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The United States Senate Committee on Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress's annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. The committee has jurisdiction over the Congressional Budget Office.

The Budget Committee is often confused with the Finance Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which have different jurisdictions. The Finance Committee (like the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives) has legislative jurisdiction in the areas of taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some other entitlements. The Appropriations Committee has legislative jurisdiction over appropriations bills, which provide funding for government programs. While the budget resolution prepared by the Budget Committee sets out a broad blueprint for the Congress with respect to the total levels of revenues and spending for the government as a whole, these other Committees prepare the legislation that actually enacts specific tax and spending policies.

Contents 1 Members 2 Previous membership 2.1 110th Congress (2007-2008) 2.2 109th Congress (2005-2006) 3 Articles and Resources 3.1 References 3.2 External articles 3.3 External resources 4 Contact information

Members

Member	Party	State
Kent Conrad	D	ND
Patty Murray	D	WA
Ron Wyden	D	OR
Russell Feingold	D	WI
Robert Byrd	D	WV
Bill Nelson	D	FL
Debbie Stabenow	D	MI
Bob Menendez	D	NJ
Ben Cardin	D	MD
Bernie Sanders	I	VT
Sheldon Whitehouse	D	RI
Mark Warner	D	VA
Jeff Merkley	D	OR
Judd Gregg	R	NH
Chuck Grassley	R	IA
Michael Enzi	R	WY
Jeff Sessions	R	AL
Jim Bunning	R	KY
Mike Crapo	R	ID
John Ensign	R	NV
John Cornyn	R	TX
Lindsey Graham	R	SC
Lamar Alexander	R	TN

Previous membership

110th Congress (2007-2008)

Members of the Senate Committee on the Budget, 110th Congress
Democrats:	Republicans:
Kent Conrad (N.D.), Chairman Robert Byrd (W.Va.) Patty Murray (Wash.) Russ Feingold (Wis.) Ron Wyden (Ore.) Tim Johnson (S.D.) Bill Nelson (Fla.) Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) Robert Menendez (N.J.) Ben Cardin (Md.) Bernie Sanders (Vt.) Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)	Judd Gregg (N.H.), Ranking Member Pete Domenici (N.M.) Charles Grassley (Iowa) Wayne Allard (Colo.) Michael Enzi (Wyo.) Jeff Sessions (Ala.) Jim Bunning (Ky.) Mike Crapo (Idaho) John Ensign (Nev.) John Cornyn (Texas) Lindsey Graham (S.C.)

109th Congress (2005-2006)

Members of the Senate Committee on the Budget, 110th Congress
Democrats:	Republicans:
Kent Conrad (N.D.), Ranking Member Robert Byrd (W.Va.) Paul Sarbanes (Md.) Patty Murray (Wash.) Russ Feingold (Wis.) Ron Wyden (Ore.) Tim Johnson (S.D.) Bill Nelson (Fla.) Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) Robert Menendez (N.J.)	Judd Gregg (N.H.), Chairman Pete Domenici (N.M.) Charles Grassley (Iowa) Wayne Allard (Colo.) Conrad Burns (Mont.) Michael Enzi (Wyo.) Jeff Sessions (Ala.) Jim Bunning (Ky.) Mike Crapo (Idaho) John Ensign (Nev.) John Cornyn (Texas) Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)

Articles and Resources

Wikipedia also has an article on Senate Committee on the Budget. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

References

External articles

External resources

Contact information

Committee Web site

• Staff office - (202) 224-0642