When the 110th Congress commences in January 2007, the leadership of both
the U. S. House of Representatives and the Senate will swing to the
Democrats, and it is widely anticipated that among their top priorities
are a number of legislative initiatives affecting employers and employees.
These initiatives likely will be spearheaded by the new Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi; by Senator Edward Kennedy as Chairman of the Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; by Representative George
Miller as head of the House Education and Workforce Committee; by
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee as head of the House Immigration
Subcommittee; and by Representative John Conyers as head of the House
Judiciary Committee, among others.
