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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday his caucus’ committee assignments for the incoming Congress, a part of Democrats’ game plan on how to counter the nominations and legislative priorities of incoming President Donald Trump.

The list formalizes a number of new Democratic leaders atop panels: Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) for Agriculture; Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) for Banking; Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) for Environment and Public Works; Martin Heinrich (N.M.) for Energy; Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) for Foreign Relations and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) for Budget, among others.

Here are the rosters:

Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), ranking
  • Michael Bennet (Colo.)
  • Tina Smith (Minn.)
  • Dick Durbin (Ill.)
  • Cory Booker (N.J.)
  • Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
  • Raphael Warnock (Ga.)
  • Peter Welch (Vt.)
  • John Fetterman (Pa.)
  • Adam Schiff (Calif.)
  • Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)

Senate Appropriations Committee

  • Patty Murray (Wash.),  ranking
  • Dick Durbin (Ill.)
  • Jack Reed (R.I.)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
  • Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
  • Chris Coons (Del.)
  • Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
  • Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
  • Chris Murphy (Conn.)
  • Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
  • Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
  • Gary Peters (Mich.)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
  • Jon Ossoff (Ga.)

Senate Armed Services Committee

  • Jack Reed (R.I.), ranking
  • Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
  • Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
  • Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
  • Tim Kaine (Va.)
  • Angus King (I-Maine)
  • Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)
  • Gary Peters (Mich.)
  • Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
  • Jacky Rosen (Nev.)
  • Mark Kelly (Ariz.)
  • Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)

Senate Banking Committee 

  • Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), ranking
  • Jack Reed (R.I.)
  • Mark Warner (Va.)
  • Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
  • Tina Smith (Minn.)
  • Raphael Warnock (Ga.)
  • Andy Kim (N.J.)
  • Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)
  • Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Maria Cantwell (Wash.), ranking
  • Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
  • Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
  • Ed Markey (Mass.)
  • Gary Peters (Mich.)
  • Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
  • Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
  • Jacky Rosen (Nev.)
  • Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
  • John Hickenlooper (Colo.)
  • John Fetterman (Pa.)
  • Andy Kim (N.J.)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Martin Heinrich (N.M.), ranking
  • Ron Wyden (Ore.)
  • Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
  • Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
  • Angus King (I-Maine)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
  • John Hickenlooper (Colo.)
  • Alex Padilla (Calif.)
  • Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 

  • Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), ranking
  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
  • Ed Markey (Mass.)
  • Mark Kelly (Ariz.)
  • Alex Padilla (Calif)
  • Adam Schiff (Calif.)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)
  • Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)

Senate Finance Committee

  • Ron Wyden (Ore.), ranking
  • Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
  • Michael Bennet (Colo.)
  • Mark Warner (Va.)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
  • Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
  • Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)
  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Tina Smith (Minn.)
  • Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
  • Raphael Warnock (Ga.)
  • Peter Welch (Vt.)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

  • Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), ranking
  • Chris Coons (Del.)
  • Chris Murphy (Conn.)
  • Tim Kaine (Va.)
  • Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
  • Cory Booker (N.J.)
  • Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
  • Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
  • Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
  • Jacky Rosen (Nev.)

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking
  • Patty Murray (Wash.)
  • Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
  • Chris Murphy (Conn.)
  • Tim Kaine (Va.)
  • Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
  • John Hickenlooper (Colo.)
  • Ed Markey (Mass.)
  • Andy Kim (N.J.)
  • Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.)
  • Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Gary Peters (Mich.), ranking
  • Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
  • Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
  • John Fetterman (Pa.)
  • Andy Kim (N.J.)
  • Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
  • Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)

Senate Intelligence Committee

  • Mark Warner (Va.), ranking
  • Ron Wyden (Ore.)
  • Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
  • Angus King (I-Maine)
  • Michael Bennet (Colo.)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
  • Jon Ossoff (Ga.)
  • Mark Kelly (Ariz.) 

Senate Judiciary Committee

  • Dick Durbin (Ill.), ranking
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
  • Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
  • Chris Coons (Del.)
  • Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
  • Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
  • Cory Booker (N.J.)
  • Alex Padilla (Calif.)
  • Peter Welch (Vt.)
  • Adam Schiff (Calif.) 

Senate Aging Committee

  • Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), ranking
  • Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)
  • Mark Kelly (Ariz.)
  • Raphael Warnock (Ga.)
  • John Fetterman (Pa.)
  • Angela Alsobrooks (Md.)

Senate Budget Committee

  • Jeff Merkley (Ore.), ranking
  • Patty Murray (Wash.)
  • Ron Wyden (Ore.)
  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
  • Mark Warner (VA)
  • Tim Kaine (Va.)
  • Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
  • Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
  • Alex Padilla (Calif.)

Congressional Joint Economic Committee

  • Maggie Hassan (N.H.), ranking
  • Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
  • Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
  • Mark Kelly (Ariz.)

Senate Rules Committee

  • Alex Padilla (Calif.), ranking
  • Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
  • Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)
  • Mark Warner (Va.)
  • Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
  • Jon Ossoff (Ga.)
  • Michael Bennet (Colo.)
  • Peter Welch (Vt.)

Senate Small Business Committee

  • Ed Markey (Ore.), ranking
  • Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
  • Cory Booker (N.J.)
  • Chris Coons (Del.)
  • Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
  • Jacky Rosen (Nev.)
  • John Hickenlooper (Colo.)
  • Adam Schiff (Calif.)

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

  • Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), ranking
  • Patty Murray (Wash.)
  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
  • Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
  • Angus King (I-Maine)
  • Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
  • Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
  • Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)

Senate Ethics Committee

  • Chris Coons (Del.), ranking
  • Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee

  • Brian Schatz (Hawaii), ranking
  • Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
  • Tina Smith (Minn.)
  • Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
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A former McConnell staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity was told the senator was doing much better Monday without any further details on what put him in the hospital.

Daniel Desrochers contributed to this report.

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“He will come out of the committee Thursday, at least hopefully, and then if we get consent, we can move,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Monday about Clayton, who Trump only nominated for the job late last week.

Democrats “ought to be happy with Clayton,” said Thune, adding that he’s a “good” and “solid” pick.

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