Unreferenced date August 2007 The UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Disarmament was a committee organized in the U.S. Senate . It has since been disbanded. USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Disarmament Category Arms control US Congress stub ... more details
The SenateCommittee on Pacific Railroads is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . It was first established as a Select or special committeeUnitedStates select committee in 1889 and became a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee on March 15, 1893. The committee is not to be confused with the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on the Pacific Railroad Committee on the Pacific Railroad , which existed from 1861 1873. The committee was appointed following an investigation into the finances of the Union Pacific Railroad , which was heavily indebted to the UnitedStates Government . ref http www.archives.gov legislative guide senate chapter 07 pacific railroads 1889 1921.html Center for Legislative Archives Guide to Senate Records Chapter 7 Pacific Railroads , National Archives and Records Administration ref The committee was terminated on April 18, 1921. Chairmen 1863 1921 1893 1895 Calvin S. Brice , D Ohio 1895 1900 John H. Gear , R Iowa 1901 1905 Jonathan Dolliver , R Iowa 1905 1907 Russell A. Alger , R Michigan 1907 1911 Elmer J. Burkett , R Nebraska 1911 1913 Robert L. Owen , D Oklahoma 1913 1919 Frank B. Brandegee , R Connecticut 1919 1921 Charles S. Thomas , D Colorado reflist Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Pacific Railroads Category 1889 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments Category Rail transportation in the UnitedStates US Congress stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Founded June 2, 1890 as a Select or special committeeUnitedStates Select Committee , the Committee to Establish a University of the UnitedStates was an initiative of the UnitedStatesSenate which became a Standing Committee US Standing Committee on March 19, 1896. During this time there was also a National University Committee outside of the Senate. On 1897 the committee tried to pass a bill to create a University of the UnitedStates , and three years later it presented a bill to allow the Smithsonian Institution to give out academic degree degree s. Neither bill was successful. The committee was disbanded in 1921 as part of a housecleaning that got rid of several largely inactive or defunct committees which still officially existed. Chairmen of the Select Committee George F. Edmunds 1890 1891 Redfield Proctor 1891 1893 Eppa Hunton 1893 1895 James H. Kyle James Kyle 1895 1897 Chairmen of the Standing Committee George L. Wellington 1897 1901 William Joseph Deboe 1901 1903 Chester Long 1903 1905 James A. Hemenway 1905 1909 Simon Guggenheim 1909 1911 Joseph F. Johnston 1911 1913 William Paul Dillingham 1913 1919 John Sharp Williams 1919 1921 USCongressCommittees DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee To Establish A University Of The UnitedStates Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Establish a University of the UnitedStates Category 1890 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments Category Smithsonian Institution US hist stub US Congress stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules is a defunct UnitedStates Congressional committee Congressional committee , replaced by the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules and Administration . History The Committee was first created as the UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On 1947 01 02 it was absorbed into the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules and Administration along with four other committees. Chairmen of the SenateCommittee on Rules, 1874 1947 Thomas Ferry R MI 1874 1877 James G. Blaine R ME 1877 1879 John T. Morgan D AL 1879 1881 William P. Frye R ME 1881 1887 Nelson W. Aldrich R RI 1887 1893 Joseph C. S. Blackburn D KY 1893 1895 Nelson W. Aldrich R RI 1895 1899 John C. Spooner R WI 1899 1907 Philander C. Knox R PA 1907 1909 W. Murray Crane R MA 1909 1913 Lee S. Overman D NC 1913 1919 Philander C. Knox R PA 1919 1921 Charles Curtis R KS 1921 1929 George H. Moses R NH 1929 1933 Royal S. Copeland D NY 1933 1936 Matthew M. Neely D WV 1936 1941 Harry F. Byrd D VA 1941 1947 USCongressCommittees DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On Rules Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Rules Category 1867 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1947 disestablishments ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Cuban Relations was formed following the Spanish American War , in 1899. The Committee was terminated, along with many others, in 1921. Chairmen of the SenateCommittee on Cuban Relations, 1899 1921 Orville H. Platt R CT 1899 1905 Henry E. Burnham R NH 1905 1909 George Sutherland R UT 1909 1911 Carroll S. Page R VT 1911 1913 Joseph L. Bristow R KS 1913 1915 Oscar W. Underwood D AL 1916 1919 Hiram W. Johnson R CA 1919 1921 See also Portal Cuba Cuba UnitedStates relations Cuba UnitedStates relations DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On Cuban Relations Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Cuban Relations Category Cuba UnitedStates relations Category 1899 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments ... more details
UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Civil Service is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . The first standing Senatecommittee with jurisdiction over the civil service was the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Civil Service and Retrenchment ... to the committee jurisdiction over the UnitedStates Postal Service postal service . On April 17, 1947, as specified by USBill 80 S. 99 of the 80th UnitedStates Congress , the committee s name was changed from the Committee on Civil Service to the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Post Office and Civil Service . The committee ceased to exist in February 1977, under S. Res. 4 of the 95th UnitedStates Congress 95th Congress when its functions were transferred to the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee ... UnitedStates select or special committee s pertaining to the Civil Service UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee to Investigate the Operation of the Civil Service , 1888 1889 50th UnitedStates Congress 50th Congress UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service , 1875 1921 43rd UnitedStates Congress 43rd 67th UnitedStates Congress 67th Congresses UnitedStates Special Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Civil Service System , 1938 1941 75th UnitedStates Congress 75th 76th UnitedStates Congress 76th Congresses Chairmen of the Committee ... by Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island . On April 18, 1921, the committee was renamed the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Civil Service . The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 retained the Committee ... at the National Archives Record Group 46 Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Civil Service Category 1873 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1977 disestablishments ... service, the UnitedStates Census Bureau Census Bureau and the government s gathering of statistics ... legislative guide senate chapter 15.html pocs Chapter 15. Records of the Committee on Post ... more details
The SenateCommittee on the Pacific Railroad is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . It was first established as a Select or special committeeUnitedStates select committee on July 7, 1861, to examine legislation to authorize construction ... decreased in relevance and in 1873 when it was replaced by the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Railroads Committee on Railroads . ref http www.archives.gov legislative guide senate chapter 07 pacific ... present , UnitedStatesSenate Historical Office , November 2006 reflist DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On The Pacific Railroad Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Pacific ... UnitedStates Congress standing committee on December 22, 1863 ref name Globe Congressional Record ... Transcontinental Railroad first transcontinental railroad in the UnitedStates and to provide federal ... 064 llcg064.db&recNum 147 76 1864 ref during the 38th UnitedStates Congress to oversee matters ... 6, 1864. ref name Globe The committee s first chairman was Jacob Howard , a Republican Party United ... Michigan party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Jacob Collamer Vermont party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Reverdy Johnson Maryland Party shading Union Union Party UnitedStates Union James Harlan senator James Harlan Iowa party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Lyman Trumbull Illinois party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican John Sherman politician John Sherman Ohio party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Edwin D. Morgan New York party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican John Conness California party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican B. Gratz Brown Gratz Brown Missouri Party shading Union Unconditional ... in the UnitedStates Category 1873 disestablishments Category Rail transportation in the United ... more details
The SenateCommittee on Railroads is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . It succeeded the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on the Pacific Railroad Committee on the Pacific Railroad on March 12, 1873. The committee reviewed legislation and matters related to railroad transportation on the UnitedStates. The committee existed until April 8, 1921, when it was abolished due to inactivity. The committee s role waned after the 50th UnitedStates Congress 50th Congress 1887 89 as other Senate committees acquired legislative jurisdiction over railroad matters. The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Interstate Commerce , in particular, focused on regulating railroad rates and assuring safety of railroad passengers and crews. A separate UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Pacific Railroads Committee on Pacific Railroads also operated from 1893 1921, investigating the financial status of the Union Pacific Railroad . ref http www.archives.gov legislative guide senate chapter 07 railroads.html Center for Legislative Archives Guide to Senate Records Chapter 7 Railroads National Archives and Records Administration ref While it no longer formerly exists as a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee , the Senate still conducts oversight over the railroad industry through the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and its Surface Transportation and United Interstate Commerce subcommittees. Chairmen 1873 1921 1873 1875 William Morris Stewart William Stewart R Nevada 1875 1877 J. Rodman West R Louisiana 1877 1879 John H. Mitchell ... Irvine L. Lenroot R Wisconsin References reflist Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Railroads US Congress stub Category 1873 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments Category Rail transportation in the UnitedStates ... more details
