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...matter of practicalities. Washington has launched itself into a frenzy of post-pronouncement reshuffling. When Jeffords held his much anticipated press conference Thursday morning to announce he was becoming an independent, the nation?s news media had already rearranged the Senate power structure, ripping committee chairmanships out of GOP hands and placing them into the grips of waiting Democrats...
...Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry GOP chair: Richard Lugar, Indiana Democratic chair: Tom Harkin, Iowa Effect of change: Goodbye, Hoosiers, hello Hawkeyes; both men from farm states with considerable interest in committee business...
...Appropriations GOP chair: Ted Stevens, Alaska Democratic chair: Robert Byrd, West Virginia Effect of change: Not much. Expect same jealous guarding of pork projects...
...Armed Services GOP chair: John Warner, Virginia Democratic chair: Carl Levin, Michigan Effect of change: Levin?s interest in frugality could mean trouble for Bush?s defense budget...
...Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs GOP chair: Phil Gramm, Texas Democratic chair: Paul Sarbanes, Maryland Effect of change: Sarbanes? quiet style means less publicity for committee and his distaste for financial mega-institutions could mean fewer mergers...