House Announces Interim Committees

Capitol Currents:

Not much happens on the legislative front in late July, but perhaps someone out there was hotly anticipating the announcement of House Interim Committee assignments? Anyhow, the list is out, and there are relatively few major changes from the regular session. One change is that the Higher Education Subcommittee has been elevated to full committee status. Another change is that Dave Hunt has lost his spot as Co-Chair of the powerful Rules Committee. He was replaced by fellow Democrat Tina Kotek. That swap is no surprise, since House Democrats ousted Hunt as their caucus leader in favor of Kotek on the final day of the 2011 session. Like in the regular session, each House committee has a Democrat and a Republican co-chair (and co-vice-chair) and is otherwise populated equally by Democrats and Republicans. Committee assignments are made by Co-Speakers Bruce Hanna and Arnie Roblan.

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