United States Senate Committee on the Budget

The United States Senate Committee on the 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]

Senate Budget Committee
Standing committee
Active

United States Senate
116th Congress
History
Formed1974
Leadership
ChairMike Enzi (R)
Since January 3, 2015
Ranking memberBernie Sanders (D)
Since January 3, 2015
Structure
Seats21
Political partiesMajority (11)
Minority (10)
Jurisdiction
Policy areasGovernment spending
House counterpartHouse Budget Committee
Website
budget.senate.gov

    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 bills for specific tax and spending policies.

    Members, 116th Congress
    Main article: 116th United States Congress
    Majority Minority

    Members, 115th Congress
    Majority Minority

    Chairmen, 1974–present
    Chairman 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 6, 2001
    Kent Conrad Democratic North Dakota June 6, 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 2013–2015
    Mike Enzi Republican Wyoming 2015–present

    Notes
    1. Sens. Sanders and King are independents but caucus with the Democrats

    References
    1. Walter Stubbs (1985), Congressional Committees, 1789–1982: A Checklist, Greenwood Press, pp. 16–17
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