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Joe Manchin gets key Senate Energy job after Bernie Sanders turns it down
this article doesn't mention this, but the reason Sanders turned it down is probably because he plans to run for President.
what i want to know is if Democrats win back the Senate in 2020 can Sanders then decide to chair the committee or does it still go to Manchin ? or maybe Manchin can get something else in exchange for giving that up .
<Democrats tapped Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a supporter of Big Coal and perhaps the Senate's most conservative Democrat, to serve as ranking member on the Senate Energy Committee. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont had turned down the job.>
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/12/coal-loving-joe-manchin-gets-key-senate-energy-job-after-bernie-sanders-turns-it-down/
