House Officially Appoints Conferees; House/Senate Side-by-Side Posted
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Tonight the House of Representatives appointed conferees to the Senate/House financial reform bill conference. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blogged about it and House Minority Leader John Boehner posted a press release. Meanwhile, the House Financial Services Committee on Monday posted a side by side comparison of the House bill and the Senate bills.
WHY YOU CARE: House Financial Services Committee conferees will be voting on all aspects of the bill in conference, while those conferees from other committees are appointed for their specific jurisdictional expertise. In fact, you can see the specific areas for each conferee’s appointment in this House document posted by the House Financial Services Committee: final_list_conferees. In other words, they’ll stick to the areas their committee covers. Here’s who was officially appointed:
FINANCIAL SERVICES DEMOCRATS:
1) Chairman Frank,
2) Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney,
3) Subcommittee Chairman on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Rep. Paul Kanjorski (PA),
4) Subcommittee Chairman on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL),
5) Subcommittee Chairman on Housing and Community Opportunity Rep. Maxine Waters (CA),
6) Subcommittee Chairman on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Rep. Melvin Watt (NC),
7) Subcommittee Chairman on International Monetary Policy and Trade Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),
8) Subcommittee Chairman on Oversight and Investigations Rep. Dennis Moore (KS),
9) Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH), and
10) Rep. Gary Peters (MI).
FINANCIAL SERVICES REPUBLICANS:
1) Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL),
2) Rep. Ed Royce (CA),
3) Rep. Judy Biggert (IL),
4) Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV),
5) Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX), and
6) Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ).
AGRICULTURE: Rep. Collin Peterson (D), Rep. Leonard Boswell (D); Rep. Frank Lucas (R).
ENERGY & COMMERCE: Rep. Henry Waxman (D), Rep. Bobby Rush (D); Rep. Joe Barton (R).
JUDICIARY: Rep. John Conyers (D), Rep. Howard Berman (D); Rep. Lamar Smith (R).
OVERSIGHT: Rep. Edolphus Towns (D), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D); Rep. Darrell Issa (R).
SMALL BUSINESS: Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D), Rep. Heath Shuler (D); Rep. Sam Graves (R).
