For the next two years, these hearings could be the closest thing congressional Democrats have to must-watch TV.
After every election cycle, the committee-assignment shuffle begins. This winter, once Democrats secured their 51–49 advantage in the Senate, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington took over the Appropriations Committee chair position from retiring Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. That left the top job on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee open for the taking. The Democratic senator next in line to sit in it was Bernie Sanders.
HELP is not the Senate’s top panel, but at Bernie’s direction, its hearings are already some of the most anticipated in the chamber. And with Republicans controlling the House and the filibuster still in place, the committee will be mostly about using the bully pulpit, something Sanders delights in more than almost any other Democrat. And now, his first major hearing is set for late March, with his first sparring partner acquired: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
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