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Glenn Thompson , a Pennsylvania Republican in his eighth term, assumes the top Agriculture Committee post as the panel prepares to write a 2023 farm bill to set multiyear policy for agriculture, nutrition, conservation and other programs. The current five-year bill expires Sept. 30.  

The Agriculture Committee is likely to debate the agriculture industry’s role in climate change policy. Thompson has expressed skepticism about the Biden administration incorporating climate policies in existing farm bill conservation programs and advancing new climate pilot programs.

However, Thompson successfully tacked on to the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending packag the text of his bill to allow the Agriculture Department to accept private contributions for private-public partnership accounts that could be used for climate and other projects under the Natural Resource Conservation Service. 

David Scott , D-Ga., the panel’s former chairman, will continue in his party’s top slot as ranking member.

Appropriations

Texas Republican Kay Granger takes the helm at Appropriations during a tumultuous time for her party, driven by a near-universal desire to cut federal spending, but less agreement on exactly what to cut. 

First elected in 1996, Granger became the first woman to lead her party on the powerful spending panel in 2019. Her Fort Worth-area district is home to military installations and defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corp. She has repeatedly made clear that defense won’t bear the burden of any spending cuts that Speaker Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif., agreed to in exchange for conservatives’ support.

Other Republicans quickly came out with similar statements, making it clear that domestic programs are likely to shoulder the brunt of any budget cuts. But it’s unclear that such austere fiscal 2024 appropriations bills can even pass the House, let alone the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Rosa DeLauro , D-Conn., will continue as the top Appropriations Democrat in this Congress.

Armed Services

Mike D. Rogers , R-Ala., will chair the Armed Services Committee.

Rogers backs growth in the U.S. defense budget to deter Russia, China and other potential foes. He will also oversee an assault this year on what Republicans term the Pentagon’s “woke” social agenda, and the committee will help lead a House GOP probe of the problematic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.  

Rogers has represented his eastern Alabama district for two decades. He was the Armed Services Committee’s ranking member in the 117th Congress, and once chaired its Strategic Forces panel. Eastern Alabama is home to several major Army and Air Force installations, and the aerospace and aviation hub of Huntsville is not far to the north.

Adam Smith of Washington remains the panel’s top Democrat.

Jodey C. Arrington , a Texas Republican now in his fourth term, won the Budget gavel after winning a three-way competition that played out before the steering committee on Monday.

Arrington’s already well acquainted with fiscal issues from his time serving on the Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax policy and swaths of federal spending. He’ll have his hands full trying to unify the fractious GOP Conference around a budget resolution that can be adopted on a party-line vote, with just four votes to spare. But he’s also touted his work across the aisle to try to impose some fiscal discipline.

After winning the Budget slot late Monday, Arrington in a statement invoked James Madison’s admonition that “public debt is a public curse,” and at $31 trillion and counting, is exponentially greater than any of the Founding Fathers could have envisioned. “It will take a team effort across the GOP Conference and across the aisle to restore fiscal responsibility and reverse the curse,” Arrington said.

Brendan F. Boyle , D-Pa., will be the panel’s ranking member after the retirement of former Chairman John Yarmuth , D-Ky.

Education and the Workforce

The GOP Conference backed  Virginia Foxx of North Carolina to chair the Committee on Education and the Workforce, returning her to a position she held from 2017 to 2019.

“To officials in the Biden administration: think about investing in a parking space on Capitol Hill — you will be here often,” she said Monday in a statement after winning the Republican Steering Committee’s nomination, fighting off a challenge by Tim Walberg of Michigan. 

Scrutiny of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, currently tied up in the courts, will be a top priority, Foxx said. 

Robert C. Scott of Virginia is the panel’s top Democrat.

Energy and Commerce

Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington will chair the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee after two years serving as ranking member. 

She’s expected to focus first on energy policy, as Republicans seek to lower gas prices and counter Biden’s energy and economic agenda.

But the health care list is also long. Rodgers has pledged to drill down on the nation’s fentanyl crisis — an issue that also doubles as fodder for Republicans’ promise to secure the southern border and hold Big Tech companies’ feet to the fire.

Republicans also hope to boost their ongoing COVID-19 investigations with the additional power that comes with committee gavels. Ending the public health emergency, reversing worker mandates related to testing and vaccination, finding the origins of the virus, investigating fraud in pandemic aid programs and conducting oversight of the Biden administration’s pandemic-related decisions are all on the agenda.

