A Secretary of State John Kerry would mean the Senate...
A Secretary of State John Kerry would mean the Senate Commerce Committee would lose its third Democratic member from the 112th Congress. President Barack Obama nominated on Friday the Massachusetts senator to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. If…
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the Senate confirms Kerry’s appointment, his leaving the committee would follow the death of Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, and departure of Tom Udall, D-N.M, who will join the Senate Appropriations Committee. Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said this month that Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., will replace Udall on the committee. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has not yet announced Inouye’s replacement on the committee. It will also lose three Republican members who are retiring: Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas; Olympia Snowe of Maine; and Jim DeMint of South Carolina.