Vol. 39, Number 2 — February 2007

New Chairs and Committees for 110th Congress

With the shift to a Democrat-led 110 Congress, the chairs and ranking minority members on committees and subcommittees also have changed.

Some reorganization also occurred. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees each have created a new Financial Services and General Government subcommittee that has jurisdiction over, among other things, funding for the federal Judiciary and the General Services Administration, which builds the Judiciary’s courthouses. The structure of the committees authorizing courthouse projects, a necessary step before appropriations may be obligated by the GSA, remain unchanged in the House and Senate.

Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations			Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Chair: Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)		Chair: Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary			Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Chair: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)		Chair: Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works This committee, among other responsibilities, authorizes public buildings.			Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chair: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK)		Chair: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)	Ranking Minority Member: Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

House
House Committee on Appropriations			Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Chair: Rep. David R. Obey (D-WI)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)		Chair: Rep. Jose E. Serrano (D-NY)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH)
House Committee on the Judiciary			Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property
Chair: Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX)		Chair: Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure This committee, among other responsibilities, authorizes public buildings.			Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
Chair: Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. John Mica (R-FL)		Chair: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)	Ranking Minority Member: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)