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Committee Turnover in Congress

by: Jill Richardson

Tue Nov 02, 2010 at 18:59:23 PM PDT

As I'm watching the election returns, I'm doing so with an eye to turnover on the committees that most impact food and agriculture. I'll be updating this post as the returns come in.

The following is a list of members of Congress, by committee, who will not be back in January either because they lost, retired, or ran for a different office than the one they had before.

Senate

Agriculture:
Blanche Lincoln (Walmart-AR) - Lost to John Boozman (R)

Ag Appropriations:
Robert Bennett (R-UT) - Lost in primary
Kit Bond (R-MO) - Didn't run, replaced by Roy Blunt (R)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) - Retiring
Arlen Specter (D-PA) - Lost in primary

House

Agriculture: (Farm bill, Food safety-USDA)
John Boccieri (D-OH) - Lost
Bright, Bobby (AL-02) - Blue Dog, lost
Travis Childers (D-MS) - Blue Dog, Lost
Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA) - Blue Dog, Lost
Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) - Blue Dog, Ran for Senate, lost.
Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) - Lost
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) - Lost
Steve Kagen (D-WI) - Lost
Frank Kratovil (D-MD) - Blue Dog, Lost to Andrew P. Harris (R)
Betsy Markey (D-CO) - Blue Dog, Lost
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) - Blue Dog, Lost
Zachary Space (D-OH) - Blue Dog, Lost

Ag Appropriations:
Sanford Bishop (D-GA) - Blue Dog, Lost
Allen Boyd (D-FL) - Blue Dog, Lost to Steve Southerland (R)
Lincoln Davis (D-TN) - Blue Dog, Lost to Scott DesJarlais (R)

Education & Labor: (School lunch)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) - Lost to Frank Guinta (R)
Joe Sestak (D-PA) - Ran for Senate
Michael Castle (R-DE) - Ran for Senate, lost in Primary
Phil Hare (D-IL) - Lost. This one hurts.

Energy & Commerce: (Food Safety-FDA)
Roy Blunt (R-MO) - Won for the Senate
Steve Buyer (R-IN) - Retiring
Bart Gordon (D-TN) - Blue Dog, Retiring, seat won by Diane Black (R)
Baron P. Hill (D-IN) - Blue Dog, Lost to Todd Young (R)
Charlie Melancon (D-LA) - Blue Dog, Lost
George Radanovich (R-CA) - Retiring
John Shadegg (R-AZ) - Retiring
Zachary T. Space (D-OH) - Blue Dog, Lost
Bart Stupak (D-MI) - Retiring, seat won by Dan Benishek (R)

Jill Richardson :: Committee Turnover in Congress

Blue Dogs Who Won't Be Back

Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
Berry, Marion (AR-01)
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
Childers, Travis (MS-01)
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
Herseth-Sandlin, Stephanie (SD-AL)
Hill, Baron (IN-09)
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
Markey, Betsy (CO-04)
Marshall, Jim (GA-08)
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
Space, Zack (OH-18)
Tanner, John (TN-08)
Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
Wilson, Charles (OH-06)

Blue Dog Wins

Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
Boren, Dan (OK-02)
Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
Holden, Tim (PA-17)
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
Ross, Mike (AR-04)
Salazar, John (CO-03)
Scott, David (GA-13)
Shuler, Heath (NC-11)

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Committee Turnover in Congress | 18 comments

You have it so easy... (4.00 / 2)

I'm watching 468 races here!!!

;)

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 02:04:47 AM UTC

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Oh I'm watching them all (4.00 / 2)

and then trying to figure out how the committee membership changes

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 02:14:14 AM UTC

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Wholly Molely South Carolina! (4.00 / 2)

Check out SC-02 -- Joe Wilson ("You Lie!") is losing with 60% in!!!