Former Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. , D-N.J., will be ranking member.

Michael Guest , R-Miss., has the been the acting ranking member on Ethics, though McCarthy hasn’t made any announcements yet regarding his picks for the panel.

Democrats named Susan Wild of Pennsylvania as the new ranking member on Ethics, which could have its hands full right out of the gate investigating the circumstances around the election of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., among other topics.

Financial Services

The GOP Conference backed Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, a key negotiator behind the deal to secure the speakership for McCarthy, to lead the House Financial Services Committee.

“I’m excited to get back to my policy bag,” McHenry said toward the end of speaker negotiations. “I mean, that’s what this whole week has been about, is getting on with the business.”

McHenry, who will take over the panel after four years as ranking member, has vowed to ramp up oversight of banking and market regulators, pursue legislation to protect consumer financial data protections, make it easier to raise capital and establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

Maxine Waters , D-Calif., stays on as ranking member.

Foreign Affairs 

Michael McCaul , R-Texas, has been selected as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

McCaul was outspoken during last week’s speaker election floor drama about wanting to get started with committee work, including a planned investigation of the Biden administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan, as well as issues related to Russia and China as panel priorities in the 118th Congress.

The panel also is expected to debate U.S. aid to Ukraine, a top target of conservatives.

Gregory W. Meeks , D-N.Y., is ranking member.

Homeland Security

Tennessee Republican  Mark E. Green will lead the House Homeland Security Committee, which oversees the third-largest government agency, after winning a contested race Monday at the steering panel. He cited priorities of countering weapons of mass destruction and issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

A member of the Freedom Caucus and a veteran and physician, Green emphasized his “breadth of experience,” including in health care, as making him uniquely qualified to lead the panel. Green is a former Army physician who later founded an emergency medical staffing company.

Green will lead efforts to oversee the sprawling department’s myriad duties, including border security, cybersecurity, counterterrorism and emergency response preparedness.

Bennie Thompson of Mississippi remains the panel’s top Democrat.

House Administration

Leadership of the committee that manages the House’s daily operations, various ancillary agencies like the Library of Congress, Capitol security and the U.S. Capitol Police as well as federal election law is up to McCarthy himself, rather than the steering panel. 

Since former Rep. Rodney Davis , R-Ill., lost his primary last year, there remains a vacuum at the top that’s expected to filled by one of two candidates: Wisconsin’s Bryan Steil  or Georgia’s Barry Loudermilk .

Steil has been viewed by some as the favorite since McCarthy tapped him to lead his “Restoring the People’s House” transition team for the 118th Congress, which focused on making the chamber more accessible to the public. But McCarthy, just coming off a weeklong battle to be elected speaker, hasn’t yet publicly signaled his intentions.

Joseph D. Morelle of New York will be the panel’s top Democrat, succeeding California’s Zoe Lofgren .

Intelligence

Another speaker-appointed role, the Intelligence chair slot hasn’t been made official yet. But it doesn’t appear that Rep. Michael R. Turner , R-Ohio, who’s been ranking member for the past year, has any competition for it.

First elected in 2002, Turner is the third-most senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee and has served on the Intelligence panel since 2015. He represents Ohio’s 10th District, an Air Force-heavy area that is home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

As ranking member of the Intelligence panel, Turner touted the expansion of intelligence operations at Wright-Patterson under his watch. He is also a staunch China hawk.

It’s not yet clear who’ll be ranking member on the committee; McCarthy has pledged to boot Rep. Adam B. Schiff , D-Calif., the former chairman, off the panel altogether.

Ohio Republican  Jim Jordan will lead the Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department and a wide array of issues related to crime, policing, internet and tech companies, immigration, border policy and more.

The former college wrestling coach has taken a lead role in his party on oversight of the Biden administration and said the committee’s work would be vigorous and aggressive. He has remained one of Trump’s fiercest allies, who has widely panned Biden’s policies on the U.S.-Mexico border and the economy.

Jordan has said Republicans plan to focus on “problems which have all happened in the past two years,” including migrant crossings at the southern border and what he calls the weaponization of the government and the Justice Department against citizens. 

The panel’s former chair, Jerrold Nadler of New York, will be ranking member in this Congress.

