Senate Commerce Membership Roster Delayed; Cruz Names Top GOP Panel Staff
Release of membership rosters for the Senate Commerce Committee and other chamber panels is on hold until the chamber reaches a deal on an organizing resolution that would set up committee ratios, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told reporters…
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Tuesday. Senate Commerce had expected to receive its member assignments Monday (see 2301200058), aides told us. The Senate GOP caucus is delaying its backing for the organizing resolution while it sorts through a dispute about whether to issue a waiver allowing both senators from the same state to serve on the same committee, Durbin said. Incoming Commerce ranking member Ted Cruz of Texas, meanwhile, said he hired top GOP staff. Cruz named three top Senate Commerce GOP staff. Former Senate Banking Committee GOP Staff Director Brad Grantz and panel GOP Chief Counsel Dan Sullivan will fill the same roles on Commerce, Cruz said. He also picked former House Freedom Caucus Communications Director Melissa Braid to be Senate Commerce GOP communications director.