United States Senate Committee on the Budget

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)
  •   Republican (11)
Minority (10)
Jurisdiction
Policy areasGovernment spending
House counterpartHouse Budget Committee
Website
budget.senate.gov

The United States Senate Committee on the Budget was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress's annual budget plan and creating an action on the budget for the Federal Government.

The committee has power 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]

Members, 116th Congress

Majority Minority

References

  1. ↑ Walter Stubbs (1985), Congressional Committees, 1789–1982: A Checklist, Greenwood Press, pp. 16–17
  2. ↑ Sens. Sanders and King are independents but caucus with the Democrats.

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