Natural Resources

House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman , R-Ark., said that under his leadership the committee will focus on “responsible stewardship of the incredible natural resources we’ve been given.”

Westerman will lead the committee after one term as its ranking member, having taken over the top Republican spot in 2021.

A licensed forester and engineer prior to entering politics, he has leaned on his experience and pointed to forestry as a possible area for bipartisan consensus. A frequent critic of both the administration and the current federal permitting process, he has called for the government to support greater development of oil, gas and mineral resources on public lands.

Arizona Democrat Raúl M. Grijalva will continue to lead his party on Natural Resources as ranking member.

Oversight and Accountability

Kentucky GOP Rep. James R. Comer ‘s quick rise up the House Republican ranks has landed him the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the new Congress.

A McCarthy ally, Comer is vowing to investigate a list of issues related to Biden, his family and his administration.

“I mean, when you hear more stories about outrageous activities that the Biden family’s engaged in, you have to ask yourself, where is Joe Biden on this? Why doesn’t he have the decency to rein the family in?” he told Fox News on Dec. 9. “Their business is influence peddling.” No Biden has been charged with criminal wrongdoing. 

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin is the top Democrat on the committee.

Sometimes referred to as the “speaker’s committee,” each of its majority members, including its chair, is hand-picked by McCarthy.

The speaker hasn’t yet named the panel’s full GOP roster — which conservatives expect to populate in part with Freedom Caucus members — but on Tuesday he officially tapped  Tom Cole , R-Okla., to move over from the ranking member slot to the chair.

Rules derives its power from its key role in setting the terms of floor debate, deciding which amendments can be offered, how long debate will last, which points of order can be waived and so forth. Any bill with any controversy attached to it has to go through Rules, which can modify legislation with all manner of last-minute fixes to win votes.

The panel’s top Democrat remains Jim McGovern of Massachusetts.

Science, Space and Technology

Frank D. Lucas , R-Okla., is taking over the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, which oversees science agencies and federal research.

Lucas describes the panel, which has jurisdiction over NASA, the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as digital technology like artificial intelligence, as a committee of the future due to its focus on emerging issues.

“America has long been the global leader because of our commitment to innovative, fundamental research and our ability to leverage public-private partnerships,” Lucas said. “It will be our job on the Committee to ensure the U.S. stays at the cutting edge of science and technology by supporting and protecting American research.”

Lofgren is the panel’s new top Democrat, replacing former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, who retired after the 117th Congress.

Small Business

New Small Business Chairman Roger Williams says he will draw on his decades as a car dealer “to be the voice of Main Street America” as the panel digs into regulations issued by the Biden administration. 

Williams, R-Texas, said he plans to take on rules he considers costly and burdensome. He seems unlikely to use the committee to scrutinize the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, a lending program to help businesses retain workers during COVID-19 shutdowns. 

Government watchdogs say there is evidence of fraud and lax lending standards. Williams received at least $1 million in 2020 for his auto business, money that he said helped to save many jobs.

Nydia M. Velázquez of New York will continue in her role as the panel’s top Democrat.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sam Graves , R-Mo., will lead the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress. Graves, who has led Republicans on the panel as ranking member since 2018, ran uncontested and secured the Steering Committee’s favor soon after the November midterms when Republicans won control.

He’s set to focus on oversight of the Biden administration’s implementation of the 2021 infrastructure law, as well as Federal Aviation Administration and Pipeline Safety and Hazardous Materials Administration reauthorization bills.

Graves replaces former Rep. Peter A. DeFazio , D-Ore., who retired, as chairman. The Democratic Caucus elected Rep. Rick Larsen , D-Wash., as ranking member of the infrastructure panel in December.

Veterans’ Affairs

Mike Bost , R-Ill., will continue to serve as top Republican on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Bost, a veteran himself who has also held jobs as a firefighter and a truck driver, has served on the committee since coming to Congress in 2015.

Bost says he’s “committed to ensuring full transparency for veterans and taxpayers so that [veterans] have access to the care, support, and services they have earned and to lead fulfilling lives as civilians.” 

He initially opposed 2022 legislation to establish a costly new benefit program for veterans suffering illnesses due to toxic exposure, such as open burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he came around and ultimately backed the final version negotiated with the Senate.

The previous chairman, Mark Takano , D-Calif., will move over to Bost’s old ranking member slot.

