Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES SENATE 1867-2008

248 Pages·2008·1.88 MB·English

110th Congress, 2d Session Document No. 14
Committee on Appropriations
UNITED STATES SENATE
1867–2008
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON:2008

‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury,
but in Consequence of Appropriations made by
Law; and a regular Statement and Account of
the Receipts and Expenditures of all public
Money shall be published from time to time.
Constitution of the United States—Article I, Section 9
‘‘This power over the purse may, in fact, be
regarded as the most complete and effectual
weapon with which any constitution can arm
the immediate representatives of the people, for
obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for
carrying into effect every just and salutary meas-
ure.’’
James Madison, Federalist 58
‘‘The legislative control of the purse is the
central pillar—the central pillar—upon which
the constitutional temple of checks and balances
and separation of powers rests, and if that pillar
is shaken, the temple will fall. It is . . . central
to the fundamental liberty of the American peo-
ple.’’
Senator Robert C. Byrd, Chairman
Senate Appropriations Committee

United States Senate
Committee on Appropriations
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi, Ranking
Chairman
TED STEVENS, Alaska
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
TOM HARKIN, Iowa CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri
BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama
PATTY MURRAY, Washington JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire
BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California LARRY CRAIG, Idaho
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado
JACK REED, Rhode Island LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee
FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey
BEN NELSON, Nebraska
CHARLES KIEFFER, Staff Director
BRUCE EVANS, Minority Staff Director
BLAKE THOMPSON, Minority Deputy Staff Director
V

Subcommittee Membership, One Hundred Tenth
Congress
Senator Byrd, as chairman of the Committee, and Senator Cochran, as ranking
minority member of the Committee, are ex officio members of all subcommit-
tees of which they are not regular members.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVEL- FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
OPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION, AND RE-
Senators Durbin,1 Murray, Landrieu,
LATED AGENCIES
Lautenberg, Nelson, Brownback,2
Senators Kohl,1 Harkin, Dorgan, Bond, Shelby, Allard. (5–4)
Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, Nelson,
Reed, Bennett,2 Cochran, Specter,
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
Bond, McConnell, Craig, Brownback.
SECURITY
(8–7)
Senators Byrd,1 Inouye, Leahy, Mi-
kulski, Kohl, Murray, Landrieu, Lau-
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE,
tenberg, Nelson, Cochran,2Gregg, Ste-
AND RELATED AGENCIES
vens, Specter, Domenici, Shelby, Craig,
Senators Mikulski,1 Inouye, Leahy, Alexander. (9–8)
Kohl, Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein,
Reed, Lautenberg, Shelby,2Gregg, Ste-
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
vens, Domenici, McConnell,
RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND
Hutchison, Brownback, Alexander. (9–
RELATED AGENCIES
8)
Senators Feinstein,1 Byrd, Leahy,
Dorgan, Mikulski, Kohl, Johnson,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Reed, Nelson, Allard,2 Craig, Stevens,
Senators Inouye,1 Byrd, Leahy, Har- Cochran, Domenici, Bennett, Gregg,
kin, Dorgan, Durbin, Feinstein, Mi- Alexander. (9–8)
kulski, Kohl, Murray, Stevens,2 Coch-
ran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McCon-
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,
nell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison. (10–9)
HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, AND EDU-
ENERGY AND WATER CATION, AND RELATED
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
Senators Dorgan,1 Byrd, Murray, Senators Harkin,1 Inouye, Kohl,
Feinstein, Johnson, Landrieu, Inouye, Murray, Landrieu, Durbin, Reed, Lau-
Reed, Lautenberg, Domenici,2 Coch- tenberg, Specter,2 Cochran, Gregg,
ran, McConnell, Bennett, Craig, Bond, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, Shelby. (8–
Hutchison, Allard. (9–8) 7)
1Subcommittee chairman.
2Ranking minority member.
VII
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Senators Landrieu,1 Durbin, Nelson,
Alexander,2Allard. (3–2) Senators Leahy,1 Inouye, Harkin,
Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, Landrieu,
Reed, Gregg,2 McConnell, Specter,
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND
Bennett, Bond, Brownback, Alexander.
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND
(8–7)
RELATED AGENCIES
Senators Johnson,1Inouye, Landrieu, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUS-
Byrd, Murray, Reed, Nelson, ING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
Hutchison,2 Craig, Brownback, Allard, MENT, AND RELATED
McConnell, Bennett. (7–6) AGENCIES
Senators Murray,1 Byrd, Mikulski,
Kohl, Durbin, Dorgan, Leahy, Harkin,
Feinstein, Johnson, Lautenberg, Bond,2
Shelby, Specter, Bennett, Hutchison,
Brownback, Stevens, Domenici, Alex-
ander, Allard. (11–10)
VIII
Contents
Page
Committee membership, One hundred tenth Congress ..................... V
Subcommittee membership, One hundred tenth Congress ................ VII
Introduction ....................................................................................... XI
A History of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Ap-
propriations Process in the Senate .................................................. 1
The Budget Cycle .............................................................................. 25
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Appropriations ...................... 31
Biographies of Committee Chairmen ................................................. 33
Membership of the Committee:
By Congress and Session ............................................................ 87
By Subcommittee Memberships ................................................. 131
By State and Term of Service ..................................................... 203
Alphabetical Listing of Members of the Committee .................. 213
The Committee Rooms ...................................................................... 221
Staff Directors to the Committee ....................................................... 225
Standing Rules of the Senate Relating to Appropriations .................. 227
IX
S. Res. 438
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
January 30, 2008.
Resolved, That there be printed with illustrations as a Senate
document a compilation of materials entitled ‘‘Committee on Ap-
propriations, United States Senate, 1867–2008’’, and that there be
printed one thousand five hundred additional copies of such docu-
ment for the use of the Committee on Appropriations.
Attest:
NANCY ERICKSON, Secretary.
X