The Senate Democrats released the lineup of ranking members for the newly reworked Senate Appropriations subcommittees. The actual changes are fairly minor, as the altered subcommittees only affected one ranking member.

Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) will now become the new ranking member of the CJS subcommittee. Her old panel, the VA/HUD subcommittee, has been removed under the new scheme. Given that the former head of the CJS panel had retired, (Senator Fritz Hollings (South Carolina), Mikulski's move won't affect any other Dems.

With that, here's the current roster of ranking members for the 109th Congress:

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin)

Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)

Defense

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)

District of Columbia

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana)

Energy and Water

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada)

Homeland Security

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)

Interior and Related Agencies

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota)

Interior and Related Agencies

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota)

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

Legislative Branch

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois)

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-California)

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)

Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington)