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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Simulation Roles

In our simulation metaverse, Trump is still president but Democrats are in the majority.  If class enrollment remains steady, we will have a 5-5 ratio on Judiciary, but with the chair having two votes.

HELP and Judiciary got the most support, and several of you wisely mentioned the cast of characters as a reason for picking them.  The class is not large enough to include every IRL member, but the roster below seems representative.  You can see the real rosters here:

https://www.help.senate.gov/about/members

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

If you have suggestions for any names below that we could swap out for an actual member, let me know.

Note that Thune and Schumer are not actually on HELP, but we need the party leaders in the simulation.  And both have taken many issue positions on the topics that HELP covers.


Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Democrats

  • Bernie Sanders VT (chair)
  • Patty Murray WA
  • Tammy Baldwin WI
  • Maggie Hassan NH
  • Tim Kaine VA
  • Chuck Schumer NY (added for sim purposes)

Republicans

  • Bill Cassidy LA (ranking)
  • Rand Paul KY
  • Markwayne Mullin OK
  • Tim Scott SC
  • John Thune SD (added for sim purposes)

Judiciary

Democrats

  • Dick Durbin IL (chair)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse RI
  • Amy Klobuchar MN
  • Cory Booker NJ
  • Adam Schiff CA

Republicans

  • Chuck Grassley IA (ranking)
  • Lindsey Graham SC
  • Ted Cruz TX
  • Josh Hawley MO
  • John N. Kennedy LA

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