of the following committees UnitedStatesSenateCommittee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the SenateCommittee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the SenateUnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Education and Labor Committee on Education and Labor functions were later transferred to UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeUnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Enrolled Bills Committee on Enrolled Bills UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Privileges and Elections Committee on Privileges and Elections Members, 112th UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York , and the Ranking Member is United ... of the UnitedStatesSenate Rules and Administration Category 1867 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established in 1867 de UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules and Administration ...Use mdy dates date February 2011 The SenateCommittee on Rules and Administration also called the Senate Rules Committee is responsible for the rules of the UnitedStatesSenate , administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections. The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart, the UnitedStates House Committee on Rules House Committee on Rules as it does not set the terms .... Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of the UnitedStates Congress Joint Committee on Printing Joint Committee on Printing . History The Committee was first created as the UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On January ... of the Rules Committee WhoRunsGov people Congress Senate Committees Rules and Administration Senate ... more details
The SenateCommittee on Industrial Expositions was a UnitedStates congressional committeecommittee of the UnitedStatesSenate between 1899 and 1921. ref name stubbs cite author Walter Stubbs title Congressional ... committeeUnitedStates select committee , but became a standing committee in 1909. ref name nara07 cite web url http www.archives.gov legislative guide senate table of contents short.html title Guide to the Records of the UnitedStatesSenate at the National Archives, 1789 1989 Bicentennial Edition ... Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate US Congress stub ... legislative guide senate chapter 18 1847 1921.html 43 title Guide to the Records of the UnitedStatesSenate at the National Archives, 1789 1989 Bicentennial Edition last Coren first Robert ... cite author Robert C. Byrd title The Senate 1789 1989 Historical Statistics 1789 1992, Vol. 4 publisher ... http books.google.com books?id 1UZ QgAACAAJ ref History The committee s roots date back to 1885 during the 49th UnitedStates Congress 49th Congress , when the Senate established a select committee to celebrate the centennial of the UnitedStates Constitution and the 400th Anniversary of the discovery of America. ref name canon Beginning with the 52nd UnitedStates Congress 52nd Congress 1891 spaced ndash 1893 , this committee was renamed the Select Committee on the Quadro Centennial, and again at the start of the 54th UnitedStates Congress 54th Congress 1895 spaced ndash 1897 as the Select Committee on International Expositions. International was changed to Industrial during the 56th UnitedStates Congress 56th Congress 1899 spaced ndash 1901 . The committees were charged with overseeing ... Administration pages Chapter 18 accessdate 2009 02 17 ref The committee became a standing committee in 1909 when Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island submitted a resolution that had the effect of giving all current select committees, including Industrial Expositions, full committee status ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Interoceanic Canals was established on December 15, 1899 and terminated on January 2, 1947, when its when its functions were transferred to the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce . Chairmen of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals John T. Morgan D AL 1899 1903 vacant 1903 1904 John H. Mitchell R OR 1905 Joseph H. Millard R NE 1905 190 Alfred B. Kittredge R SD 1907 1909 Frank Flint R CA 1909 1911 Frank B. Brandegee R CT 1911 1913 James A. O Gorman D NY 1913 1917 John K. Shields D TN 1917 1919 William E. Borah R ID 1919 1922 Walter Edge R NJ 1922 1930 Thomas D. Schall R MN 1930 1933 Thomas P. Gore D OK 1933 1937 Bennett Champ Clark D MO 1937 1945 Tom Stewart D TN 1945 1947 Source http www.senate.gov artandhistory history resources pdf CommitteeChairs.pdf Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees UnitedStatesSenate Historical Office U.S. Senate Historical Office , January 2005 Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Interoceanic Canals Category 1899 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1947 disestablishments Category Canals in the UnitedStates Category International canals ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Commerce and Manufactures was one of the original standing committees created in the Senate in 1816, but it only lasted nine years, when it was split into the U.S. SenateCommittee on Commerce Committee on Commerce and the U.S. SenateCommittee on Manufactures Committee on Manufactures . It functions are now under the jurisdiction of the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation . History and activities The Committee on Commerce and Manufactures ... 1968 National Archives and Records Administration National Archives DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On Commerce And Manufactures Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Commerce and Manufactures Category 1816 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1825 disestablishments ... seamen between the 15th UnitedStates Congress 15th and 17th UnitedStates Congress 17th Congress , and harbor improvements such as lighthouses between the 16th UnitedStates Congress 16th and 18th UnitedStates Congress 18th Congress . The single most prominent subject was tariffs, particularly the protectionist Tariff of 1824 in the 18th Congress . From its beginning, the committee received ... proposed by James Barbour of Virginia on December 10, 1816. The committee s records consist of petitions and memorials referred to the committee for the whole period and committee reports and papers from 1818. With its brief existence, the records show substantial committee activity, especially ... and other Rhode Island citizens also memorialized the Senate about the 1824 tariff. Other activities ... of 1824 was a pivotal issue for the committee s established existence. In December 1825, the chairman, Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey, proposed that the committee be split into separate committees one ..., who thought that low tariff advocates on the existing committee were a distinct minority. On the other ... interests, and alternatively proposed that agriculture be added to give a single committee oversight ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Canadian Relations existed from July 31, 1888, when it was created as a select committee, until April 18, 1921, and dealt with issues related to U.S. relations with Canada . It became a standing committee on January 13, 1892. Chairmen of the Select Committee on Canadian Relations, 1888 1892 George F. Hoar R MA 1888 1892 Chairmen of the Committee on Canadian Relations, 1892 1921 John B. Allen R WA 1892 1893 Edward Murphy D NY 1893 1895 Thomas Henry Carter Thomas H. Carter R MT 1895 1897 John C. Spooner R WI 1897 1899 Marcus A. Hanna R OH 1899 1901 John F. Dryden R NJ 1901 1903 Charles W. Fulton R OR 1903 1905 W. Murray Crane R MA 1905 1909 William Alden Smith R MI 1909 1911 George T. Oliver R PA 1911 1913 John K. Shields D TN 1913 1917 John B. Kendrick D WY 1917 1919 Frederick Hale R ME 1919 1921 Sources http www.senate.gov artandhistory history resources pdf CommitteeChairs.pdf Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees UnitedStatesSenate Historical Office U.S. Senate Historical Office , January 2005. US Congress stub Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Canadian Relations Category 1888 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments Category Canada UnitedStates relations ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on the Tenth Census was created in 1878. It continued to operate until 1887, when it became the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on the Census . The Committee was abolished in 1921. Issues related to the U.S. Census and the UnitedStates Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau are now under the jurisdiction of the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs . Chairmen of the Select Committee on the Tenth Census, 1878&ndash 1887 Justin S. Morrill R VT 1878&ndash 1879 George H. Pendleton D OH 1879&ndash 1881 Eugene Hale R ME 1881&ndash 1887 Chairmen of the Committee on the Census, 1887&ndash 1921 Eugene Hale R ME 1887&ndash 1893 David Turpie D IN 1893&ndash 1895 William Chandler R NH 1895&ndash 1897 Thomas Henry Carter Thomas H. Carter R MT 1897&ndash 1901 Joseph V. Quarles R WI 1901&ndash 1905 Chester Long R KS 1905&ndash 1909 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Robert M. La Follette R WI 1909&ndash 1913 William E. Chilton D WV 1913&ndash 1916 Morris Sheppard D TX 1916&ndash 1919 Howard Sutherland R WV 1919&ndash 1921 DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On The Census Category Censuses in the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on the Census Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Census Category 1878 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1921 disestablishments ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 The SenateCommittee on Privileges and Elections was a committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . It was established March 10, 1871 