Ways and Means

Jason Smith , R-Mo., won a three-way race on Monday to become the next chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, with jurisdiction over tax and trade policy, Medicare, Social Security and other entitlement programs and the statutory debt ceiling that the Treasury is set to hit later this year.

Smith is pledging more of a working-class tone at Ways and Means and a populist-tinged trade policy in line with Trump’s approach to China, for instance. He’s also gearing up for the coming battle over federal spending, while at the same time seeking extensions of Trump’s signature tax cuts.

Smith, who was the top Republican on the Budget panel in the last Congress, will be the youngest-ever Ways and Means chairman.

His Democratic counterpart is Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts, who’d been Ways and Means chairman since 2019. 

Peter Cohn, Ellyn Ferguson, Aidan Quigley, John M. Donnelly, Paul M. Krawzak, Lindsey McPherson, Caitlin Reilly, Lauren Clason, Herb Jackson, Benjamin J. Hulac, David Jordan, Valerie Yurk, John T. Bennett, Suzanne Monyak, Mark Satter, Laura Weiss and Michael Macagnone contributed to this report.

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What to Expect From the New Divided Congress

T he 118th Congress begins on Tuesday with Republicans taking control of the House and Democrats maintaining their majority in the Senate. The first day will also be marked by the election of a new Speaker, a normally routine affair that has been a source of political drama over the last month as Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California struggled to lock up support from the Republican caucus.

Every Congress meets for two years. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, House Republicans are expected to use their small majority to conduct a wide range of investigations, including into the Department of Homeland Security and President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden . In the Senate, Democrats will continue to appoint judges nominated by President Joe Biden. Beyond that, meaningful legislative changes may be hard to come by in a divided Congress

Here’s what to expect as a new Congress reconvenes on Tuesday.

The players

In the Senate, where Democrats maintained their majority, this year’s main players will look similar to last year’s, with Democrat Chuck Schumer as majority leader and Republican Mitch McConnell leading the minority. The House is a different story.

Kevin McCarthy, who was the House Minority Leader during the previous Congress, faced some opposition from his own party in his bid to be the Speaker of the House. With voting set to begin on Tuesday, it’s still unclear whether he’ll have enough votes to prevail. In recent weeks, five House Republicans —Matt Gaetz of Florida, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Bob Good of Virginia, and Andy Biggs of Arizona—have insisted they would not vote for McCarthy on Jan. 3. Biggs challenged McCarthy in November for the Speakership.

Ahead of the election in November, McCarthy, 57, released his “ Commitment to America ,” a Republican legislative agenda that includes goals of increasing border security, reducing inflation, and advancing a so-called “parent’s bill of rights.”

Across the aisle, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is set to become minority leader a decade after joining Congress. He is poised to be the first Black leader of either party and to serve on one of the most diverse party leadership teams in congressional history. At 52, he’s been lauded for bringing fresh blood to Democratic leadership after 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi announced in November she would step down as Speaker. Jeffries has been poised to take up the mantle for years, previously serving as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Republicans have worked to undermine Jeffries, launching misleading attacks calling him an “election denier.” Jeffries could also run into roadblocks in dealing with the left flank of his own party . He has backed House incumbents facing progressive challengers and has at times been met with skepticism from the most left-leaning representatives. Still, House Democrats remain more united than Republicans. Jeffries has emphasized building bridges across ideological lines and has found support among Democrats of all stripes.

What happens on Day One

The Constitution requires a new Congress to convene at noon on Jan. 3 as long as the previous Congress did not make a law mandating otherwise.

In the House, the first key order of business is electing and swearing in a Speaker. Generally, leaders from each major party nominate one candidate apiece, although other members are allowed to offer additional candidates. Then, the members-elect complete a voice vote to choose their Speaker. The winner must receive a majority of the votes cast.

After the Speaker takes the oath of office, the new Speaker administers the oath to the other members all at once on the House floor. Once that’s done, the next major tasks are electing administrative officers and approving a new rules package through a House resolution. Rules from the previous Congress don’t carry over, but the majority party tends to offer an amended version of the old package. Many members may receive committee assignments on the first day before the House launches into routine business.

The Senate side works similarly, but offers a little more continuity. The fact that Senators are elected to staggered terms means that they don’t have to adopt an entirely new rules package. The primary item on the agenda on Tuesday will be for new Senators to take the oath of office in the Senate chamber. After that, Senators may elect a Senate president pro tempore to preside over the chamber in the absence of the vice president, assign committee memberships, and introduce other legislation.

