WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., will begin the next Congress as the No. 3 Republican in the Senate. Senate Republicans on Wednesday selected Cotton as their next conference chair when the 119th Congress starts its legislative work in January.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is set to become the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during President-elect Donald Trump ’s second term.

(Reuters) - Tom Cotton is set to be the chair of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee, Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday.

Though Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) outrank Cotton in seniority on the Intelligence Committee, they are expected to let him leapfrog them to assume the chairmanship, senior Senate GOP sources confirmed.

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has won the Senate GOP conference chair position, defeating Senator Joni Ernst on Wednesday, Nov. 13.Cotton will step in, replacing

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) earned the Senate GOP conference chair position Wednesday, defeating Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for the coveted spot.  Cotton defeated the Iowa Republican in what was the

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, lost her bid Wednesday to lead the Senate as Republican Conference chair, falling to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. This means she won’t hold a role in Senate leadership. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Ernst ...