Lieberman keeps committee chairmanship

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroDemocrats in Congress have allowed Joe Lieberman to hold onto his powerful chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee in a secret ballot vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid, however, asked the Connecticut senator to step down as chairman of the Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection subcommittee of the Environmental & Public Works Committee, which Lieberman said he did. Lieberman, who caucuses with the Democrats, retains...( read more ) (link)