Senate Democrats officially have their committee assignments for next year- which means we know who will be able to move bills forward or hold them back.

However, most of those jobs won't with any extra pay as long as the pay commission's recommendations go into effect.

So what other changes will we see in January?

The insider panel is here, they are State Capitol veterans who join us each week to break down the biggest news stories.

John McArdle was the longtime spokesperson for the Senate Republicans, he's now at Capitol Communications.

And Morgan Hook, who worked for then-governor David Paterson and is now at SKD Knickerbocker.