Is it true that Congressional committee heads last 6 years?

[postulater]

If so then does anyone know when Sensenbrenner's term as Judiciary committee head is up?

If his term as head of the Judiciary committee is up after 2005 then who would be the likely Republican replacement if they are to retain the majority?

It seems like we should be targeting that heir to the throne, no?

[Tamyrlin79]

1. They last that long, assuming the person is re-elected

Then, I think they term limit them to six years.

Targeting the Judiciary "heir" though achieves nothing, if his replacement would be even worse than he is. The thing is to target Sensenbrenner for sucking so bad and get him kicked out of congress and convert that district to a Dem congressman. Then, any successor will be a little more cautious about pulling such crap start out with.

[postulater]

2. Right, I know we need to get Sensenbrenner out

I just want to make sure we know who to expect them to replace him with.