For those of you who haven't kept up, here is a summary: Republicans won a slim majority in the Senate. Lyda Green wanted to be president but the majority of Republicans would not give it to her. Green went to the Democrats with some of her Republican followers and made them an offer they couldn't refuse: to join together to create a majority in the Senate.
Of course, Lyda had to pay for her power move. As a result, five chairs of standing committees in the state senate (Health, Education and Social Services Committee, the Judiciary Committee, Labor and Commerce, Community and Regional Affairs, and Transportation) were bargained away. While there were five Republicans that refused to join Lyda's power grab (ironically five Conservative senators), all Democrats joined the Coalition. Surprise, Surpise.
The five Conservative (and highly competent) Republican senators that refused to play Lyda's game were stripped of their committee chairmanships....making the Lyda's Coup d'etat into a Screw d'etat. Senator Green comes from a Conservative district. She will have to answer why the HESS committee and the Judiciary committee are chaired by "less-than-Conservative" Democrats.
You can find a list of the Senate Committee Assignments here, the new Senate Majority website here.
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