United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate responsible for providing funding. The committee is responsible for all non-statutory expenses.
With 30 members, the committee is not only the largest number of members in the Senate, but also one of the most powerful, since all government expenditures have to be constitutionally approved by a law for which the committee is responsible. It has existed since 1867, when this area of legislative work was separated from the Finance Committee .
The chairman in particular has a great deal of power that he can use both to provide advantages for his own state and to do or receive favors for other senators who want to promote their own projects. For example, while Ted Stevens of Alaska served as chairman of the committee for six years, the state received $ 12,000 in public funding per inhabitant, double the national average.
Members of the 115th Congress
The committee chairman has been Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama since April 10, 2018 . He succeeded his fellow party member Thad Cochran from Mississippi , who retired from the Senate on April 1, 2018. Ranking minority member is the Democrat Patrick Leahy from Vermont .
Subcommittees
The structure of the sub-committees is largely parallel to that of all Senate committees:
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: John Hoeven
- Ranking Member: Jeff Merkley
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: Jerry Moran
- Ranking Member: Jeanne Shaheen
- Defense
- Chairman: Richard Shelby
- Ranking Member: Dick Durbin
- Energy and Water Development
- Chairman: Lamar Alexander
- Ranking Member: Dianne Feinstein
- Financial Services and General Government
- Chairman: James Lankford
- Ranking Member: Chris Coons
- Homeland Security
- Chairman: Shelley Moore Capito
- Ranking Member: Jon Tester
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: Lisa Murkowski
- Ranking Member: Tom Udall
- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: Roy Blunt
- Ranking Member: Patty Murray
- Legislative Branch
- Chairman: Steve Daines
- Ranking Member: Chris Murphy
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: John Boozman
- Ranking Member: Brian Schatz
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Chairman: Lindsey Graham
- Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Chairman: Susan Collins
- Ranking Member: Jack Reed
Former Chair
Surname | Political party | Country | Term of office | |
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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 | democrat | West Virginia | 1879-1881 | |
William B. Allison | republican | Iowa | 1881-1893 | |
Francis Cockrell | democrat | Missouri | 1893-1895 | |
William B. Allison | republican | Iowa | 1895-1908 | |
Eugene Hale | republican | Maine | 1908-1911 | |
Francis E. Warren | republican | Wyoming | 1911-1913 | |
Thomas S. Martin | democrat | Virginia | 1913-1919 | |
Francis E. Warren | republican | Wyoming | 1919-1929 | |
Wesley L. Jones | republican | Washington | 1929-1932 | |
Frederick Hale | republican | Maine | 1932-1933 | |
Carter Glass | democrat | Virginia | 1933-1946 | |
Kenneth McKellar | democrat | Tennessee | 1946-1947 | |
Styles Bridges | republican | New Hampshire | 1947-1949 | |
Kenneth McKellar | democrat | Tennessee | 1949-1953 | |
Styles Bridges | republican | New Hampshire | 1953-1955 | |
Carl Hayden | democrat | Arizona | 1955-1969 | |
Richard B. Russell Jr. | democrat | Georgia | 1969-1971 | |
Allen J. Ellender | democrat | Louisiana | 1971-1972 | |
John Little McClellan | democrat | Arkansas | 1972-1977 | |
Warren G. Magnuson | democrat | Washington | 1977-1981 | |
Mark Hatfield | republican | Oregon | 1981-1987 | |
John C. Stennis | democrat | Mississippi | 1987-1989 | |
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 1989-1995 | |
Mark Hatfield | republican | Oregon | 1995-1997 | |
Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 1997-2001 | |
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 2001 | |
Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 2001 | |
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 2001-2003 | |
Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 2003-2005 | |
Thad Cochran | republican | Mississippi | 2005-2007 | |
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 2007-2009 | |
Daniel Inouye | democrat | Hawaii | 2009–2012 | |
Barbara Mikulski | democrat | Maryland | 2012-2015 | |
Thad Cochran | republican | Mississippi | 2015-2018 |
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