Wyden May Move to Finance Committee Following Baucus Retirement, Analysts Say

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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) may opt to leave his position as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to take the helm of the Senate Finance Committee after Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) retires, analysts told BNA April 23. Baucus announced April 23 that he will not seek reelection in 2014. With Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) planning to retire in 2014 as well, Wyden is next in line to chair the Finance Committee in 2015 if Democrats retain control of the upper chamber, a position that would be a "tough assignment to turn down," Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Republicans on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told BNA.