Election Impact: Key Senate Committees
Executive Summary
Following the Nov. 8 elections, the power of the incumbency prevailed, and there were few election-related changes to key committee assignments in the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare, health and tax policy, and in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) panel, which oversees FDA and other health policy issues. Some members may choose to switch assignments once the next Congress convenes in January 2017, however.
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