Senate committee shakeup complete, stage set for Rules Committee drama

New chairs have been chosen, seats filled, and a new venue is expected to host the debate over the ISG's rights and privileges.

Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, left, will be the new chair of the Senate Rules Committee, which is expected to make decisions about what changes to the rules of the Senate, if any, will be made to accommodate the growing Independent Senators group, led by facilitator Yuen Pau Woo, right, who will also sit on the Rules Committee from now on. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA, PETER MAZEREEUW

November 27, 2017

The Senate Rules Committee could be one to watch between now and the next election as the venue where the Independent Senators Group, Conservatives, and Senate Liberals will likely negotiate over permanent changes—or not—to the Senate rules.

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