The United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to 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 recently changed to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in order to include homeland security in its jurisdiction. It is likely that the Homeland Security portion will soon be spun off into a separate committee.

Members

The Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the ranking Democratic member is Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. The members of the Committee are:

• Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairman
• Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
• George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
• Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota)
• Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)
• Lincoln Chafee (R-Rhode Island)
• Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah)
• Peter Domenici (R-New Mexico)
• John Warner (R-Virginia)

• Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut), ranking minority member
• Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
• Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
• Thomas Carper (D-Delaware)
• Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
• Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey)
• Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)

Subcommittees

• U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security
  • Chairman: Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
  • Ranking Member: Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
• U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
  • Chairman: George Voinovich (R-OH)
  • Ranking Member: Richard Durbin (D-IL)
• U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Chairman: Norm Coleman (R-MN)
  • Ranking Member: Carl Levin (D-MI)

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-present

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