Mr. Powers said he was "happy and willing" to take on the board position and committee work because of the importance of Enron to the Texas economy and to Texans.
As a result of the indictment, Ms. Huntley was stripped of her leadership positions and committee rankings.
Legislative leaders still have untrammeled power to bottle up bills and fill leadership positions and committee chairmanships, and they resist routine use of conference committees to work out differences between the two houses.
After her indictment on charges of tampering with physical evidence, falsifying business records and conspiracy to commit those crimes, Ms. Huntley was stripped of her leadership positions and committee rankings in the State Senate.
On Monday, the speaker announced new appointments to the chamber's leadership positions and committee chairmanships, in a shake-up that resulted in greater prominence and influence for black lawmakers than they had ever had before.
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Tonight the crisis was deepening with the democratic forces boycotting the election of other key parliamentary positions and committee chairs, meaning that all senior posts in the chamber could fall into the hands of extremists and nationalists.
The lawmakers, many of whom held leadership positions and committee chairmanships in the House and Senate, changed portions of their portfolios a total of 166 times within two business days of speaking or meeting with the administration officials.
He was later reported to have gone on to say "Now, seriously", and to have praised the contributions of women in science, suggesting that his comments were intended as a joke, and leading some to argue that stripping Hunt of honorary positions and committee memberships had been an overreaction.
There are a number of new positions and committee entities established both within the FBI and the White House, and the membership of both committees includes officials from across the law enforcement, diplomatic, and intelligence communities.
