[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            MAJORITY PARTY MEMBERSHIP ON CERTAIN COMMITTEES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to S. Res. 290.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 290) 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. REID. Mr. President, with the filling of Senator Kennedy's seat 
by the State of Massachusetts, we are now rearranging the committees. 
Some have been vacant since his death.
  I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 290) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 290

       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 ARMED SERVICES: Mr. Levin (Chairman), Mr. 
     Byrd, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Nelson 
     (Florida), Mr. Nelson (Nebraska), Mr. Bayh, Mr. Webb, Mrs. 
     McCaskill, Mr. Udall (Colorado), Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
     Burris, and Mr. Kirk.
       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, and Mr. Bennet.
       COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS: 
     Mr. Lieberman (Chairman), Mr. Levin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Carper, 
     Mr. Pryor, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
     Burris, and Mr. Kirk.
       JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE: Mr. Schumer (Vice Chairman), Mr. 
     Bingaman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Casey, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Warner.

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