New Congress: Foreign Relations vacancy

With Biden leaving the Senate, there's a BIG committee chair opening: Foreign Relations. Chris Dodd is next in line, but he wants to keep his Banking post and he's up in 2010. Kerry, who wants to be Secretary of State, would be the next senator in line on Foreign Relations. The Senate hierarchy appears set for the possibility that Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), one of the staunchest opponents of the Iraq war, could become the new head of the body's Foreign Relations Committee. Per The Hill:...( read more ) (link)