Here's my attempt at figuring out the ways + means committee. Grades are from the PPA's thing
here:
Democrats
Sander M. Levin, MI-12 Acting Chairman - ?
Charles B. Rangel, NY-15 - A (He's going through some ethics crap right now. Not sure how relevant that will be.)
Fortney Pete Stark, CA-13 - ?
Jim McDermott, WA-07 - A
John Lewis, GA-05 - B
Richard E. Neal, MA-02 - ?
John S. Tanner, TN-08 - ?
Xavier Becerra, CA-31 - B
Lloyd Doggett, TX-25 - ?
Earl Pomeroy, ND - ?
Mike Thompson, CA-01 - A
John B. Larson, CT-01 - A
Earl Blumenauer, OR-03 - A
Ron Kind, WI-03 - ?
Bill Pascrell Jr., NJ-08 - A
Shelley Berkley, NV-01 - A+
Joseph Crowley, NY-07 - A
Chris Van Hollen, MD-08 - ?
Kendrick Meek, FL-17 - B
Allyson Y. Schwartz, PA-13 - ?
Artur Davis, AL-07 - ?
Danny K. Davis, IL-07 - B
Bob Etheridge, NC-02 - ?
Linda T. Sanchez, CA-39 - A
Brian Higgins, NY-27 - ?
John A. Yarmuth, KY-03 - B
Totals for dems: 1 A+, 8 A's, 5 B's, and 12 unknown out of 26.
Republicans:
Dave Camp, MI-04 Ranking Member - ?
Wally Herger, CA-02 - F
Sam Johnson, TX-03 - ?
Kevin Brady, TX-08 - ?
Paul Ryan, WI-01 - ?
Eric Cantor, VA-07 - ?
John Linder, GA-07 - C
Devin Nunes, CA-21 - ?
Pat Tiberi, OH-12 - ?
Ginny Brown-Waite, FL-05 - D
Geoff Davis, KY-04 - C
Dave G. Reichert, WA-08 - ?
Charles W. Boustany Jr., LA-07 - ?
Dean Heller, NV-02 - A
Peter J. Roskam, IL-06 - D
Totals for Reps- 1 A, 2 C's, 2 D's, 1 F and 9 unknown out of 15.
Totals: 1 A+, 9 A's, 5 B's, 2 C's, 2 D's, 1 F, and 21 unknown.
If we assume that B or better votes for us and C, D, and F vote against us, then we have 15 ayes and 5 nays with 12 unknown dems and 9 unknown reps. If all unknowns voted, we'd only need 6 unknown votes, so seems like we have a really good chance.
Would certainly be nice to know more about the chairman and ranking member, since presumably lots of the unknowns will vote with them.