Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Dec. 20 released the list of names of Republican senators who will be assigned to committees in the forthcoming Congress. A news release from Thune’s office said the assignments “have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next Congress,” which is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has eight committee assignments, leading all Republican senators. Many of the senators have about three to five assignments each, although Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) each have six, while Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has seven….