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 02:21:36 AM UTC

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Horseshoes and hand grenades... (4.00 / 2)

Oh well, he won. But in his closest race yet. That would have really been something...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 03:01:56 AM UTC

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Kurt Schrader wins in OR-05... (4.00 / 2)

...and moves up quite a few slots in the House Ag Committee. Unfortunately, he's in the minority now.

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 03:44:03 AM UTC

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So, as I'm looking over the Blue Dog losses (4.00 / 2)

We don't try to make our party ideologically pure like the right does... but fortunately, the Republicans are taking care of that for us this time around. Now if only we could get these Blue Dogs out but still keep control of the House overall... that would be the day.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 04:37:38 AM UTC

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Well, you know what the narrative's gonna be... (4.00 / 2)

"Democrats lost big because they're too lib'rul! They need to move to the right!"

Steny Hoyer, Minority Leader? Yeah, he's sure gonna give 'em hell...

(rolling eyes...)

...along with anything and everything the Republicans ask for. And then some.

Wanna place bets on whether Social Security will be around for either of us, Jill? It's "Triangulation Time", I fear...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 04:54:15 AM UTC

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I am perfectly willing (4.00 / 2)

to move to another country if need be. For health care or whatever other reason. If I ever get cancer, I swear, I'm picking up and going somewhere that won't make me die for the crime of being too poor. I can't afford chemo but I can afford a plane ticket.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 04:59:33 AM UTC

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Between you and me... (4.00 / 2)

...(and well, anybody else reading right now, heh) I'm looking at New Zealand.

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 05:01:00 AM UTC

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triangulation (4.00 / 1)

I hope not. The clattering jackdaws seem united about that, but I take the opposite message. Obama should be aggressively progressive if he hopes for a second term.

Very unfortunately, Obama is not aggressively progressive.

Dick Durbin says spending will be reduced. My view would be, spending reduction must be accompanied by ending the free pass for the estates of billionaires, and a reversion to Bill Clinton's tax structure for personal incomes above $250,000. And for shit's sake, find a way to get megabuck corporations to pay at least some taxes.

by: count @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 11:28:35 AM UTC

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Yeah, I hope not either... (0.00 / 0)

...but you know, once David Broder and the rest of The Village say Dems need to swing further right, well hell.

The Catfood Commission will ask for an age 71 retirement age, and Obama will offer them 74 before negotiations even begin.

That's his style. But shhhhhh, he's brilliant!

Never thought it'd be Democrats who finally killed Social Security once and for all. That's quite an accomplishment though, I guess...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 11:54:02 AM UTC

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Nancy Pelosi (4.00 / 1)

Pelosi should stay in Congress. Could be fun, and I'd rather she ran the new caucus than Hoyer.

by: count @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 11:08:30 AM UTC

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Blanche... (4.00 / 2)

Can she do any serious damage before she leaves? She's now looking for work, as we know...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 04:56:55 AM UTC

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No idea nt (4.00 / 2)

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 04:59:49 AM UTC

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One more Blue Dog who won't be back... (4.00 / 2)

John Salazar, CO-03. Gawn...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 06:22:10 AM UTC

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Collin Peterson... (4.00 / 1)

Can't we find like 15 other people named Collin Peterson and run two of them under each and every party line in MN-07?

Heh...

Btw, Salazar's loss makes it 13 returning Blue Dogs rather than 14...

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 09:08:28 AM UTC

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MN-06 (4.00 / 1)

gawd...

Michele Bachmann Making Play For GOP Leadership Post
On Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann, one of the more eccentric members of the Republican Party, put out feelers that she would like to assume the leadership role likely to be vacated by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) founded the tea party caucus last year. It's thought that House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) will step down (he's the number three in GOP leadership on the minority side...the slot would be the number four position in a GOP majority).

by: count @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 11:36:50 AM UTC

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We get what we deserve... (4.00 / 1)

Hey, half the country is clearly batshit insane so why not?

by: JayinPhiladelphia @ Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 11:43:16 AM UTC

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