Though Democrats are maintaining control of the Senate, a House Republican majority means efforts that Democrats were rushing to pass late last year are likely dead—including a measure to codify Roe v. Wade , the landmark case that made abortion legal in the U.S., which the Supreme Court overturned in June.

During the midterms, Republicans ran campaigns that criticized Biden’s handling of the economy, and have signaled that they plan to push to reduce federal spending, including cutting the amount of resources the U.S. provides to Ukraine.

What Republicans could do with control of the House

With Republicans in control of the House, oversight and investigations into executive decisions made by the Biden Administration will pick up steam.

Republicans have long called for investigations into Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, and for investigations into Hunter Biden. Many have also said they want to investigate the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who will now head the House Oversight Committee, wrote last month in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that the committee would investigate Biden’s border policies, pandemic relief fraud, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the origins of COVID-19, and business dealings by the Biden family. “In the new Congress, Republicans will return the committee to its proper role: rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government,” Comer said. “Committee members will conduct credible oversight, identify problems, and propose reforms.”

Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, will become the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which has the power to hold impeachment proceedings. Jordan told The Washington Times that Mayorkas “deserves” investigations that could lead to impeachment. He has also said the committee will investigate the Department of Education , and political bias in the Department of Justice and FBI.

Read More: Why House Republicans Want to Try to Impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas

The January 6th Committee, which last month recommended four criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and released its final report , will dissolve with the new Congress, and Republicans in control of the House are not likely to bring the committee back. McCarthy has called the committee “the most political and least legitimate committee in American history.”

What Democrats could do with control of the Senate

On the Senate side, every Senator up for reelection won, as did John Fetterman , who secured an open seat in Pennsylvania previously held by a Republican. That would have given Democrats a narrow 51-seat majority in the 100-seat chamber. But then Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced last month that she was becoming an independent who did not plan to caucus with Democrats, although she promised that the decision would not change her work in Congress . Democrats will maintain control because Vice President Kamala Harris can break tie votes in the Senate.

Senate Democrats are expected to continue to confirm the judges that Biden appoints. But many of the party’s more ambitious priorities will remain out of reach in the new Congress absent bipartisan support. Even getting most measures through the Senate would require bypassing the filibuster, and Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to doing so under any circumstance means Democrats are one vote short .

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What the 21 McCarthy holdouts got in committee assignments

WASHINGTON — The 21 House Republicans who initially blocked Rep. Kevin McCarthy from winning the speakership had demanded big changes to House rules, but they also wanted more influence on the congressional committees that will set the GOP agenda over the next two years.

While not every holdout got exactly what he or she had asked for, some won plum committee assignments from McCarthy, R-Calif., and his allies after they helped him secure the speaker's gavel , a process that took 15 rounds of voting.

As part of his deal with detractors, McCarthy named three conservative rabble rousers — Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Thomas Massie of Kentucky — to the influential Rules Committee, which decides how exactly bills come to the House floor.

Here's what we know so far:

• Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona , a former head of the Freedom Caucus and one of the five so-called Never Kevins , will keep his spots on the powerful Judiciary and Oversight committees. He was also named chairman of Judiciary's subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance. Biggs changed his vote to "present" on the final ballot for speaker, helping push McCarthy over the finish line.
• Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina , one of 13 holdouts who flipped to back McCarthy on the 12th ballot, will continue to serve on both the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees. McCarthy also named Bishop to Judiciary's new subcommittee on the "Weaponization of the Federal Government."
• Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado , a vocal McCarthy critic who voted "present" on the 14th and 15th ballots, was awarded a seat on the Oversight and Accountability Committee, which plans to launch numerous investigations into the Biden administration. She will continue to serve on the Natural Resources panel, on which she served in the previous Congress.
• Freshman Rep. Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, won seats on the Homeland Security Committee and Budget committees.
• Rep. Mike Cloud of Texas , who also flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, won a new seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls federal spending. McCarthy also named him to the new select committee investigating the origins of the Covid pandemic.
• Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia , another lawmaker who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, will serve for the first time on Appropriations.
• Freshman Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona , who voted "present" on the 15th ballot, will serve on the Homeland Security Committee.
• Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida , who was nominated to run against McCarthy for speaker and flipped to him on the 12th ballot, was named by McCarthy as the "speaker's designee" on the influential Steering Committee, which decides which lawmakers get committee gavels and seats. Donalds also won a coveted spot on the Financial Services Committee, a top panel known on Capitol Hill as an "A" committee.
• Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida , perhaps the most vocal McCarthy foe during the speaker fight, who flipped to "present" in the 14th round, will continue to serve on the Judiciary panel and was appointed by McCarthy to the new weaponization subcommittee .
• Rep. Bob Good of Virginia , one of the Never Kevins who flipped to "present" in the last round of voting, will serve on the Budget and Education and Workforce committees.
• Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, was reinstated by Republicans on two committees —Oversight and Natural Resources panels — after Democrats removed him two years ago for posting threats to lawmakers on social media. He was named chairman of the Natural Resources subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
• Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland , who flipped to McCarthy on the 13th ballot, will continue to serve on the Appropriations panel. Harris, a physician, will be the chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration subcommittee.
• Freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, won a seats on the Oversight and Natural Resources panels.
• Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, will remain on the Agriculture Committee.
• Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina , one of the Never Kevins who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, was named by the speaker as one of nine Republicans on the Rules Committee. Norman also will remain on the Financial Services panel, which he joined in June, and will serve on the Budget Committee too.
• Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, also won a seat on Financial Services.
• Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania , the chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus who brokered a deal between conservatives and McCarthy, will remain on the Foreign Affairs Committee. A subject of Jan. 6 investigations , Perry won a new seat on the Oversight committee.
• Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana , a Never Kevin who flipped to "present" on the final ballot, will continue to serve on Natural Resources.
• Rep. Chip Roy of Texas , who along with Perry helped negotiate a deal with McCarthy, was tapped to serve on the Budget committee and the influential Rules Committee. Roy will also keep his seat on the Judiciary panel.
• Freshman Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas , who flipped to McCarthy on the 12th ballot, will serve on the Foreign Affairs panel.
• Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana , who flipped from "present" to vote for McCarthy on the 12th ballot, will continue to serve on the Judiciary panel.

In addition to committee assignments, McCarthy had made other concessions to his right flank.

In the package of rules changes McCarthy and the Freedom Caucus negotiated for the 118th Congress was a provision allowing a single lawmaker to force a floor vote to oust McCarthy as speaker. They also agreed to make it harder to raise federal spending, taxes and the debt ceiling, and to create select committees to investigate the Chinese Communist Party and the "weaponization of the federal government."

Some Freedom Caucus members who stuck with McCarthy from the very start also did well for themselves. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a McCarthy ally whom Democrats stripped of her committee assignments two years ago, won seats on the Oversight and Homeland Security committees.

Meanwhile, Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio, a Freedom Caucus member who nominated McCarthy on the fifth ballot , was named chairman of the Financial Services subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.

Kyle Stewart is an associate producer covering Congress for NBC News.

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Senate Leader Atkins Announces Committee Membership for the 2023-2024 Legislative Session

SACRAMENTO –Senate President pro Tempore, Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), today announced the Senate’s committee membership assignments for the 2023-24 Legislative session. The Senate Rules Committee will ratify the committee memberships on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Standing Committees

Agriculture

• Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield), Chair
• Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), Vice-Chair
• Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson)
• Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego)

Appropriations

• Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), Chair
• Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee), Vice-Chair
• Senator Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento)
• Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena)
• Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta)
• Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward)
• Senator Scott D. Wiener (D-San Francisco)

Banking and Financial Institutions

• Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), Chair
• Senator Roger W. Niello (R-Fair Oaks), Vice-Chair
• Senator Anna M. Caballero (D-Merced)
• Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine)
• Senator Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach)
• Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge)

Budget and Fiscal Review

• Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), Chair
• Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park)
• Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber)
• Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles)
• Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton)
• Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield)
• Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz)
• Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg)
• Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley)
• Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton)
• Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa)
• Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside)
• Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles)

Business, Professions and Economic Development

• Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside), Chair
• Senator Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach), Vice-Chair
• Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera)
• Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa)
• Senator Steven M. Glazer (D-Contra Costa)
• Senator Roger W. Niello (R-Fair Oaks)
• Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita)
• Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), Chair
• Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa), Vice-Chair
• Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose)

Elections and Constitutional Amendments

• Senator Steven M. Glazer (D-Contra Costa), Chair
• Senator Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach), Vice-Chair  
• Senator Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica)
• Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana)