and terminated January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules and Administration Committee on Rules and Administration . Chairmen 1871 1872 William M. Stewart R NV 1872 1877 Oliver P. Morton R IN 1877 1879 Bainbridge Wadleigh R NH 1879 1881 Eli Saulsbury D DE 1881 1891 George Hoar R MA 1891 1894 Zebulon Vance D NC 1894 1895 George Gray senator George Gray D DE 1895 1897 John H. Mitchell R OR 1897 George F. Hoar R MA 1898 1901 William E. Chandler R NH 1901 1911 Julius Burrows R MI 1911 1913 William P. Dillingham R VT 1913 1917 John W. Kern D IN 1917 1919 Atlee Pomerene D OH 1919 1923 William P. Dillingham R VT 1923 1925 Selden P. Spencer R MO 1925 1927 Richard P. Ernst R KY 1927 1933 Samuel Shortridge R CA 1933 1941 Walter F. George D GA 1941 1947 Theodore Francis Green D RI Source http www.senate.gov artandhistory history resources pdf CommitteeChairs.pdf Senate Historian s Office USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Privileges and Elections Senate Category 1871 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1947 disestablishments ... more details
. The measure was amended by the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Rules and Administration Rules Committee ... UnitedStates Congress select committee , as a result of the detachment of indigenous affairs from the new U.S. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy and National Resources ... UnitedStates Congress select committee . ref 105, USBill 95 sres 4 , 95th Congress , 1st session ... Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Indian Affairs Category Native American topics ...Use mdy dates date February 2011 The SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs is a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress committee of the UnitedStatesSenate charged with oversight in matters related to the Native Americans in the UnitedStates American Indian , Native Hawaiian , and Alaska Native ... SenateCommittee on Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ... from Western UnitedStates Western and Great Plains Plains states, who have more Indigenous peoples ... interim extensions, the Senate voted to make the Committee permanent on June 6, 1984. The committee has jurisdiction to study the unique problems of Native Americans in the UnitedStates American Indian ... management, trust responsibilities, health care, and claims against the UnitedStates. Additionally ... and Senate Committees on Indian Affairs, the SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs had been in existence ... in which the prevailing policy of the UnitedStates was to terminate the Federal relationship with Indian ... States with American Indian tribes and people. The Senate and the House of Representatives ... of this Commission progressed, it became readily apparent that a full Senatecommittee with full legislative ... was that a full fledged Indian Affairs Committee be established in the Senate. At the same ... Committee, the Senate was developing a far reaching proposal for reorganization of the entire Senate ... Policy Review Commission and its anticipated recommendations, however, the Senate revamped its committee ... more details
The Senate Whitewater Committee was a special committee convened by the UnitedStatesSenate during the Clinton administration to investigate the Whitewater scandal . The formal, official name of the committee was the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters and it was administered by the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . The committee was created by USBill 104 S.Res. 120 A resolution establishing a special committee administered by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct an investigation involving Whitewater Development Corporation, Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, Capital Management Services, Inc., the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, and other related matters on May 17, 1995, as approved by the Senate, 96 3. The committee s hearings ran for 300 hours over 60 sessions across 13 months, taking over 10,000 pages of testimony and 35,000 pages of depositions from almost 250 people many of these marks were records for Senate committees. ref name wapo061996 David Maraniss , http www.washingtonpost.com wp ... of the Senate Whitewater Committee were Al D Amato Republican Party of the UnitedStates Republican New York , chair Paul Sarbanes Democratic Party of the UnitedStates Democratic Maryland , ranking ... Unlike the 1973 Senate Watergate Committee hearings, the Whitewater hearings did not receive much ... links http whatreallyhappened.org RANCHO POLITICS WW white.html The Special Committee s Whitewater Report http www.c spanarchives.org videoLibrary organization.php?id 62996 The Special Committee s Whitewater Investigation hearings on C SPAN USCongressCommittees Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Watergate Category Whitewater controversy ... Post , June 19, 1996. Accessed June 30, 2007. ref The committee issued an 800 page final majority ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the UnitedStatesSenate ... capitol.jpg thumb 200px The entrance to the Senate Appropriations Committee in the UnitedStates Capitol ... SenateUnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Budget Budget