Maffei on House Judiciary Committee

By stlo7 ( January 17, 2009 at 12:44 pm) · Filed under Cooperation, Responsibility, Stlo7

Congressman Dan Maffei was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee.

Via a Maffei Press release…

The scope of jurisdiction on the committee is very broad:  issues of homeland security and terrorism, border and immigration issues, patents and intellectual property, and civil liberties all fall under the Judiciary Committee.

“The scope of issues the Judiciary Committee is responsible for is sobering and impressive. I look forward to working with Chairman Conyers and the rest of my colleagues to face the complex and serious nature of the work before this committee,” said Congressman Dan Maffei.

So looks like the folks representing Rochester shake out to this. In alphabetical order…

Lee (R) NY-26)

  • Financial Services

Maffei (D) NY-25)

  • Financial Services
  • Judiciary

Massa (D) NY-29)

  • Armed Services Committee
  • Agriculture

Slaughter (D) NY-28)

  • House Rules Committee (Chairwomen)

I’ll update the list if anything changes -

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5 Responses to “Maffei on House Judiciary Committee”

  1. Historical Pessimist says:
    January 17, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Can anybody help with this question? It was my understanding that membership on the Financial Services Committee meant a Congressperson could not serve on any other committee. But it seems Maffei is on Financial Services and Judiciary. Is Maffei the exception, or Lee?

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  2. stlo7 says:
    January 17, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    Well, from Lee’s Website

    http://chrislee.house.gov/2009/01/congressman-lee-appointed-to-influential-house-financial-services-committee.shtml

    “The Financial Services Committee is an exclusive committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, meaning that its members generally do not have other committee assignments.”

    As this Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) Press release indicates there needs to be a special waiver to serve on an other committee.

    The House Committee on Financial Services is an exclusive assignment, meaning that a member with a seat on the committee is prohibited from joining another committee without a special waiver.

    http://www.house.gov/list/press/mo05_cleaver/110thFinanServCommAssignment.html

    So Maffei rates a special waiver.

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  3. Historical Pessimist says:
    January 18, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Thanks. That suggests Maffei has serious juice, doesn’t it?

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  4. stlo7 says:
    January 18, 2009 at 9:18 am

    yes it does - the question, of course, is did Lee try to get an addition assignment which I’m sure is unlikely given his party’s minority status and the “exclusive” Financial Services committee was involved.

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    January 18, 2009 at 9:54 am

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