Energy, Utilities and Communications

• Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), Chair
• Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), Vice-Chair
• Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach)
• Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park)
• Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley)
• Senator Henry I. Stern (D-Los Angeles)

Environmental Quality

• Senator Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica), Chair
• Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield)

Governance and Finance

• Senator Anna M. Caballero (D-Merced), Chair
• Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta), Vice-Chair
• Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas)

Governmental Organization

• Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Chair
• Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), Vice-Chair
• Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee)
• Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton), Chair
• Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara)
• Senator Scott D. Wiener (D-San Francisco), Chair
• Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward)  

Human Services

• Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson), Chair
• Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), Chair
• Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana), Chair
• Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita)  

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

• Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Chair

Military and Veterans Affairs

• Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), Chair

Natural Resources and Water

• Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), Chair

Public Safety

• Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward), Chair
• Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) 
• Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Chair
• Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa)

Transportation

• Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), Chair

Legislative Ethics

• Senator Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento), Chair

Budget Sub-Committees

Budget Subcommittee #1 on Education

• Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), Chair

  Budget Subcommittee #2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy

• Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), Chair

Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services

• Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley), Chair
• Senator Richard D. Roth (D-Riverside)  

Budget Subcommittee #4 on State Administration and General Government

• Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), Chair

Budget Subcommittee #5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation

• Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), Chair

Joint Committees

Joint Legislative Audit Committee

• Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), Vice-Chair

Joint. Committee on the Arts

• Senator Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica), Vice-Chair

Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

• Senator Henry I. Stern (D-Los Angeles), Chair

Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management

• Senate Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento), Vice-Chair

Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

• Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), Chair
• Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara)  

 Joint. Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification

• Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), Vice Chair

Joint Legislative Budget Committee

Joint Committee on Rules

• Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), Vice Chair
• Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego)

Toni G. Atkins is President pro Tempore of the California Senate. Having previously served as Speaker of the California Assembly, she began her tenure in the Senate in 2016. As Senator for District 39, she represents the cities of San Diego, Coronado, Del Mar and Solana Beach. Website of President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins: www.senate.ca.gov/Atkins

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

Zoe Lofgren has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. She represents the18th District of California, which serves communities in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.

A lifelong Bay Area resident and the daughter of a truck driver and a cafeteria cook and, later, a secretary. Zoe attended public schools and attended Stanford University on a California State Scholarship, graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1970. Prior to attending Stanford, Lofgren worked the night shift at the Eastman Kodak plant in Palo Alto to save money for non-tuition college expenses not covered by her scholarship. After graduating from Stanford, she attended Santa Clara University School of Law with the help of a scholarship, graduating cum laude in 1975. She served as a member of Congressman Don Edwards' staff for eight years in both his San Jose and Washington DC offices from 1970 to 1978. She practiced and taught immigration law, and was a founder and first executive director of the nonprofit Community Housing Developers. She was first elected to the San Jose Evergreen Community College Board in 1979. In 1980, she was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, where she served for 14 years. Following Congressman Don Edwards' retirement in 1994 after 32 years in Congress, Zoe was elected to the House of Representatives.

She is currently the Ranking Member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and serves on the House Judiciary Committee . Zoe is also the elected Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation. It is the most diverse delegation in the House and outnumbers all other state House delegations.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS LEADER

Zoe is known for her steadfast advocacy for immigrant communities and her expertise on U.S. immigration law and policy. She led Democrats on the House Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee during eight consecutive sessions of Congress. During the 116th Congress, Zoe led a group of bipartisan lawmakers in negotiations that resulted in the Farm Workforce Modernization Act – a comprehensive agricultural workforce reform bill that provides a path to legal status for an estimated 1.5 million farmworkers and improves the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program. The legislation was negotiated with input from farmers, agricultural stakeholders, labor organizations, and farmworker advocates. The sensible compromise is fully supported by the United Farmworkers of America and growers. The bill passed the House with overwhelming support in both the 116th and 117th Congresses. Zoe has consistently sought to cut through the divisive political rhetoric to advance commonsense immigration policy solutions, including efforts to address family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visa backlogs and to create a new visa program for immigrant entrepreneurs .

