Election Fallout

Elizabeth Warren is now a member of the United States Senate.  "You took on the Wall Street banks and the powerful interests and let them know, you want a Senator who will ALWAYS fight for the middle class." writes Senator Warren on her blog.  Hopefully, she will spend the next six years fighting for the middle class.

Here is a video that provides her back story:

The next big hurdle for Elizabeth Warren is to find a way to get herself into the powerful and influential circles among her ninety-nine new colleagues in the senate and the 435 members of the House so that she can quickly introduce and secure passage of legislation that will help the middle class.

Straight from the official Senate web site, here are the committees in the United States Senate:

Committees

Standing  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry  Appropriations  Armed Services  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget  Commerce, Science, and Transportation  Energy and Natural Resources  Environment and Public Works  Finance  Foreign Relations  Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions  Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs  Judiciary  Rules and Administration  Small Business and Entrepreneurship  Veterans' Affairs  Special, Select, and Other  Indian Affairs  Select Committee on Ethics  Select Committee on Intelligence  Special Committee on Aging  Joint  Joint Committee on Printing  Joint Committee on Taxation  Joint Committee on the Library  Joint Economic Committee  Now let's see if Senator Warren can get herself onto the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Budget or Finance committee. Joe Donnelly got himself a promotion from the House of Representatives to the United States Senate.  Here is his website.  I find the comparison between Senator Donnelly's web site and Senator Warren's web site to be revealing in terms of how enthusiastic each individual is about the prospect of serving in the United State Senate for the next six years.