Democrats and Republicans prepare to pick their power brokers in the House and Senate

Now that the midterm elections are over, a new campaign is underway for leadership roles and committee assignments in the House and Senate. Party leaders are likely to be the usual suspects: Mitch McConnell in the Senate; Nancy Pelosi in the House. But committees assignments are not nailed down. They’re also not as powerful as they used to be. 

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