United States Senate Committee on Budget
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Leadership
113th Congress
Patty Murray (D) was appointed committee chair in the 113th Congress.[2]
112th Congress
The committee chair in the 112th Congress is Jeff Sessions (D).
Membership
2013-2014 (113th Congress)
| Committee on Budget Members, 2013-2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Patty Murray (Washington) Chair | • Jeff Sessions (Alabama) Ranking member | |||
| • Ron Wyden (Oregon) | • Charles Grassley (Iowa) | |||
| • Bill Nelson (Florida) | • Michael B. Enzi (Wyoming) | |||
| • Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) | • Michael Crapo (Idaho) | |||
| • Bernie Sanders (Vermont) | • Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) | |||
| • Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) | • Rob Portman (Ohio) | |||
| • Mark Warner (Virginia) | • Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania) | |||
| • Jeff Merkley (Oregon) | • Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) | |||
| • Chris Coons (Delaware) | • Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire) | |||
| • Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) | • Roger Wicker (Mississippi) | |||
| • Tim Kaine (Virginia) | ||||
| • Angus King (Maine) | ||||
| Bernie Sanders and Angus King are Independents but caucus with Democrats, hence they have been counted in that column. | ||||
2011-2012 (112th Congress)
| Committee on Budget Members, 2011-2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (11) | |||
| • Kent Conrad (North Dakota) Chair | • Jeff Sessions (Alabama) Ranking member | |||
| • Patty Murray (Washington) | • Charles Grassley (Iowa) | |||
| • Ron Wyden (Oregon) | • Mike Enzi (Wyoming) | |||
| • Bill Nelson (Florida) | • Mike Crapo (Idaho) | |||
| • Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) | • John Cornyn (Texas) | |||
| • Benjamin L. Cardin (Maryland) | • Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) | |||
| • Bernie Sanders (Vermont) | • John Thune (South Dakota) | |||
| • Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) | • Rob Portman (Ohio) | |||
| • Mark Warner (Virginia) | • Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania) | |||
| • Jeff Merkley (Oregon) | • Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) | |||
| • Mark Begich (Alaska) | • Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire) | |||
| • Chris Coons (Delaware) | ||||
| Bernie Sanders is an Independent but caucuses with Democrats, hence he has been counted in that column. | ||||
Jurisdiction
According to the official Senate website, the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee includes the following:
- drafts Congress' annual budget plan and monitors action on the budget for the Federal Government.
- the operation of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Contact
624 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-0642
Fax: (202) 228-2007
See also
External links
- Official Senate Page
- Committee Minority Senate Page
- Official Committee Facebook Page
- Official Committee Twitter Account
- Committee Minority Twitter Account
- Official Committee Youtube Channel
- Committee Minority Youtube Channel
- Committee profile on Congress Merge
- Committee profile on Govtrack
- Committee profile on Legistorm