Will a new Democratic Congress Help Rebuild SE Louisiana? (merged)(x2)
Actually I gotta correct my comments above. Senator Landrieu sits on:
Appropriations
Energy and Natural Resources
Small Business
She used to sit on Armed Sevices, but that was the last congress.
FWIW, in case you didn't know, the New York Times reversed it's opposition to the Landrieu-Pete Dominici offshore royalties bill. Btw, you can read the press release and the New York Times changed editorial (and the original one from August which staunchly opposed it) at the link below.
http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/06/2006A23622.html
As for the help, V, who was down here (outside of President Bush)? It was Pelosi, Reid and primarily members of the Democratic Caucus originally while many of the Republicans were using the opportunity for grandstanding. Eventually Senators Landrieu, Vitter and Congressmen Jindal and Melancon got many more people down here to see it first hand. Several had flown over prior and thought everything was okay. But it wasn't until they were on the ground that they were able to appreciate the devastation. FWIW, Senator Reid has stated that he wants the Gulf Offshore Royalties Bill to be one of 4 or 5 things that get done in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress ending in December. Mary said it's got a 50/50 chance, but there is still opposition out there from states that oppose drilling (just less opposition than the Jindal Bill which has absolutely no chance of passing the Senate. Mary should be in line for at least a vice chair in one of the committees as the Democrats realize that Louisiana no longer has its hedge against the rest of the mindless south (God, Guns and Gays = Wedge Issues) with the departure of so many African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So they will afford Mary some visibility in the Senate in hopes of avoiding the state ending up with two (essentially) Junior Senators sitting in the minority party.
It's going to be a tough road, but if we play are cards right and get out of partisanship, and if Mary is re-elected, she'll rank somewhere in the 30's or 40's when it comes to seniority in the Senate. If you want more information on Senate Committees and what they do, you can go to the Senate Home Page and click committees. Here is the list of the current standing committees.
Standing</CATEGORY>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Appropriations</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Armed Services</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Budget</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Commerce, Science, and Transportation</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Energy and Natural Resources</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Environment and Public Works</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Finance</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Foreign Relations</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Judiciary</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Rules and Administration</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Small Business and Entrepreneurship</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Veterans Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
Our Junior Senator, David Vitter, is assigned to the following committees:
Commerce, Science and Transportation
(following subcommittees)
Consumer Affairs, Product Safety and Insurance (!!!)
Diaster Prevention and Prediction
Fisheries and Coast Guard
Global Climate Change and Impacts
National Ocean Policy
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
Trade, Tourism and Economic Development
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Committee on Environment and Public Works
(Subcommittees)
Clean Air, Fresh Water, Climate Change and Nuclear Study
Fisheries, Wildlife and Water
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Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
His stature isn't as great because he really doesn't sit on anything that's likely to impact funding very much. He still has a vote.
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Congressman Jefferson is a chump who would have strong seniority in the House had he not been under investigation. We'll hopefully have Karen Carter in Congress after the runoff, but she'll be a first termer wtihout much influence or stature.
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Congressman Melancon brings in some nickel and dime money for his constituency. You can view below that in the last 30 days, he's gotten a bunch of money (even if some of it is only to replace a police car in a constituency city. He sits on Agriculture (46 committee members, he's the 13th on the Democrat side) and a bunch of other ones. But I don't feel like doing any more research. :shrug:
<!-- CLOSE IMAGE 2808 --><!-- ElementTimer 0.031 seconds --><!-- OPEN TABLE 3419 --><TABLE borderColor=#cccccc height=100 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=404 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 15px; PADDING-LEFT: 15px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://melancon.house.gov/SupportingFiles/Images/newsbkgd.gif); PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; PADDING-TOP: 15px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-y" vAlign=top align=left width="100%" bgColor=#174163 height=100><!-- OPEN HEADLINES 3409 --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>November 8, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $6.3 Million In Housing Aid Grants For Jefferson Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>November 2, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $5.2 Million In Disaster Recovery Grants For St. Bernard Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 31, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces Authorization for Hurricane Protection Study for South Central Louisiana</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 30, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents Federal Grant to Henderson for a New Police Car</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 26, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents $2.6 Million in Rural Development Funds in St. Mary Parish </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 26, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $23 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For Jefferson Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 25, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $17 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For Plaquemines Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $42 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For St. Bernard Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon and House Katrina Task Force Release Policy Recommendations for Reforming Disaster Recovery</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents Federal Grant to Napoleonville for a New Police Car</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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TPSenatorpig
Actually I gotta correct my comments above. Senator Landrieu sits on:
Appropriations
Energy and Natural Resources
Small Business
She used to sit on Armed Sevices, but that was the last congress.
