{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/blunt-going-back-on-intelligence-committee-mccaskill-ranking-on-aging", "Blunt going back on Intelligence Committee; McCaskill ranking on Aging", "2014-12-15", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Blunt going back on Intelligence Committee; McCaskill ranking on Aging \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                Monday, December 15, 2014\r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            \r\n                  \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Chuck Raasch\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            WASHINGTON \u2022\u00a0Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., is returning to the Senate Intelligence Committee while Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will be the top-ranking Democrat on the Aging Committee in the new Congress that convenes next year.\r\nRepublicans announced their committee assignments today, Democrats did so last week.\r\nHere is a rundown:\r\n\u2022\u00a0Blunt. Besides the Intelligence Committee, Blunt will serve on the committees on Appropriations; Commerce, Science and Transportation; and Rules and Administration. Blunt previously was on Intelligence, and has been a critic of the committee Democrats' decision to release a report condemning the U.S. for using torture in the treatment of terrorism suspects in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.\r\n\u2022\u00a0McCaskill. On top of the Aging Committee, she will be on Armed Services; Commerce; and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.\r\n\u2022\u00a0Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. will be on Appropriations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and Aging.\r\n\u2022Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. has drawn Appropriations; Judiciary; and Rules.\r\nDurbin and Blunt are also in their respective party's leadership. Durbin will be minority whip, the second-ranking position behind the Minority Leader Harry Reid in the 114th Congress.\r\nBlunt will remain the fifth-ranking Republican as vice chair of the Republican Conference, and his party will be in control of the Senate in 2015.\r\n            \r\n             \r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/blunt-going-back-on-intelligence-committee-mccaskill-ranking-on-aging"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4740480110049248, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}