Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has again been selected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to chair the Senate’s Committee on Committees, meaning he’ll lead negotiations about which senators get which committee assignments. This is the seventh consecutive two-year congressional term that Crapo’s been tapped for this role.

"Mike is a trusted advisor and has the respect of his colleagues,” McConnell said in a news release. “He has a proven track record and the entire Republican conference is honored to have him once again leading our negotiations on committee assignments.”

 Though it’s called a committee, the panel only had one member until the last session of Congress, when Crapo was assigned an assistant, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. Scott has again been tapped as Crapo’s assistant this year/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.