United States Senate Committee on the Budget

The United States Senate Committee on Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress's annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. The committee has jurisdiction over the Congressional Budget Office. The committee briefly operated as a special committee from 1919 to 1920 during the 66th Congress, before being made a standing committee in 1974.^[1]

Contrasted with other committees 1
Members, 113th Congress 2
Chairmen, 1974–present 3
External links 4
Notes 5

Contrasted with other committees

The Budget Committee is often confused with the Finance Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which have different jurisdictions: The Finance Committee is analogous to the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives; it has legislative jurisdiction in the areas of taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some other entitlements. The Appropriations Committee has legislative jurisdiction over appropriations bills, which provide funding for government programs.

While the budget resolution prepared by the Budget Committee sets out a broad blueprint for the Congress with respect to the total levels of revenues and spending for the government as a whole, these other Committees prepare the legislation that actually enacts specific tax and spending policies.

Members, 113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Patty Murray, Washington Chairwoman Ron Wyden, Oregon Bill Nelson, Florida Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[2] Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Chris Coons, Delaware Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine^[2]	Jeff Sessions, Alabama, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, Iowa Mike Enzi, Wyoming Mike Crapo, Idaho Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Rob Portman, Ohio Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Source:

	Party	State	Years
Edmund S. Muskie	Democratic	Maine	1974–1980
Ernest F. Hollings	Democratic	South Carolina	1980–1981
Pete V. Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	1981–1987
Lawton M. Chiles	Democratic	Florida	1987–1989
James R. Sasser	Democratic	Tennessee	1989–1995
Pete V. Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	1995 – January 3, 2001
Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Pete V. Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	January 20, 2001 – June 21, 2001
Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	June 21, 2001 – 2003
Donald L. Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	2003–2005
Judd A. Gregg	Republican	New Hampshire	2005–2007
Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	2007–2013
Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	2013–Present

External links

Official website
Senate Budget Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

Notes

^ Walter Stubbs (1985), Congressional Committees, 1789–1982: A Checklist, Greenwood Press, pp. 16–17
^ ^a ^b Sanders and King are independents, but caucus with the Democrats.

Current United States congressional committees

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Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

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United States Senate Committee on the Budget