Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)	Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)	Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Leadership on those Senate subcommittees whose jurisdiction includes the federal courts has been set.

Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) remains chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, but with a new ranking minority member, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), who succeeds Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS).

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, succeeding Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is the ranking minority member on the subcommittee, as he was in the 110th Congress. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) once again are chair and ranking minority member of the full Judiciary Committee.