WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall. Lieberman’s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted 42-13 Tuesday to approve a resolution condemning statements made by Lieberman during the campaign but allowing him to keep the Homeland Security Committee gavel. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he had been very angry about Lieberman’s actions but that “we’re looking forward, we’re not looking back.”—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair
November 18, 2008