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.
Members, 109th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the Ranking Minority Member is Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.
Republicans
Democrats
Subcommittees
Chairmen
Chairmen of the Senate 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
Chairmen of the Senate 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
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
- 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
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2005-