Senate HELP And Finance Committees Change With Retirements
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
All members of the two committees who faced re-election Nov. 6 won their seats by comfortable margins, but retirements and a new party ratio will ensure new members in the 113th Congress.
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