FWIW, in case you didn't know, the New York Times reversed it's opposition to the Landrieu-Pete Dominici offshore royalties bill. Btw, you can read the press release and the New York Times changed editorial (and the original one from August which staunchly opposed it) at the link below.
http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/06/2006A23622.html
As for the help, V, who was down here (outside of President Bush)? It was Pelosi, Reid and primarily members of the Democratic Caucus originally while many of the Republicans were using the opportunity for grandstanding. Eventually Senators Landrieu, Vitter and Congressmen Jindal and Melancon got many more people down here to see it first hand. Several had flown over prior and thought everything was okay. But it wasn't until they were on the ground that they were able to appreciate the devastation. FWIW, Senator Reid has stated that he wants the Gulf Offshore Royalties Bill to be one of 4 or 5 things that get done in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress ending in December. Mary said it's got a 50/50 chance, but there is still opposition out there from states that oppose drilling (just less opposition than the Jindal Bill which has absolutely no chance of passing the Senate. Mary should be in line for at least a vice chair in one of the committees as the Democrats realize that Louisiana no longer has its hedge against the rest of the mindless south (God, Guns and Gays = Wedge Issues) with the departure of so many African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So they will afford Mary some visibility in the Senate in hopes of avoiding the state ending up with two (essentially) Junior Senators sitting in the minority party.
It's going to be a tough road, but if we play are cards right and get out of partisanship, and if Mary is re-elected, she'll rank somewhere in the 30's or 40's when it comes to seniority in the Senate. If you want more information on Senate Committees and what they do, you can go to the Senate Home Page and click committees. Here is the list of the current standing committees.
Standing</CATEGORY>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Appropriations</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Armed Services</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Budget</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Commerce, Science, and Transportation</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Energy and Natural Resources</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Environment and Public Works</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Finance</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Foreign Relations</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Judiciary</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Rules and Administration</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Small Business and Entrepreneurship</COMMITTEE_NAME>
<COMMITTEE_NAME>Veterans Affairs</COMMITTEE_NAME>
Our Junior Senator, David Vitter, is assigned to the following committees:
Commerce, Science and Transportation
(following subcommittees)
Consumer Affairs, Product Safety and Insurance (!!!)
Diaster Prevention and Prediction
Fisheries and Coast Guard
Global Climate Change and Impacts
National Ocean Policy
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
Trade, Tourism and Economic Development
------------------
Committee on Environment and Public Works
(Subcommittees)
Clean Air, Fresh Water, Climate Change and Nuclear Study
Fisheries, Wildlife and Water
------------------
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
His stature isn't as great because he really doesn't sit on anything that's likely to impact funding very much. He still has a vote.
================================
Congressman Jefferson is a chump who would have strong seniority in the House had he not been under investigation. We'll hopefully have Karen Carter in Congress after the runoff, but she'll be a first termer wtihout much influence or stature.
---------------------------------
Congressman Melancon brings in some nickel and dime money for his constituency. You can view below that in the last 30 days, he's gotten a bunch of money (even if some of it is only to replace a police car in a constituency city. He sits on Agriculture (46 committee members, he's the 13th on the Democrat side) and a bunch of other ones. But I don't feel like doing any more research. :shrug:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>November 2, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $5.2 Million In Disaster Recovery Grants For St. Bernard Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 31, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces Authorization for Hurricane Protection Study for South Central Louisiana</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 30, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents Federal Grant to Henderson for a New Police Car</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 26, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents $2.6 Million in Rural Development Funds in St. Mary Parish </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 26, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $23 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For Jefferson Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 25, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $17 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For Plaquemines Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Announces $42 Million in Disaster Recovery Grants For St. Bernard Parish</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon and House Katrina Task Force Release Policy Recommendations for Reforming Disaster Recovery</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fnt3406>October 19, 2006</TD><TR vAlign=top><TD class=fnt3406>Melancon Presents Federal Grant to Napoleonville for a New Police Car</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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TPSenatorpig