[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MAJORITY PARTY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I have a resolution at the desk, and I ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 208) to constitute the majority 
     party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred 
     Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the resolution is 
considered and agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 208) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 208

       Resolved, That the following shall constitute the majority 
     party's membership on the following committee for the One 
     Hundred Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are 
     chosen:
       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY: Mr. Leahy (Chairman), Mr. Kohl, 
     Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
     Cardin, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. 
     Specter, and Mr. Franken.

  Mr. DURBIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. NELSON of Florida. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, under the authority granted pursuant to S. 
Res. 18, I announce that Senator Franken has been assigned to the 
following committees: the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Select 
Committee on Aging and, as was just agreed to, the Committee on the 
Judiciary. As soon as the markup is completed in the HELP Committee on 
the health care bill, he will go on to the HELP Committee.

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