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

Richard Shelby, current chairman of the committee

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 .

republican Surname Country Richard Shelby , Chairman Alabama Mitch McConnell Kentucky Lamar Alexander Tennessee Susan Collins Maine Lisa Murkowski Alaska Lindsey Graham South carolina Roy Blunt Missouri Jerry Moran Kansas John Hoeven North Dakota John Boozman Arkansas Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia James Lankford Oklahoma Steve Daines Montana John Kennedy Louisiana Marco Rubio Florida Cindy Hyde-Smith Mississippi

Democrats Surname Country Patrick Leahy , Ranking Member Vermont Patty Murray Washington Dianne Feinstein California Dick Durbin Illinois Jack Reed Rhode Island Jon Tester Montana Tom Udall New Mexico Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire Jeff Merkley Oregon Chris Coons Delaware Brian darling Hawaii Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin Chris Murphy Connecticut Joe Manchin West Virginia Chris Van Hollen Maryland

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

Lot M. Morrill, first committee chair

Ted Stevens, three-time chairman of the committee

Surname		Political party	Country	Term of office
	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

Individual evidence

Web links

• US Senate Committee on Appropriations Official Website
• History of the Committee