Thinkprogress:
With the switch of Sen. Arlen Specter (PA) to the Democratic party, the top GOP slot on the Judiciary Committee opened up. The Hill reports that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has secured the spot:
Under terms of the deal, Sessions will serve as ranking member until the 112th Congress, when he will take over the ranking member post on the Senate Budget Committee. Current Budget Committee ranking member Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) is retiring at the end of the 111th Congress.
Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, will then become ranking member on the Judiciary Committee.
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This should be interesting as now Sessions is the top Republican on the Judicary while I always remember the Judge in the Siegleman case as he made sure his bribe money was paid as he looked in his computer on the bench in court. With up coming investigations and the birds singing I expect to see many more retirements on the Hill.
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