Besides the Obvious Legislative Functions...What Power Would These Folks Have...?

[PBS Poll-435]

What Committee/Oversight power would they really have?


Sen. Patrick Leahy - Committee on the Judiciary (All Federal Judicial Nominees pass through this Committee)

Sen. John Kerry - Committee on Foreign Relations (Treaties, Arms Sales, All Diplomatic Nominations)

Sen. Barbara Boxer - Committee on the Environment and Public Works (Clean Air, Nuclear Safety, Superfund, Green Jobs, etc)

Sen. Tom Harkin - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (What doesn't this cover?)


Without the so-called 'Moderate' Democrats in the Senate?

Blanche Lincoln - AR
Bill Nelson - FL
Evan Bayh - IN
Mary Landrieu - LA
Jon Tester - MT
Max Baucus - MT
Ben Nelson - NE
Tim Johnson - SD
Jim Webb - VA
Kent Conrad - ND


:shrug:

[Oregone]

1. Who cares?

Were all going to die anyway.

Sometimes, on days like this, all this arm waving in the meantime seems comical.

[Ozymanithrax]

2. IF those moderate Democrats were Republicans, none. n/t

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. They would, however...

...have the peace of mind that comes with being uncompromised, pure, right.

And surely that's valuable by itself -- more valuable than power.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Valuable to who?

Constituents?

Those who escape oversight?

:shrug:

[Ozymanithrax]

5. It is like pissing your pants in a dark suit. It gives you a warm feeling but nobody notices. n/t