I checked and didn't see that this has been posted. If this is a duplicate, I apologize in advance and will delete.
Senator Reid today announced the committe assignments for the 110th Congress.
Here is the press release, with some tidbits below the jump:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/...
Here are the chairs and the freshmen on each committee:
Agriculture: Harkin
Brown
Casey
Klobuchar
Appropriations: Byrd
No freshmen. Interesting as I thought Tester had been promised a seat here.
Armed Services: Levin
Webb
McCaskill
Banking: Dodd
Brown
Casey
Tester
Commerce: Inouye
McCaskill
Klobuchar
Energy: Bingaman
Sanders
Tester
Environment Public Works: Boxer (What an upgrade this will be over Inhofe!)
Cardin
Sanders
Klobuchar
Whitehouse
Finance: Baucus
No freshmen
Foreign Relations: Biden
Cardin
Casey
Webb
Help: Kennedy
Sanders
Brown
Homeland and Public Affairs: Lieberman
McCaskill
Tester
Judiciary: Leahy
Cardin
Whitehouse
Intelligence: Rockefeller
Whitehouse
Budget: Conrad
Cardin
Sanders
Whitehouse
Aging: Kohl
Casey
McCaskill
Whitehouse
Veterans: Akaka
Sanders
Brown
Webb
Tester
Small Business: Kerry
Cardin
Tester
Rules: Feinstein
No freshmen
Joint Economic: Schumer
Klobuchar
Casey
Webb
Indian Affairs: Dorgan
McCaskill
Tester
I hope I didn't miss any. Full committee assignments are in the press release in the intro.