United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts.

Contents 1 Members, 111th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen 3.1 Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913-1970 3.2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama.

Majority	Minority
Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, Chairman Tim Johnson, South Dakota Jack Reed, Rhode Island Chuck Schumer, New York Evan Bayh, Indiana Robert Menendez, New Jersey Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Sherrod Brown, Ohio Jon Tester, Montana Herb Kohl, Wisconsin Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Michael Bennet, Colorado	Richard Shelby, Alabama, Ranking Member Bob Bennett, Utah Jim Bunning, Kentucky Mike Crapo, Idaho Bob Corker, Tennessee Jim DeMint, South Carolina David Vitter, Louisiana Mike Johanns, Nebraska Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Judd Gregg, New Hampshire

Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729 , S878–79, S9690

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Economic Policy	Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	David Vitter (R-LA)
Financial Institutions	Tim Johnson (D-SD)	Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Security and International Trade and Finance	Evan Bayh (D-IN)	Bob Corker (R-TN)
Securities, Insurance, and Investment	Jack Reed (D-RI)	Jim Bunning (R-KY)

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913-1970

• Robert L. Owen (D-Oklahoma) 1913-1919
• George P. McLean (R-Connecticut) 1919-1927
• Peter Norbeck (R-South Dakota) 1927-1933
• Duncan U. Fletcher (D-Florida) 1933-1936
• Robert F. Wagner (D-New York) 1936-1947
• Charles W. Tobey (R-New Hampshire) 1947-1949
• Burnet R. Maybank (D-South Carolina) 1949-1953
• Homer Capehart (R-Indiana) 1953-1955
• J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) 1955-1959
• A. Willis Robertson (D-Virginia) 1959-1966
• John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1966-1970

[edit] Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

• John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1970-1975
• William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1975-1981
• Jake Garn (R-Utah) 1981-1987
• William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1987-1989
• Donald Riegle (D-Michigan) 1989-1995
• Alfonse D'Amato (R-New York) 1995-1999
• Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 1999-2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001
• Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 2001
• Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001-2003
• Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) 2003-2007
• Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut) 2007-

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

[edit] See also

• United States House Committee on Financial Services
• Pecora Commission, the commission established to investigate the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

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