I heard Obama say "my senate banking committee".
Does this mean that he is the head, president, chair of the senate banking committee, or simply that he is a member of that committee?
I did some research and found that:
There is a senate committee named "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs".
Here is the committee membership list from the committee's website:
| Democrat | Republican |
| Christopher J. Dodd Chairman (D-CT) | Richard C. Shelby Ranking Member (R-AL) |
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| Tim Johnson (D-SD) | Robert F. Bennett (R-UT) |
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| Jack Reed (D-RI) | Wayne Allard (R-CO) |
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| Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) | Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) |
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| Evan Bayh (D-IN) | Chuck Hagel (R-NE) |
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| Tom Carper (D-DE) | Jim Bunning (R-KY) |
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| Robert Menendez (D-NJ) | Mike Crapo (R-ID) |
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| Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) | Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) |
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| Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | Mel Martinez (R-FL) |
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| Robert P. Casey (D-PA) | Bob Corker (R-TN) |
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| Jon Tester (D-MT) | |
I don't see Barrack H. Obama (D-IL) anywhere on the list; do you?
I tried to contact Senator Dodd via his website, but he had a statement that he only repsonds to citizens of Connecticut. Perhaps a reader from Connecticut can follow up on this and let me know what his response is. (thanks. I'd appreciate it)
So, I went to Senator Shelby's web site and submitted the following inquiry:
Barrack Obama said the other day that he was head of or at least a member of the Senate Banking Committee. However, I did not see his name listed on the membership roll. Was he referring to another banking committee, or does the membership list on the committee's website need to be updated?
We'll see what Senator Shelby has to say about this.
For good measure, I also sent the same inquiry to my two senators from Maryland of which I am a constituent, even though they are not on the committee. (Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin)
I get the feeling that this is another one of Obama's deceptions.
The committee also has a contact-us form on their website, so I submitted an inquiry there as well:
Why is Mr. Dodd listed as chair of the committee? Obama stated that this was his committee. Why isn't Barrack on the membership list?
links:
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http://banking.senate.gov
http://dodd.senate.gov
http://shelby.senate.gov
http://cardin.senate.gov
http://mikulski.senate.gov
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