Reid looks to chop Republican committee seats

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) may follow a model set at the start of the 103rd Congress, when Democrats held a 57-seat Senate majority, to determine how many seats the two major parties get on each Senate Committee. If so, the number of seats Republicans hold on committees may be cut by or as many as two. Democrats will hold at least 57 seats in the next Senate and could as many as 60. During the 103rd Congress, Democrats held a 10 to 9 advantage on the Commerce Committee which might give Republicans an argument to preserve the 11 seats they hold on the Commerce Committee now.