Senate Democrats have sorted out their Appropriations subcommittee chair lineup for the rest of this Congress, with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., joining the ranks and the full committee chair, Patty Murray of Washington, retaining a high-profile subcommittee gavel.
Sinema will lead the Military Construction-VA panel, and Murray will continue to chair the Energy-Water subcommittee, a role she took over on an interim basis last October after the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. At the time, Murray said she would lead the subcommittee for the rest of the fiscal 2024 budget cycle.
Congress cleared the final fiscal 2024 appropriations bills last month, and Senate Democrats organized themselves for the next fiscal year this week.