She is also a champion of top-to-bottom immigration reform, and her leadership includes extensive efforts during the 113th Congress as part of an eight-person bipartisan House working group and an original cosponsor and advocate for the U.S. Citizenship Act in the 117th Congress. Additionally, throughout her tenure in Congress, and especially during the Trump Administration, Zoe led colleagues in addressing a multitude of immigration-related crises, including increased instability in the Northern Triangle region , and calling out constitutional and other abuses of power, including Trump's Muslim travel ban , the Migrant Protection Protocols ("Remain in Mexico" policy ), and the "Zero Tolerance" policy that resulted in the separation of children from their parents at the border. Zoe also shepherded House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act for Dreamers and TPS and DED recipients, has been a constant advocate for those requiring humanitarian protection (including by promoting TPS for Ukraine , El Salvador , Haiti , Liberia , Cameroon , and Lebanon ), and has worked to improve and safeguard institutions so immigrants receive humane treatment, benefits, fairness, and due process.

FOCUSED ON INNOVATION AND TECH POLICY

Zoe is also known for her work on patent reform, copyright issues, internet privacy, digital rights, and net neutrality. She successfully fought to initiate the "e-rate" that provides affordable internet access for schools, libraries, and rural health centers, and she led a bipartisan effort in the House to decontrol encryption technology . A staunch advocate for digital rights, Zoe was the lead early opponent of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and led a successful fight to stop the bill in the House Judiciary Committee . In 2014, Zoe successfully spearheaded a bipartisan effort to close backdoor loopholes on unwarranted government surveillance , and in early 2020, she led bicameral reform efforts to protect Americans' civil liberties during FISA reauthorization negotiations . In the 116th Congress, along with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Zoe introduced the 132-page Online Privacy Act , sweeping legislation that creates user rights, places obligations on companies to protect users' data, establishes a new federal agency to enforce privacy protections, and strengthens enforcement of privacy law violations.

As the top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Zoe is focused on spurring innovation, fostering scientific advancement, and cultivating the nation's STEM pipeline . She specifically plans to push Congress and the Administration to double down and accelerate research on fusion energy and, using her on-the-ground California expertise, work to bolster the federal scientific agenda on wildfires , as nearly year-long fire seasons cause increasing devastation. Zoe also plans to expand technological innovation to the agricultural sector.

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

Zoe has been a longtime leader on anti-corruption, campaign finance, and pro-democracy reforms. She is a constitutional expert who is keenly focused on protecting Americans' right to vote and the country's tradition of having a peaceful transfer of power. Zoe shepherded H.R. 1, the For the People Act , through the legislative process in the 116th and 117th Congresses, culminating with its House passage twice. The sweeping package would put power back in the hands of the American people by limiting the dominance of big money in politics, making it easier – not harder – to vote, and ensuring that politicians actually serve the public interest.

In the 117th Congress, Zoe served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol , which unveiled the multifaceted effort by ex-President Trump to keep power contrary to the 2020 election results. Along with former Rep. Liz Cheney, Zoe led the House in passing the bipartisan Presidential Election Reform Act .

Zoe also served as a House Manager in the 2020 impeachment trial of Donald Trump and is the first woman in U.S. history to ever present a presidential case to the Senate . She is also the only Member of Congress to have participated in all four modern impeachment proceedings.

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Quick Facts

Personal information.

• Born on December 21, 1947
• Daughter of a truck driver and a cafeteria cook, later a secretary
• Grew up in Santa Clara County, California
• First in her family to go to college
• Married to John Marshall Collins
• Mother of two adult children
• Grandmother of three
• K-12 public schools
• B.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1970
• J.D., cum laude, University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1975

Professional Career

• Served as staff member for her predecessor, Congressman Don Edwards, 1970-1978
• Practiced immigration law as a partner in the firm of Webber & Lofgren, 1978-1980
• Elected to the San Jose Evergreen Community College Board, 1979
• First Executive Director of San Jose nonprofit Community Housing Developers, 1979
• Taught immigration law at University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1977-1980
• Elected as part of the first female-majority on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors where she served from 1981-1994

U.S. Congress

• Elected in 1994 as only freshman Democrat from west of the Rocky Mountains
• First woman to represent areas of the South Bay and Central Coast in Congress
• Only Member of Congress to be involved in the four modern impeachment proceedings
• First woman in U.S. history to address the Senate as an Impeachment Manager
• Former Chair of the Committee on House Administration, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (now named the House Ethics Committee), and House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
• Former Member of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
• Serves as Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
• Serves as Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee
• Serves as Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation