Ugh. Sessions will become ranking member on Judiciary

[cali]

Sessions to take over top GOP slot on Judiciary
By Reid Wilson
Posted: 05/04/09 10:45 AM
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will take over the ranking member position on the Senate Judiciary Committee after striking a deal with his more senior colleagues over the weekend, sources confirm to The Hill.

Sessions and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reached the deal that will allow the Alabama Republican to take over for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), whose departure from the GOP last week left the committee without a ranking member.



Under terms of the deal, Sessions will serve as ranking member until the 112th Congress, when he will take over the ranking member post on the Senate Budget Committee. Current Budget Committee ranking member Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) is retiring at the end of the 111th Congress.

Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, will then become ranking member on the Judiciary Committee.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/sessions-to-take-over-top-gop-slot-on-judiciary-2009-05-04.html

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Personally, I LIKE IT when their biggest jerks are out in the open and not lying in the high grass.

Sessions will confirm what everyone already thinks about Repubs being !@#$% when the Supreme Court hearings start.

[cali]

3. I hope Pat keeps him caged.

[Submariner]

2. I wonder if he will turn out the meeting room lights and turn off the microphone

when he leaves the room, like he did in the past to Conyer. I'd like to kick his ass to the curb.

[backscatter712]

4. Can't do that when you're in the minority.

He's the ranking minority member which basically means he can piss and moan loudly, but Leahy and the Democrats still call the shots.