The Republican electoral earthquake that rumbled through Capitol Hill this month will result in the unseating from committee chairs of veteran Demo-crats, including Rep. George E. Brown, Jr., widely recognized as Congress' "Mr. Science." Brown has headed the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee since 1991. He was re-elected from his Southern California district but will lose the chairmanship when the GOP takes charge of Congress in January. Rep. Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania, who has served as ranking minority member of the committee, is in line to take over as chairman. However, Walker first intends to try for a House leadership position--majority whip. If he succeeds in that bid, the committee leadership is likely to go to Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) or Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.). In the Senate, Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) is expected to head the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, replacing Sen. Ernest F. ...
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Musical Chairs Another Electoral Battle Job Security PCAST Session Online Headaches New Year's Persecutions Date: November 28, 1994, pp.4 The Republican electoral earthquake that rumbled through Capitol Hill this month will result in the unseating from committee chairs of veteran Demo-crats, including Rep. George E. Brown, Jr., widely recognized as Congress' "Mr. Science." Brown has headed the House Science, Space, and Technolo
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