{"id":13668,"date":"2012-12-07T12:44:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=13668"},"modified":"2012-12-07T13:54:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:54:55","slug":"2013-idaho-legislature-committee-chairmanships-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/07\/2013-idaho-legislature-committee-chairmanships-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Idaho Legislature Committee Chairmanships Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emilie Ritter Saunders \/ StateImpact<\/p>

A statue of George Washington sits on the fourth floor of the Idaho Capitol.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2013 Idaho Legislature is ready for business.\u00a0 Now that the organizational session has wrapped up, and committee assignments have been made, lawmakers will launch into what’s sure to be a packed session one month from today.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of committee assignments<\/a> for the Senate.\u00a0 One of the panels we watch closely is the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee, or JFAC<\/a>.\u00a0 That’s the committee that puts together Idaho’s annual budget.<\/p>\n

On the Senate Finance side of JFAC, Sen. Dean Cameron<\/a>, R-Rupert, will continue to chair the panel.\u00a0 Although, as the Spokesman Review<\/em> reports, the Finance Committee has a large number of new members.<\/p>\n

Among them: Sens. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens; Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood; Cliff Bayer, R-Boise; Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston; Steven Thayn, R-Emmett; Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow; and Roy Lacey, D-Pocatello.\u00a0 Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, continues as vice chair; and Sen. Dean Mortimer, R-Idaho Falls, will continue to serve on the panel.<\/p>\n

Vick, a second-term senator, said he’s wanted to get on the joint committee since he arrived in the Senate. \u201cNot everybody likes to do it, because it is a lot of work and a lot of numbers,\u201d he said. \u201cI spent eight years in the appropriations committee in Montana.\u201d Vick said the panel, which writes the state budget, is \u201cthe most important committee,\u201d and said his goal there will be to \u201ckeep government spending\u00a0low.\u201d — Eye on Boise, Spokesman Review<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the House side, 13-term Rep. Maxine Bell<\/a>, R-Jerome, will continue to chair the Appropriations Committee (that’s the House part of JFAC<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of all the House Committee assignments<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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