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Senate Judiciary to Lose Hirono in Next Congress, According to Circulated Roster

Democrats will lose one member on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, according to a roster circulated among industry officials Friday. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, is not listed under Judiciary in that roster. Other Judiciary Democrats will remain.…

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The committee has 10 Democrats now and will have nine. Among other changes in the next Congress, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will become the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Aging, which occasionally has dealt with telecom issues. The top Democrat on that committee now is Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., who will become ranking member of Commerce. Hirono became a senator last year.