Washington, D.C. – The Democratic Steering Committee approved updated committee assignments for Democratic senators in the 113th Congress.  A list of the anticipated assignments is below.

The anticipated committee assignments are subject to approval by the full Democratic caucus and approval of an organizing resolution by the full Senate.

Anticipated Committee Democratic Assignments for the 113th Congress
(Subject to Caucus and full Senate approval)

Names listed in descending order of seniority with updated assignments in italics:

AGRICULTURE

1. Leahy
2. Harkin
3. Baucus
4. Stabenow, Chair
5. Sherrod Brown
6. Casey
7. Klobuchar
8. Bennet
9. Gillibrand
10. Donnelly
11. Heitkamp 

APPROPRIATIONS

1. Leahy
2. Harkin
3. Mikulski, Chair
4. Murray
5. Feinstein
6. Durbin
7. Tim Johnson
8. Landrieu
9. Reed
10. Lautenberg
11. Pryor
12. Tester
13. Tom Udall
14. Shaheen
15. Merkley
16. Begich 

ARMED SERVICES

1. Levin, Chair
2. Reed
3. Bill Nelson
4. McCaskill
5. Mark Udall
6. Hagan
7. Manchin
8. Shaheen
9. Gillibrand
10. Blumenthal
11. Donnelly
12. Hirono
13. Kaine
14. King

BANKING

1. Tim Johnson, Chair
2. Reed
3. Schumer
4. Menendez
5. Sherrod Brown
6. Tester
7. Warner
8. Merkley
9. Hagan
10. Manchin
11. Warren
12. Heitkamp

COMMERCE

1. Rockefeller, Chair
2. Kerry
3. Boxer
4. Bill Nelson
5. Cantwell
6. Lautenberg
7. Pryor
8. McCaskill
9. Klobuchar
10. Warner
11. Begich
12. Blumenthal
13. Schatz

ENERGY

1. Wyden, Chair
2. Tim Johnson
3. Landrieu
4. Cantwell
5. Sanders
6. Stabenow
7. Mark Udall
8. Franken
9. Manchin
10. Coons
11. Schatz  
12. Heinrich

EPW

1. Baucus
2. Boxer, Chair
3. Carper
4. Lautenberg
5. Cardin
6. Sanders
7. Whitehouse
8. Tom Udall
9. Merkley
10. Gillibrand

FINANCE

1. Baucus, Chair
2. Rockefeller
3. Kerry
4. Wyden
5. Schumer
6. Stabenow
7. Cantwell
8. Bill Nelson
9. Menendez
10. Carper
11. Cardin
12. Sherrod Brown
13. Bennet

FOREIGN RELATIONS

1. Kerry, Chair
2. Boxer
3. Menendez
4. Cardin
5. Casey
6. Shaheen
7. Coons
8. Tom Udall
9. Murphy
10. Kaine

 HELP

1. Harkin, Chair
2. Mikulski
3. Murray
4. Sanders
5. Casey
6. Hagan
7. Franken
8. Bennet
9. Whitehouse
10. Baldwin
11. Murphy
12. Warren

HSGAC

1. Levin
2. Carper, Chair
3. Pryor
4. Landrieu
5. McCaskill
6. Tester
7. Begich
8. Baldwin
9. Heitkamp

INTELLIGENCE

1. Rockefeller
2. Feinstein, Chair
3. Wyden
4. Mikulski
5. Mark Udall
6. Warner
7. Heinrich
8. King 

JUDICIARY

1. Leahy, Chair
2. Feinstein
3. Schumer
4. Durbin
5. Whitehouse
6. Klobuchar
7. Franken
8. Coons
9. Blumenthal
10. Hirono

AGING

1. Wyden
2. Bill Nelson, Chair
3. Casey
4. McCaskill
5. Whitehouse
6. Gillibrand
7. Manchin
8. Blumenthal
9. Baldwin
10. Donnelly
11. Warren

BUDGET

1. Murray, Chair
2. Wyden
3. Bill Nelson
4. Stabenow
5. Sanders
6. Whitehouse
7. Warner
8. Merkley
9. Coons
10. Baldwin
11. Kaine
12. King

JOINT ECONOMIC

1. Casey, Chair
2. Klobuchar
3. Warner
4. Sanders
5. Murphy
6. Heinrich 

RULES

1. Feinstein
2. Schumer, Chair
3. Durbin
4. Murray
5. Pryor
6. Tom Udall
7. Warner
8. Leahy
9. Klobuchar
10. King

SMALL BUSINESS

1. Levin
2. Harkin
3. Kerry
4. Landrieu, Chair
5. Cantwell
6. Pryor
7. Cardin
8. Shaheen
9. Hagan
10. Heitkamp

VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

1. Rockefeller
2. Murray
3. Sanders, Chair
4. Sherrod Brown
5. Tester
6. Begich
7. Blumenthal
8. Hirono

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Tim Johnson
2. Cantwell, Chair
3. Tester
4. Tom Udall
5. Franken
6. Begich
7. Schatz
8. Heitkamp