Senate Republicans and Democrats Friday named members of the standing committees to prepare for the new session.  Here are members of several key committees--

-- Appropriations Committee

Majority: Browne (R-Lehigh), Chair; Ward (R-Westmoreland), Vice-Chair; Argall (R-Schuylkill); Baker (R-Luzerne); Eichelberger (R-Blair); Greenleaf (R-Montgomery); Killion (R-Delaware)-NEW; Langerholc (R-Cambria)-NEW; Martin (R-Lancaster)-NEW; Mensch (R-Lehigh); Scavello (R-Monroe); Vogel (R-Beaver); Vulakovich (R-Allegheny); Wagner (R-York); Yaw (R-Lycoming.

Minority: Hughes (D-Philadelphia), Chair; Schwank (D-Berks), Vice-Chair; Blake (D-Lackawanna); Brewster (D-Allegheny); Haywood (D-Philadelphia)-NEW; Leach (D-Montgomery); Street (D-Philadelphia)-NEW; Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia).

-- Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee

Majority: Vogel (R-Beaver), Chair; Yaw (R-Lycoming), Vice-Chair; Argall (R-Schuylkill); Aument (R-Lancaster); Brooks (R-Mercer); DiSanto (R-Dauphin)-NEW; Regan (R-Cumberland)-NEW.

Minority: Schwank (D-Berks), Chair; Blake (D-Lackawanna)-NEW; Dinniman (D-Chester)-NEW; Street (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.

-- Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee

Majority: Tomlinson (R-Bucks), Chair; Scavello (R-Monroe), Vice-Chair; Baker (R-Luzerne); Bartolotta (R-Fayette); Gordner (R-Columbia); Greenleaf (R-Montgomery); Killion (R-Delaware); Rafferty (R-Montgomery); Regan (R-Cumberland)-NEW

Minority: Boscola (D-Lehigh), Chair; Farnese (D-Philadelphia); Fontana (D-Allegheny)-NEW; Haywood (D-Philadelphia); Yudichak (D-Luzerne).

-- Environmental Resources & Energy Committee

Majority: Yaw (R-Lycoming), Chair; Bartolotta (R-Fayette), Vice Chair; Hutchinson (R-Venango); Martin (R-Lancaster)-NEW; Vogel (R-Beaver); Ward (R-Westmoreland); White (R-Indiana).

Minority: Yudichak (D-Luzerne), Chair; Leach (D-Montgomery); Dinniman (D-Chester); Williams (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.

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[Posted: Jan. 20, 2017]

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