I agree; it's scary to have those two words together - Chairman Conyers. He needs to be sent back to Michigan in forced retirement...
My list of probable Dem Chairs:
•Speaker of the House – Nancy Pelosi, CA
•House Majority Leader – Jack Murtha, PA
•Agriculture – Collin C Peterson, NM
•Appropriations – David Obey, WI
•Armed Services – Ike Skelton, MO
•Budget – John Spratt, SC
•Education and the Workforce – Geo Miller, CA
•Energy and Commerce – John Dingell, MI
•Financial Services – Barney Frank, MA
•Government Reform – Henry Waxman, CA
•Homeland Security – Bennie G Thompson, MS
•House Administration – Junanita Millender-McDonald, CA
•International Relations – Tom Lantos, CA (San Francisco)
•Judiciary – John Conyers, MI
•Resources – Nick Rahall, WV
•Rules – Louise Slaughter, NY
•Science – Bart Bordon, TN
•Small Business – Nydia M Velazquez
•Standards of Official Conduct – Howard L Berman, CA
•Transportation and Infrastructure – James L Oberstar, MN
•Veterans' Affairs – Lane Evans, IL
•Ways and Means – Charles Rangel, NY
•Economic Committee – Jack Reed, RI
•Intelligence - Jane Harman, CA -or- Alcee Hastings, FL