United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service. The committee's name was formerly the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, prior to homeland security being added to its responsibilities.

Contents 1 Members, 111th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen 3.1 Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952 3.2 Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977 3.3 Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977-2005 3.4 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005-present 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

Majority	Minority
Joe Lieberman[1], Chairman, Connecticut Carl Levin, Michigan Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Thomas R. Carper, Delaware Mark Pryor, Arkansas Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Claire McCaskill, Missouri Jon Tester, Montana Roland Burris, Illinois Michael Bennet, Colorado	Susan Collins, Ranking Member, Maine George Voinovich, Ohio Tom Coburn, Oklahoma John McCain, Arizona John Ensign, Nevada Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Vacancy[2]

Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729, S730, S879

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security	Thomas Carper (D-DE)	John McCain (R-AZ)
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia	Daniel Akaka (D-HI)	George Voinovich (R-OH)
Investigations (Permanent)	Carl Levin (D-MI)	Tom Coburn (R-OK)
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration (Ad Hoc)	Mark Pryor (D-AR)	John Ensign (R-NV)
Disaster Recovery (Ad Hoc)	Mary Landrieu (D-LA)	Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Contracting Oversight (Ad Hoc)	Claire McCaskill (D-MO)	Susan Collins (R-ME)

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952

• Medill McCormick (R-Ill.) 1921-1925
• David A. Reed (R-Pa.) 1925-1927
• Frederic M. Sackett (R-Ky.) 1927-1930
• Guy D. Goff (R-W.Va.) 1930-1931
• Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore.) 1931-1933
• J. Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill.) 1933-1939
• Frederick Van Nuys (D-Ind.) 1939-1942
• Lister Hill (D-Ala.) 1942-1947
• George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) 1947-1949
• John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1949-1952

[edit] Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977

• John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1952-1953
• Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) 1953-1955
• John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1955-1972
• Samuel J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.) 1972-1974
• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1974-1977

[edit] Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977-2005

• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1977-1981
• William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1981-1987
• John H. Glenn Jr. (D-Ohio) 1987-1995
• William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1995
• Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 1995-1997
• Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 1997-2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001
• Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001-2003
• Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2003-2005

[edit] Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005-present

• Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2005-2007
• Joseph I. Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) 2007-Present

[edit] References

1. ^ Joe Lieberman is an Independent who caucues with the Democrats, and counts as a Democrat for committee purposes.
2. ^ S.Res. 19

[edit] External links

• Official Committee Website

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