Boxer – CHAIRMAN
Carper
Lautenberg
Cardin
Sanders
Whitehouse
Tom Udall
Merkley
Gillibrand
FINANCE
Baucus – CHAIRMAN
Rockefeller
Kerry
Wyden
Schumer
Stabenow
Cantwell
Bill Nelson
Menendez
Carper
Cardin
Sherrod Brown
Bennet
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Kerry – CHAIRMAN
Boxer
Menendez
Cardin
Casey
Shaheen
Coons
Tom Udall
Murphy
Kaine
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Harkin – CHAIRMAN
Mikulski
Murray
Sanders
Casey
Hagan
Franken
Bennet
Whitehouse
Baldwin
Murphy
Warren
Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Levin
Carper – CHAIRMAN
Pryor
Landrieu
McCaskill
Tester
Begich
Baldwin
Heitkamp
INTELLIGENCE
Rockefeller
Feinstein – CHAIRMAN
Wyden
Mikulski
Mark Udall
Warner
Heinrich
King
JUDICIARY
Leahy – CHAIRMAN
Feinstein
Schumer
Durbin
Whitehouse
Klobuchar
Franken
Coons
Blumenthal
Hirono
AGING
Wyden
Bill Nelson – CHAIRMAN
Casey
McCaskill
Whitehouse
Gillibrand
Manchin
Blumenthal
Baldwin
Donnelly
Warren
BUDGET
Murray – CHAIRMAN
Wyden
Bill Nelson
Stabenow
Sanders
Whitehouse
Warner
Merkley
Coons
Baldwin
Kaine
King
JOINT ECONOMIC
Casey – CHAIRMAN
Klobuchar
Warner
Sanders
Murphy
Heinrich
RULES
Inouye
Feinstein
Schumer – CHAIRMAN
Durbin
Murray
Pryor
Tom Udall
Warner
Leahy
King
SMALL BUSINESS
Levin
Harkin
Kerry
Landrieu – CHAIRMAN
Cantwell
Pryor
Cardin
Shaheen
Hagan
Heitkamp
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Rockefeller
Murray
Sanders – CHAIRMAN
Sherrod Brown
Tester
Begich
Blumenthal
Hirono
ETHICS
Boxer – CHAIRMAN
Pryor
Sherrod Brown
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Inouye
Tim Johnson
Cantwell –CHAIRMAN
Tester
Tom Udall
Franken
Begich
Heitkamp
