He had previously given up his powerful chairmanships.

Harris won a full term to the Senate in 2000, facing minimal opposition, and served as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of the more powerful chairmanships in the legislature.

It is, however, one thing to have a Jesse Helms in the Senate, quite another to give him a powerful chairmanship.

In 1975 he assumed the powerful chairmanship of the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees military policies, after junior lawmakers rebelled against Representative F. Edward Hebert, a Louisiana Democrat whom they described as autocratic, and they selected Mr. Price.

Delegation members also have two powerful chairmanships in the Senate: one on the Labor Committee and the other on the Civil Service and Pension Committee.

He soon headed the Senate Finance Committee, the most powerful chairmanship in Austin.

A Liberal's Liberal For Mr. Thompson, the conviction was a plunge from long years of legislative accomplishment in which "Thompy" had gained ready re-election, elevation in 1976 to the powerful chairmanship of the House Administration Committee and a reputation as a liberal's liberal.

Noting that Senator Marchi holds the powerful chairmanship of the State Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Molinari said, "If I had that position, Staten Island would not have a lot of the problems it has."

In the 3rd General Assembly, he held the powerful chairmanship of the state senate's Finance, Ways and Means committee.

Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin filled two powerful chairmanships today, appointing Assemblyman Albert Vann to head the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee and Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky to be chairman of the Environmental Protection Committee.