Appropriations Committee
U.S. Senate•Standing
Summary
Appropriations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 12 subcommittees and 28 members. It has 109 bills before it this session, has held 8 hearings and has filed 9 reports.
Chair
Chair: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Ranking Member: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Online at www.appropriations.senate.gov.
Appropriations has 109 bills, 87 meetings and 9 reports on the record this session.
Members
28 members sit on Appropriations, 14 in the majority and 14 in the minority; Susan Collins is Chair and Patty Murray is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 12 subcommittees.
Bills
109 bills have been referred to Appropriations this session, and 99 of them are still in committee.
Meetings
Appropriations has 81 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Appropriations has filed 9 reports this Congress.
Communications
8 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Appropriations this Congress.
Lobbying
1,401 clients and 531 firms named 25 of the bills referred to Appropriations in 3,613 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 1 name since Mar 6, 1867, established by 40 Senate Journal 8.