As you have likely seen, the senior Republican in the US Senate has been indicted. This means he'll have to step aside from the top GOP post on Commerce, Science and Transportation, a committee with powers over a hell of a lot, and a great place to fundraise. The next most senior Republican on the committee is the committee's former chairman, John McCain. As Sen. McCain is otherwise engaged at the moment, I presume the interim-ranking member (and perhaps permanent ranking member should Stevens leave the Senate in the next several months) will be Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas.
Posted by armand at July 29, 2008 02:16 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsAnd your Stevens fun fact for the day - he's the 7th longest serving senator in US history. Actually 6 of the 20 longest serving senators in US history are members of the current Senate (Byrd, Kennedy, Inouye, Stevens, Domenici and Biden) - including 3 of the 4 longest serving ever!
Posted by: Armand at July 29, 2008 05:45 PM | PERMALINK