111th Congress Freshmen Committee Assignments: House Edition

As a companion to this Senate chart, below is a table listing committee assignments for freshmen members of the House in the 111th Congress (data taken from here):


















































































































































































































































































































































Representative District Party Committee Assignments
Bright, Bobby AL-02 (D) Agriculture, Armed Services, Small Business
Griffith, Parker AL-05 (D) Science & Technology, Small Business,
Transportation & Infrastructure
Kirkpatrick, Ann AZ-01 (D) Homeland Security, Small Business, Veterans’ Affairs
McClintock, Tom CA-04 (R) Education & Labor, Natural Resources
Hunter, Duncan CA-52 (R) Armed Services, Education & Labor
Polis, Jared CO-02 (D) Rules, Education & Labor
Markey, Betsy CO-04 (D) Agriculture, Transportation & Infrastructure
Coffman, Mike CO-06 (R) Armed Services, Natural Resources, Small Business
Himes, Jim CT-04 (D) Financial Services, Homeland Security
Grayson, Alan FL-08 (D) Financial Services, Science & Technology
Posey, Bill FL-15 (R) Financial Services
Rooney, Thomas FL-16 (R) Judiciary, Armed Services
Kosmas, Suzanne FL-24 (D) Financial Services, Science & Technology
Minnick, Walt ID-01 (D) Agriculture, Financial Services
Halvorson, Deborah IL-11 (D) Agriculture, Small Business, Veterans’ Affairs
Schock, Aaron IL-18 (R) Transportation & Infrastructure, Small Business,
Oversight & Government Reform
Jenkins, Lynn KS-02 (R) Financial Services
Guthrie, Brett KY-02 (R) Education & Labor, Transportation & Infrastructure
Cao, Joseph LA-02 (R) Homeland Security, Transportation & Infrastructure
Fleming, John LA-04 (R) Armed Services, Natural Resources
Cassidy, Bill LA-06 (R) Agriculture, Education & Labor, Natural Resources
Kratovil, Frank MD-01 (D) Agriculture, Armed Services, Natural Resources
Pingree, Chellie ME-01 (D) Rules, Armed Services
Schauer, Mark MI-07 (D) Transportation & Infrastructure, Agriculture
Peters, Gary MI-09 (D) Science & Technology, Financial Services
Paulsen, Erik MN-03 (R) Financial Services
Luetkemeyer, Blaine MO-09 (R) Agriculture, Small Business
Harper, Gregg MS-03 (R) Budget, House Administration, Judiciary
Kissell, Larry NC-08 (D) Agriculture, Armed Services
Adler, John NJ-03 (D) Financial Services, Veterans’ Affairs
Lance, Leonard NJ-07 (R) Financial Services
Heinrich, Martin NM-01 (D) Armed Services, Natural Resources
Teague, Harry NM-02 (D) Veterans’ Affairs, Transportation & Infrastructure
Luján, Ben Ray NM-03 (D) Homeland Security, Science & Technology
Titus, Dina NV-03 (D) Transportation & Infrastructure, Homeland Security,
Education & Labor
McMahon, Mike NY-13 (D) Foreign Affairs, Transportation & Infrastructure
Tonko, Paul NY-21 (D) Science & Technology, Education & Labor
Maffei, Daniel NY-25 (D) Financial Services, Judiciary
Lee, Christopher NY-26 (R) Financial Services
Massa, Eric NY-29 (D) Agriculture, Armed Services, Homeland Security
Driehaus, Steve OH-01 (D) Financial Services, Oversight & Government Reform
Austria, Steve OH-07 (R) Budget, Homeland Security
Fudge, Marcia OH-11 (D) Education & Labor, Science & Technology
Kilroy, Mary Jo OH-15 (D) Financial Services, Homeland Security
Boccieri, John OH-16 (D) Agriculture, Transportation & Infrastructure
Schrader, Kurt OR-05 (D) Small Business, Budget, Agriculture
Dahlkemper, Kathleen PA-03 (D) Agriculture, Science & Technology, Small Business
Thompson, Glenn PA-05 (R) Small Business, Education & Labor, Agriculture
Roe, David TN-01 (R) Veterans’ Affairs, Education & Labor, Agriculture
Olson, Pete TX-22 (R) Homeland Security, Science & Technology,
Transportation & Infrastructure
Chaffetz, Jason UT-03 (R) Judiciary, Natural Resources,
Oversight & Government Reform
Nye, Glenn VA-02 (D) Armed Services, Small Business, Veterans’ Affairs
Perriello, Tom VA-05 (D) Veterans’ Affairs, Transportation & Infrastructure
Connolly, Gerry VA-11 (D) Budget, Foreign Affairs,
Oversight & Government Reform
Lummis, Cynthia WY-AL (R) Agriculture, Budget, Natural Resources

