Tag: 110th congress

Now that the Democrats control more seats they also get to reshape things in the Senate (via AmericaBLOG): Senate Democratic leaders plan to cut Republican committee seats to reflect the new balance of power in the upper chamber, according to Democratic aides. Republicans will lose at least one seat on most committees and may lose […]

Retirement ‘Wave’ Building Among House Republicans? The announcement Friday by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he will not seek re-election in 2008 capped a week in which three veteran House Republicans in a 24-hour span declared that the current 110th Congress would be their last. Hastert’s announcement — coupled with similar ones […]