- Joined
- Mar 11, 2006
- Messages
- 96,105
- Reaction score
- 33,448
- Location
- SE Virginia
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
Johnson Senate Exit Puts Control, Bank Chairman in Play - Bloomberg
I think this going to be a key factor in killing any gun control in the Senate. We'll see.Johnson, 66, the Senate banking committee chairman, is the second Democrat from a state won by Republican nominee Mitt Romney last year to say he won’t seek re-election in 2014. His announcement yesterday means that in Republican-leaning states, his party must defend those two open seats and support five incumbents running for re-election.
“I will be 68 years old at the end of this term, and it is time for me to say goodbye,” Johnson said at a news conference in his home state of South Dakota.
His announcement sets up a possible fight over who would head the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee -- which oversees financial regulation legislation -- in the 2015- 16 congressional session.