Harkin To Claim HELP Committee Gavel
September 01, 2009
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)—who was number two behind Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee—determined that he will remain chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
This decision prompted Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to take the gavel of the HELP Committee, giving up the helm of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and prompting Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) to take over chairmanship of that committee.
