United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate, consisting of 28 members. Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to the expenditure of any money from the Treasury, and is therefore one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.^{[#endnote_charter]} The committee was first organized on March 6, 1867, when power over appropriations was taken out of the hands of the Finance Committee.^{[#endnote_history]}

The chairman of the Appropriations Committee has enormous power to bring home special projects (sometimes referred to as "pork barrel spending") for his or her state as well as having the final say on other Senator's appropriation requests.^{[#endnote_pork]} For example, in fiscal year 2005 per capita federal spending in Alaska, the home state of then-Chairman Ted Stevens, is $12,000, double the national average. Alaska has 11,772 special earmarked projects for a combined cost of $15,780,623,000. This represents about 4 % of the overall spending in the $388 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 passed by Congress.^{[#endnote_12k]}

Contents

1 Members,
2 Subcommittees
3 Chairmen of the Appropriations Committee, 1867-present
4 References
5 External link

Members, The Committee is currently chaired by Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and the Ranking Minority Member is Democrat Robert Byrd, of West Virginia.

Republicans
Member State |- |bgcolor=| Thad Cochran, Chairman Mississippi |- |bgcolor=| Ted Stevens Alaska |- |bgcolor=| Arlen Specter Pennsylvania |- |bgcolor=| Pete Domenici New Mexico |- |bgcolor=| Kit Bond Missouri |- |bgcolor=| Mitch McConnell Kentucky |- |bgcolor=| Conrad Burns Montana |- |bgcolor=| Richard Shelby Alabama |- |bgcolor=| Judd Gregg New Hampshire |- |bgcolor=| Robert Bennett Utah |- |bgcolor=| Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas |- |bgcolor=| Mike DeWine Ohio |- |bgcolor=| Sam Brownback Kansas |- |bgcolor=| Wayne Allard Colorado |- |bgcolor=| Larry Craig Idaho

Democrats
Member State |- |bgcolor=| Robert Byrd, Ranking Member West Virginia |- |bgcolor=| Daniel Inouye Hawaii |- |bgcolor=| Patrick Leahy Vermont |- |bgcolor=| Tom Harkin Iowa |- |bgcolor=| Barbara Mikulski Maryland |- |bgcolor=| Harry Reid Nevada |- |bgcolor=| Herb Kohl Wisconsin |- |bgcolor=| Patty Murray Washington |- |bgcolor=| Byron Dorgan North Dakota |- |bgcolor=| Dianne Feinstein California |- |bgcolor=| Richard Durbin Illinois |- |bgcolor=| Tim Johnson South Dakota |- |bgcolor=| Mary Landrieu Louisiana

Subcommittees

It has the following subcommittees^{[#endnote_sub]}:

U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
*Chairman: Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah
*Ranking Member: Herbert Kohl, D-Wisconsin
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science
*Chairman: Richard C. Shelby, R-Alabama
*Ranking Member: Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
*Chairman: Theodore F. Stevens, R-Alaska
*Ranking Member: Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia
*Chairman: Samuel D. Brownback, R-Kansas
*Ranking Member: Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water
*Chairman: Peter V. Domenici, R-New Mexico
*Ranking Member: Harry Reid, D-Nevada
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security
*Chairman: Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire
*Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd, D-West Virginia
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
*Chairman: Conrad Burns, R-Montana
*Ranking Member: Byron L. Dorgan, D-North Dakota
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
*Chairman: Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania
*Ranking Member: Thomas A. Harkin, D-Iowa
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
*Chairman: Wayne Allard, R-Colorado
*Ranking Member: Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
*Chairman: Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas
*Ranking Member: Dianne G. B. Feinstein, D-California
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
*Chairman: A. Mitchell McConnell Jr., R-Kentucky
*Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
*Chairman: Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Missouri
*Ranking Member: Patty Murray, D-Washington

Chairmen of the Appropriations Committee, 1867-present

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	Name	Party	State	Years
Lot M. Morrill	Republican	Maine	1867–1869
William P. Fessenden	Republican	Maine	1869
Lot M. Morrill	Republican	Maine	1869–1871
Cornelius Cole	Republican	California	1871–1873
Lot M. Morrill	Republican	Maine	1873–1876
William Windom	Republican	Minnesota	1876–1879
Henry G. Davis	Democratic	West Virginia	1879–1881
William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	1881–1893
Francis M. Cockrell	Democratic	Missouri	1893–1895
William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	1895–1908
Eugene Hale	Republican	Maine	1908–1911
Francis E. Warren	Republican	Wyoming	1913–1919
Thomas S. Martin	Democratic	Virginia	1913–1919
Francis E. Warren	Republican	Wyoming	1919–1929
Wesley L. Jones	Republican	Washington	1929–1932
William Windom	Republican	Minnesota	1876–1879
Frederick Hale	Republican	Maine	1932–1933
Carter Glass	Democratic	Virginia	1933–1946
Kenneth D. McKellar	Democratic	Tennessee	1946–1947
Styles Bridges	Republican	New Hampshire	1947–1949
Kenneth D. McKellar	Democratic	Tennessee	1949–1953
Styles Bridges	Republican	New Hampshire	1953–1955
Carl T. Hayden	Democratic	Arizona	1955–1969
Richard B. Russell Jr.	Democratic	Georgia	1969–1971
Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	Louisiana	1971–1972
John L. McClellan	Democratic	Arkansas	1972–1977
Warren G. Magnuson	Democratic	Washington	1977–1981
Mark O. Hatfield	Republican	Oregon	1981–1987
John C. Stennis	Democratic	Mississippi	1987–1989
Robert C. Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	1989–1995
Mark O. Hatfield	Republican	Oregon	1995–1997
Theodore F. Stevens	Republican	Alaska	1997–2001
Robert C. Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	2001
Theodore F. Stevens	Republican	Alaska	2001
Robert C. Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	2001–2003
Theodore F. Stevens	Republican	Alaska	2003–2005
W. Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	2005–present

References

External link

[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Official Website]

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