Senate Judiciary Adds Three New Ds
January 21, 2009
| 8:15 PM
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which works on a range of high-tech, intellectual property and privacy issues, will get three new members, Chairman Patrick Leahy announced Wednesday night. The committee will be comprised of 11 Democrats and eight Republicans. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Ted Kaufman, D-Del., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will join the panel. Leaving the committee in the 111th Congress are Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who last year announced his intention to resign from the panel to concentrate on healthcare reform; former Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who was sworn in as vice president on Tuesday; and Sam Brownback, R-Kan.
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