[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21214]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              MAKING MAJORITY PARTY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 257, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 257) to constitute the majority 
     party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred 
     Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 257) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 257

       Resolved, That the following shall constitute the majority 
     party's membership on the following committees for the One 
     Hundred Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are 
     chosen:

       COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY: Mrs. 
     Lincoln (Chairman), Mr. Harkin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
     Baucus, Mr. Stabenow, Mr. Nelson (Nebraska), Mr. Brown, Mr. 
     Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand.
       COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS: Mr. 
     Harkin (Chairman), Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. 
     Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
     Hagan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Franken, Majority Leader designee.

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