United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service. The committee's name was formerly the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, prior to homeland security being added to its responsibilities.

Contents

1 History

1.1 1996 campaign finance scandal

2 Members,

2.1 Republicans
2.2 Democrats

3 Subcommittees
4 Chairmen

4.1 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952
4.2 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977
4.3 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
4.4 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

5 External links
6 See also

History

1996 campaign finance scandal

The Government Affairs Committee opened public hearings on the 1996 campaign finance scandal on July 8, 1997. The chairman of the committee was then Senator Fred Thompson a Republican from Tennessee. The ranking minority leader was Senator John Glenn, a Democrat from Ohio. The committee issued its final report entitled Investigation of Illegal or Improper Activities in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns on March 10, 1998. A PDF file of the report can be found [here].

Members, The Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the Ranking Minority Member is Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

Republicans

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	Senator	State \|- \|bgcolor=\|	Susan M. Collins, Chairman	Maine
Ted Stevens	Alaska
George Voinovich	Ohio \|- \|bgcolor=\|	Tom Coburn	Oklahoma
Lincoln Chafee	Rhode Island
Robert F. Bennett	Utah
Norm Coleman	Minnesota
Pete Domenici	New Mexico
John Warner	Virginia

Democrats

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	Senator	State \|- \|bgcolor=\|	Joseph I. Lieberman, Ranking Minority Member	Connecticut
Carl Levin	Michigan
Daniel Akaka	Hawaii
Thomas R. Carper	Delaware
Mark Dayton	Minnesota
Frank Lautenberg	New Jersey
Mark Pryor	Arkansas

Subcommittees

Chairmen

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952

Medill McCormick (R-Ill.) 1921-1925
David A. Reed (R-Pa.) 1925-1927
Frederic M. Sackett (R-Ky.) 1927-1930
Guy D. Goff (R-W.Va.) 1930-1931
Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore.) 1931-1933
J. Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill.) 1933-1939
Frederick Van Nuys (D-Ind.) 1939-1942
Lister Hill (D-Ala.) 1942-1947
George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) 1947-1949
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1949-1952

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977

John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1952-1953
Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) 1953-1955
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1955-1972
Samuel J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.) 1972-1974
Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1974-1977

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1977-1981
William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1981-1987
John H. Glenn Jr. (D-Ohio) 1987-1995
William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1995
Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 1995-1997
Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 1997-2001
Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001
Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 2001
Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001-2003
Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2003-2005

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2005-

External links

[Official Committee Website]

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