Senate GOP names first female members to Judiciary panel
By Jordain Carney - 01/03/19 06:17 PM EST
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are set to become the first female Republican senators to serve on the Judiciary Committee.
Blackburn, who is succeeding Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and Ernst are being named to the high-profile panel, according to a roster released by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday. The committee assignments are expected to be approved by the full Senate next week.
They will be the only — and first — female senators of Republicans' 12 members to serve on the committee. Democrats have four female senators on the committee, including ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Blackburn was viewed as a likely choice to join the committee. Republicans have eight female senators at the start of the 116th Congress and five indicated last year that they were not interested in joining the committee. Ernst is also joining the Senate GOP leadership team this year.
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