----- Forwarded message from Sandra Mullliner < smulliner at nationalrehab.org > --- -- From: Sandra Mullliner < smulliner at nationalrehab.org > To: Membership < membership at nationalrehab.org > Subject: NRA's Washington Wire: SENATOR HARKIN LIKELY TO BECOME SENATE HELP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:43:19 -0400 To: The National Rehabilitation Association's Membership From: Patricia Leahy, Director of Government Affairs Re: Senator Tom Harkin (D.IA.) Likely To become Senate HELP Committee Chairman Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 For those who read on the run, this Washington Wire deals with one issue: The expected announcement today that Senator Chris Dodd (D.CONN.) will NOT seek the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairmanship, as many had expected, and that Senator Tom Harkin (D.IA.), a long-time champion of children and adults with disabilities, who is the second ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, will become Chairman of this powerful Committee. Senator Dodd has scheduled at 11:00 a.m. Press Conference this morning to announce his decision. POLITICO, one of three Capitol Hill news services, reports the following: "Senator Christopher Dodd's expected announcement that he will remain in charge of the Banking Committee should give a big boost to his longtime colleague, Tom Harkin, while setting off a shuffle on other Senate Committee panels. Dodd has played stand-in for the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D.MASS.) for most of this year on the pivotal HELP Committee during the health reform debate, raising questions about which role he might decide to play full-time after Kennedy's death. Now, Dodd has decided to stay put with the Banking Committee; two Senate sources tell POLITICO. Aside from Harkin, another potential winner from this round of musical chairmanships is Senator Blanche Lincoln (D.ARK.) who may end up leapfrogging several more senior members of the Agriculture Committee to take over that panel -- a move that could be key in persuading voters back home to send her back to Washington. With Dodd staying put at Banking, Harkin would likely get the gavel on the HELP panel, which had been chaired by Kennedy..... Harkin hasn't shown his hand yet, but many expect him to take HELP given that the Agriculture Committee passed a five-year farm bill last Congress. Harkin's ascension at the HELP Committee, in turn, would open up the Agriculture Committee for a new Chairman. Senator Patrick Leahy (D.VT.) is next in seniority, but he is already Judiciary Chairman and is unlikely to give up that post...." We will keep you advised of this surprising development as additional information becomes known to us. All information within remains current as of this time and date. Patricia Leahy Director of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy National Rehabilitation Association 633 South Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 1-888-258-4295 NRA Office - 703-836-0850 NRA Fax - 703-836-0848 TDD - 703-836-0849 E-mail - patricia at nationalrehab.org NRA Website - www.nationalrehab.org < http://www.nationalrehab.org/ > ----- End forwarded message ----- Mona Robinson, Ph.D., PC, CRC Assistant Professor Rehabilitation Counseling and Chillicothe Program Coordinator President-Elect, NAMRC Ohio University 386 McCracken Hall Athens, Ohio 45701 740-593-4461 Office 740-593-0477 Fax robinsoh at ohio.edu
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