United States Senate Committee on the Budget
The United States Senate Committee on the Budget is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate. It was created in 1974.[1]
Leadership
119th Congress
The committee chairman in the 119th Congress is Lindsey Graham (R).
118th Congress
The committee chairman in the 118th Congress was Sheldon Whitehouse (D).
117th Congress
The committee chairman in the 117th Congress was Bernie Sanders (I).
116th Congress
The committee chairman in the 116th Congress was Mike Enzi (R).
115th Congress
The committee chairman in the 115th Congress was Mike Enzi (R).
114th Congress
The committee chairman in the 114th Congress was Mike Enzi (R).
113th Congress
The committee chairwoman in the 113th Congress was Patty Murray (D).[2]
112th Congress
The committee chairman in the 112th Congress was Jeff Sessions (D).
Membership
2025-2026 (119th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (11) |
2023-2024 (118th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (10) |
2021-2022 (117th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (11) |
2019-2020 (116th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (9) |
Mike Enzi (R, Chairman) left this committee in 2020.
David Perdue (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.
2017-2018 (115th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2017-2018 |
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (9) |
Mike Enzi (R, Chairman) left this committee in 2018.
Cory Gardner (R) left this committee in 2018.
David Perdue (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.
2015-2016 (114th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2015-2016 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (10) |
Mike Enzi (R, Chairman) left this committee in 2016.
David Perdue (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.
2013-2014 (113th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2013-2014 |
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (9) |
Mike Enzi (R) left this committee in 2014.
2011-2012 (112th Congress)
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Senate Committee on the Budget, 2011-2012 |
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (10) |
Mike Enzi (R) left this committee in 2012.
Nominations for director of the Office of Management and Budget
The following nominations were made in the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations.[3]
| Confirmation process for nominees for director of the Office of Management and Budget | |||||
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| Nominee | Announced | Hearings | Received | Status | Vote |
| Russell Vought | November 22, 2024 | January 15, 2025; January 22, 2025 | January 20, 2025 | Confirmed on February 6, 2025 | 53-47 |
| Shalanda Young | November 24, 2021 | February 1, 2022; February 1, 2022 | December 2, 2021 | Confirmed on March 15, 2022 | 61-36 |
| Neera Tanden | November 30, 2020 | February 9, 2021; February 10, 2021 | January 20, 2021 | Withdrew on March 2, 2021 | N/A |
| Russell Vought | March 18, 2020 | June 2, 2020; June 3, 2020 | May 4, 2020 | Confirmed on July 20, 2020 | 51-45 |
| Mick Mulvaney | December 16, 2016 | January 24, 2017 | January 30, 2017 | Confirmed on February 16, 2017 | 51-49 |
| Shaun Donovan | May 23, 2014 | June 11, 2014 | June 2, 2014 | Confirmed on July 10, 2014 | 75-22 |
| Sylvia Mathews Burwell | March 4, 2013 | April 9, 2013; April 10, 2013 | March 7, 2013 | Confirmed on April 24, 2013 | 96-0 |
| Jack Lew | July 13, 2010 | September 16, 2010 | August 5, 2010 | Confirmed on November 18, 2010 | Voice Vote |
| Peter Orszag | November 25, 2008 | January 13, 2009; January 14, 2009 | January 20, 2009 | Confirmed on January 20, 2009 | Voice Vote |
Jurisdiction
According to the official Senate website, the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee includes the following:
| “ | The Budget Committee’s principal responsibility is to develop a concurrent resolution on the budget to serve as the framework for congressional action on spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation. Each chamber introduces its own resolution, which, when jointly agreed to by the House and the Senate, becomes the so called “budget resolution.” The adoption of the resolution does not result in a new law of the United States, as the president does not sign the resolution.
Through the budget resolution, the Committee can also initiate and enforce the budget reconciliation process, a piece of legislation that is written to bring about specific identified fiscal goals. A reconciliation bill, if passed and signed by the president, carries with it the full force of law. The Committee also holds hearings on the economy, oversight hearings to monitor the performance of government agencies, and hearings to consider nominations for the president’s Office of Management and Budget.[4][5] |
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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
Footnotes
- ↑ Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad, Chairman, "About the Committee"
- ↑ United States Senate Democrats, "Reid Announces Updated Committee Assignments For 113th Congress," January 4, 2013
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Search: Director of the Office of Management and Budget," accessed November 29, 2021
- ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Budget, "Committee History," accessed April 12, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