committee . Each subcommittee must ... on Appropriations. http purl.access.gpo.gov GPO LPS95044 UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Appropriations ... DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenateCommittee On Appropriations Category Committees of the United ... States Category Organizations established in 1867 de UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Appropriations ... Chair Ranking Member UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural ... and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Herb Kohl D WI Roy Blunt R MO UnitedStatesSenate ..., and Related Agencies Barbara Mikulski D MD Kay Bailey Hutchison R TX UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Defense Daniel Inouye D HI Thad Cochran R MS UnitedStatesSenate ... Feinstein D CA Lamar Alexander R TN UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services ... R KS UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Homeland Security Mary Landrieu D LA Dan Coats R IN UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment ... RI Lisa Murkowski R AK UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human ... Tom Harkin D IA Richard Shelby R AL UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Legislative Branch Ben Nelson D NE John Hoeven R ND UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations ... UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs ... Robert Byrd and Chairman Dave Obey , his counterpart on the UnitedStates House Committee on Appropriations ... UnitedStatesSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee ... UnitedStates House Committee on Appropriations U.S. House Committee on Appropriations United ... more details
into article. The UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Intelligence sometimes referred to as SSCI is dedicated to overseeing the UnitedStates Intelligence Community the agencies and bureaus of the federal government of the UnitedStates who provide information and analysis for leaders ... Intelligence Senate Select Intelligence Committee member profiles USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Intelligence Select Category UnitedStates intelligence agencies Category 1976 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established in 1976 de UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Intelligence fr UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Intelligence ... committees Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations , Senate Armed Services Committee Armed Services , Senate Foreign Relations Committee Foreign Relations , and Senate Judiciary Committee ... , as well as the intelligence related components of UnitedStates Department of State Department of State , Federal Bureau of Investigation , UnitedStates Department of the Treasury Department of the Treasury , and UnitedStates Department of Energy Department of Energy . The Committee makes recommendations to the Senate Armed Services Committee on authorizations for the intelligence related .... In a March 6, 2008, letter to the Senate leadership, 14 of the 15 current members of the Committee ... Letter to Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell author Senate Select Committee on Intelligence date ... title Letter to Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell author Senate Appropriations Committee ... & Counsel and Alfred Cumming, Minority Staff Director. On July 9, 2004, the committee issued Senate ... ref Members, 112th UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress Dianne Feinstein of California is the Chairwoman ... Minority Leader Minority Leaders and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee ... U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Official Website http intelligence.senate.gov ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Budget was established by the Congressional ... with the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Finance Finance Committee and the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee ... operated as a select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress special committee from 1919 to 1920 ... Committee is analogous to the UnitedStates House Committee on Ways and Means Ways and Means Committee in the UnitedStates House of Representatives House of Representatives it has legislative jurisdiction in the areas of taxes, Social Security UnitedStates Social Security , Medicare UnitedStates Medicare , Medicaid and some other entitlement s. The Appropriations Committee has legislative ... UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrat Kent Conrad of North Dakota , and the ranking minority member is UnitedStates Republican ... Committee member profiles Notes reflist USCongressCommittees Category UnitedStates federal budgets SenateCommittee on Budget Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Budget Category 1974 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Organizations established in 1974 de UnitedStatesSenate ... UnitedStates budget process budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal ... State Years American politics party colours Democratic row Edmund S. Muskie UnitedStates Democratic ... F. Hollings UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic South Carolina 1980 