None of these freshman critters were, of course, lucky enough to make it on to the Appropriations Committee. But when they do get there, there is just one thing they must remember:

(Credit to Crisitunity for uniting Shepard Fairey’s two most iconic images under one geek banner.)

111th Congress Freshmen Committee Assignments: Senate Edition

Below is a table listing the committee assignments for the freshmen Senators in the 111th Congress (taken from here):


































































































































































Senator Committee Assignments
Begich, Mark (D-AK) Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Veterans’ Affairs
Burris, Roland W. (D-IL) Armed Services
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Veterans’ Affairs
Hagan, Kay R. (D-NC) Armed Services
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Johanns, Mike (R-NE) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Veterans’ Affairs
Indian Affairs
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Kaufman, Edward E. (D-DE) Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Merkley, Jeff (D-OR) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Environment and Public Works
Budget
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Risch, James E. (R-ID) Energy and Natural Resources
Foreign Relations
Ethics
Joint Economic
Intelligence
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Energy and Natural Resources
Foreign Relations
Udall, Mark (D-CO) Armed Services
Aging
Energy and Natural Resources
Udall, Tom (D-NM) Environment and Public Works
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Rules and Administration
Indian Affairs
Warner, Mark R. (D-VA) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Rules and Administration

Note: Michael Bennet, Al Franken and Kirsten Gillibrand have not yet received any committee assignments.

While we don’t cover the legislative process here at SSP (for that, I’ll recommend you check out Kagro X’s new blog, Congress Matters), committee assignments can actually have a big impact on the electoral process. The gig you land can have an impact on what sort of legislation you can pass, how much pork you can direct home, what sort of fundraising you have access to, and what kind of influence you wind up accruing in general.

They can, on occasion, also play a direct role on the campaign trail. In 2006, Conrad Burns argued that replacing him would hurt Montana’s juice in the Senate. To help counter this, Harry Reid promised Jon Tester a seat on the powerful appropriations committee “as soon as possible.” I have to admited I snorted a bit at that formulation (who knows when “as soon as possible” is?), though of course Republicans tried to paint Reid as a liar for not giving Tester the Aprops seat right away.

But Harry Reid kept his word and came through with the assignment a few weeks ago. It’s good news for Tester as he starts thinking about his freshman re-election battle looming four years off in the horizon. And it’s also helpful for other Dems, because it shows that these sort of promises actually mean something.

We’ll bring you a House version of this chart soon.

Let’s Take A Stand

Cross posted at www.21stdems.org/blog

This month we won a historic electoral victory. But our work didn’t end on election day – it only started.

As President-elect Obama said on election night:

“This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.”

The time to make real, lasting change is upon us.

Now we must repair the damage inflicted by eight years of Republican misrule, and put our country back on track. As progressives, we must fight to ensure that the Democrats in control of our government respect the voters and enact policies that put the American people first.

The first 100 days of our new government could very well determine America’s path for years to come. To make sure our voices are heard, 21st Century Democrats has drafted a petition outlining our priorities to the Democratic leadership. The petition was based on feedback from our membership, and our desire to see progressive activism extend beyond the election and into

This is a critical time for our country. We can’t sit back and let the Republicans in Washington push the Democrats to the right. We’d like to as everyone to take a moment to check out our Progressive Priorities 2009 petition, and share it with your friends. Your signing the petition will let our leadership know that we want progressive change, not a Republican-lite government.

Thanks!