March 09, 2007   NOVEL DAIS SEATING ASSIGNMENTS ADOPTED TO REFLECT NON-PARTISANSHIP OF COMMITTEE   WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., took their commitment to non-partisanship to an alternate plane Friday in announcing a new dais seating arrangement. In a letter to fellow Committee members, Lieberman and Collins said that at future hearings, Democrats and Republicans would no longer be seated on opposite sides of the dais but would be seated next to each other in an alternating pattern. The new plan was the brainchild of Committee newcomer Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. “In the last election, the voters said they were sick of the partisanship that produces gridlock,” Lieberman and Collins said in a joint statement. “They want us to work together and get things done. So, as a start, instead of sitting on opposite sides of the room like a house divided, we want the American people to see us sitting side by side as our Committee members work together make our nation more secure and our government more efficient.” The new arrangement will be effective starting with the Committee’s next hearing entitled “The Threat of Islamic Radicalization to the Homeland” to be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. -30-   ###   Printable Version   « previous Press Release next Press Release »   1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 March 2007 Press Releases   March 23 - LIEBERMAN, COLLINS SECURE MILLIONS MORE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY PLANNING   March 22 - LIEBERMAN, COLLINS PUSH FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN   March 21 - LIEBERMAN, COLLINS QUESTION GAO CHIEF ON FUTURE CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING OVERSIGHT, REDUCING INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT   March 15 - LIEBERMAN CONGRATULATES CONNECTICUT NATIVE ON APPOINTMENT TO HEAD FBI TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER   March 14 - SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARING EXAMINES ISLAMIC RADICALISM INSIDE UNITED STATES   March 13 - SENATE APPROVES LIEBERMAN-COLLINS HOMELAND SECURITY BILL TO FULFILL 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS   March 12 - LIEBERMAN PROPOSES $3.4 BILLION MORE THAN ADMINISTRATION FOR FY2008 HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET   March 9 current Press Release   March 8 - LIEBERMAN WELCOMES STIFFER LOBBYING RULES FOR FORMER DHS OFFICIALS   March 6 - SENATE ENDORSES LIEBERMAN-COLLINS BALANCED PLAN FOR HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING AS PART OF 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION BILL
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