{"id":6323,"date":"2009-05-05T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T22:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/senate-democrats-vote-to-deny.html"},"modified":"2009-05-05T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T22:35:17","slug":"senate-democrats-vote-to-deny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/05\/senate-democrats-vote-to-deny.html","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats vote to deny Specter seniority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excuse me while I engage in a little Schadenfreude<\/em>: Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The Senate dealt a blow tonight to Sen. Arlen Specter’s hold on seniority in several key committees, a week after the Pennsylvanian’s party switch placed Democrats on the precipice of a 60-seat majority.
\nIn a unanimous voice vote, the Senate approved a resolution that added Specter to the Democratic side of the dais on the five committees on which he serves, an expected move that gives Democrats larger margins on key panels such as Judiciary and Appropriations.
\nBut Democrats placed Specter in one of the two most junior slots on each of the five committees for the remainder of this Congress, which goes through December 2010. Democrats have suggested that they will consider revisiting Specter’s seniority claim at the committee level only after the midterm elections next year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They promised him seniority and gave him bupkis. I hope he’s happy running as a junior committee member, not much power there:<\/p>\n

Without any assurance of seniority, Specter loses a major weapon in his campaign to win reelection in 2010: the ability to claim that his nearly 30 years of Senate service places him in key positions to benefit his constituents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope Specter is enjoying the lesson he’s learning from becoming a Democrat: get used to being used.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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