Wednesday, April 28, 2010

More seniority woes on Ways and Means

I previously blogged about how the elevation of Sandy Levin (D-MI) over Pete Stark (D-CA) as the interim chair of the House Ways and Means Committee illustrated the decline of the traditional seniority system in Congress. Today, there is a report in Roll Call($) about how Levin is now facing a challenge from Richard Neal (D-MA) for the permanent gavel. As with worries about Stark, it seems that Democrats are worried that Levin may not be aggressive and organized enough to lead the charge on Democratic initiatives. This is clearly one to watch. There's also new about this from Politico.