1981 American politics party colours Republican row Pete Domenici Pete V. Domenici UnitedStates Republican Party Republican ... UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic Florida 1987 1989 American politics party colours Democratic row Jim Sasser James R. Sasser UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic Tennessee 1989 1995 American politics party colours Republican row Pete Domenici Pete V. Domenici UnitedStates Republican ... Conrad UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic North Dakota January 3, 2001 January 20, 2001 American ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee it became a permanent UnitedStatesSenateSenatecommittee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare UnitedStates Medicare and Social Security UnitedStates Social Security . ref name charter cite web title About the Aging Committee work U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging url http aging.senate.gov about.cfm accessdate October 14, 2005 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref Prior to the passage of Medicare UnitedStates Medicare , the committee was studying health care insurance coverage for elderly American citizens. The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security UnitedStates Social Security and the Older Americans Act . Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing home s, protection from Ageism age discrimination , and pricing practices for prescription drug s. ref name charter Members, 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrat Herb Kohl of Wisconsin , and the Ranking Member is UnitedStates Republican Party Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee . class wikitable Majority Minority party shading Democratic valign top Herb Kohl , Wisconsin, Chair Ron Wyden , Oregon Bill Nelson , Florida Bob Casey, Jr. Bob Casey , Pennsylvania Claire McCaskill ... DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesSenate Special Committee On Aging Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Aging Category UnitedStates elder law Category 1961 establishments in the UnitedStates Category ... WI , 2007 Present External links http aging.senate.gov Committee Website WhoRunsGov people Congress Senate Committees Special Aging Senate Special Aging Committee member profiles References Reflist Dead note members cite web title Aging Committee Members work U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging ... more details
UnitedStatesSenate Select Committee on Indian Depredations Select Committee on Indian Depredations ... chairman of the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Organization, Conduct, and Expeditures of the Executive Departments Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expeditures of the Executive Departments ... of the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Pacific Railroads Committee on Pacific Railroads ref ...The Committee on Indian Depredations was a standing committeeUnitedStates Congress standing committee of the UnitedStatesSenate from 1893 to 1921. ref name stubbs cite author Walter Stubbs title Congressional Committees, 1789 1982 A Checklist publisher Greenwood Press date 1985 ref It was superseded by a select committee which operated from 1889 to 1895. ref name canon4 cite book last Canon first David T. coauthors Garrison Nelson and Charles Stewart III title Committees in the U.S. Congress 1789 1946 publisher CQ Press location Washington, DC year 2002 volume Vol 4, Select Committees isbn 1 56802 175 5 url http books.google.com ?id xQ8bAAAACAAJ ref History The Committee on Indian Depredations was created by a Senate resolution on March 15, 1893, and superseded a select committee on Indian depredations that had been established in 1889 to deal with the increased volume of Indian depredation claims. The committee oversaw claims under the Indian Depredation Act , which allows for citizen claims against the federal government for crimes committed by Native Americans in the UnitedStates American Indians . Many committee petitioners requested that claims for crimes committed during ... senate chapter 12.html title Guide to the Records of the UnitedStatesSenate at the National Archives ... 2002 volume Vol 2, Standing Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate isbn 1 56802 175 5 url http books.google.com ... committees of the UnitedStatesSenate US Congress stub ... 2009 02 17 ref The committee was terminated April 18, 1921, when the Senate eliminated this and several ... more details
Senate Select Committee on Ethics Official Website WhoRunsGov people Congress Senate Committees Select Ethics Senate Select Ethics Committee member profiles References reflist USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Ethics Select Category Ethics organizations Category ...Use mdy dates date February 2011 The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a Select or special committeeUnitedStates Congress select committee of the UnitedStatesSenate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee . Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, no matter who controls the Senate, although the chairperson always come from the majority party. Members, 112th UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by Democratic Party UnitedStates Democrat Barbara Boxer of California , and the ranking member Vice Chairman is Johnny Isakson of Georgia U.S. state Georgia . Pursuant to Senate Rule 25, the committee is limited to six members, and is equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. class wikitable Majority Minority party shading Democratic valign top Barbara Boxer , California, Chair Mark Pryor , Arkansas Sherrod Brown , Ohio party shading Republican valign top Johnny Isakson , Georgia, Vice Chair Pat Roberts , Kansas Jim Risch , Idaho Source USCongRec 2011 S557 Chairmen incomplete list John C. Stennis D MS , 1965 1975 Howard Cannon D NV , 1975 1977 Adlai Stevenson III D IL , 1977 1980 Howell Heflin D AL , 1980 1981 Malcolm Wallop R WY , 1981 1983 Ted Stevens R AK , 1983 1987 Howell Heflin D AL , 1987 1992 Terry Sanford D NC , 1992 1993 Richard Bryan D NV , 1993 1995 Mitch McConnell R KY , 1995 1997 Robert C. Smith R NH , 1997 1999 Pat Roberts R KS , 1999 January 3, 2001 Vacant , January 3 January 20, 2001 Pat Roberts R KS , January 20 June 6, 2001 Harry Reid D NV , June 6, 2001 2003 George Voinovich ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Veterans Affairs deals with oversight of UnitedStates veterans issues. Members, 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by United ... 4, 2007 ref See also UnitedStates House Committee on Veterans Affairs UnitedStates Department of Veterans Affairs References reflist External links http veterans.senate.gov UnitedStatesSenateCommittee ... Affairs Committee member profiles USCongressCommittees Category Committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Veterans Affairs Category Military veterans affairs in the UnitedStates Category Military related ... Member is Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Richard Burr of North Carolina . class wikitable ... Source USCongRec 2011 S557 Chairmen of the SenateCommittee on Veterans Affairs, 1971 present ... politics party colours Democratic row Vance Hartke UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic Indiana 1971 1977 American politics party colours Democratic row Alan Cranston UnitedStates Democratic ... UnitedStates Republican Party Republican Wyoming 1981 1985 American politics party colours Republican row Frank Murkowski UnitedStates Republican Party Republican Alaska 1985 1987 American politics party colours Democratic row Alan Cranston UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic California 1987 1993 American politics party colours Democratic row Jay Rockefeller UnitedStates Democratic Party ... row Arlen Specter UnitedStates Republican Party Republican Pennsylvania 1997 2001 American politics party colours Democratic row Jay Rockefeller UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic West Virginia 2001 2003 American politics party colours Republican row Arlen Specter UnitedStates Republican ... row Daniel Akaka UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic Hawaii 2007 2011 American politics party colours Democratic row Patty Murray UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic Washignton U.S. state ... neglect scandal This senatecommittee came under scrutiny when its oversight role over Walter Reed ... more details
The UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on Patents was a committee of the UnitedStatesSenate . It was established September 7, 1837 as the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office when the Senate approved a resolution of Henry Hubbard of Kentucky . Prior to this, legislation and other matters relating to patents and the Patent Office were referred to the UnitedStatesSenateCommittee on the Judiciary . In 1869, the name of the committee was shortened to simply the Committee on Patents, which it remained until the committee was eliminated by the provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 . Beginning January 2, 1947, jurisdiction over patents, the Patent Office, and patent law reverted to the UnitedStatesSenate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks . Chairmen 1837 1838 John Ruggles D ME 1838 1840 Robert Strange D NC 1840 1841 Daniel Sturgeon D PA 1841 1842 Samuel Prentiss W VT 1842 1843 John Leeds Kerr W MD 1843 1845 Samuel S. Phelps W VT 1845 1846 Simon Cameron D PA ref William Woodbridge was named as chairman of the committee in the Senate Executive Journal, although the Senate Historian s Office makes no mention of Woodbridge. cite journal title Monday, March 10, 1845 journal Journal of the Executive Proceeding of the Senate of the UnitedStates of America volume 6 pages 428 publisher The Library of Congress url http rs6.loc.gov cgi bin ampage?collId llej&fileName 006 llej006.db&recNum 429 ref 1846 1847 Walter Colquitt D GA 1847 1849 James ... Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStatesSenate Patents Category 1837 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1947 disestablishments Category UnitedStates patent law US Congress ... resources pdf CommitteeChairs.pdf Senate Historian s Office http www.archives.gov legislative guide senate chapter 13 patents.html Records of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, 1837 69 and the Committee on Patents, 1869 1946 , Records of the Committee on the Judiciary and Related Committees ... more details
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