Key Committees
A list of proposed committee assignments for the 109th Congress. Final assignments are subject to approval by House and Senate leadership.

Senate Health, Education, Labor And Pensions Committee
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Republicans
Democrats
Michael Enzi (WY), Chairman
Edward Kennedy (MA), Ranking Member
Judd Gregg (NH)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Bill Frist (TN)
Tom Harkin (IA)

Lamar Alexander (TN)

Barbara Mikulski (MD)

Richard M. Burr (NC)* Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Johnny Isakson (GA)*
Patty Murray (WA)
Mike DeWine (OH)
Jack Reed (RI)
John Ensign (NV)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY)
Orrin Hatch (UT)*
Jeff Sessions (AL)
Independent
Pat Roberts (KS) James M. Jeffords (VT)
* indicates new committee member


Senate Finance Committee
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Republicans Democrats
Chuck Grassley (IA), Chairman Max Baucus (MT), Ranking Member
Orrin Hatch (UT) John D. Rockefeller IV (WV)
Trent Lott (MS) Kent Conrad (ND)
Olympia Snowe (ME) Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Jon Kyl (AZ) John Kerry (MA)
Craig Thomas (WY) Blanche Lincoln (AR)

Rick Santorum (PA)

Ron Wyden (OR)*
Bill Frist (TN) Charles E. Schumer (NY)*
Gordon H. Smith (OR)  
Jim Bunning (KY) Independent
Michael D. Crapo (ID)* James M. Jeffords (VT)
* indicates new committee member


Senate Appropriations Committee
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Republicans Democrats
Thad Cochran (MS), Chairman Robert Byrd (WV), Ranking Member
Ted Stevens (AK) Daniel Inouye (HI)  
Arlen Specter (PA) Patrick Leahy (VT)
Pete V.Domenici (NM) Tom Harkin (IA)  
Christopher "Kit" Bond (MO) Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Mitch McConnell (KY) Harry Reid (NV)  
Conrad Burns (MT) Herbert Kohl (WI)  
Richard Shelby (AL) Patty Murray (WA)
Judd Gregg (NH) Byron Dorgan (ND)
Robert Bennett (UT) Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Larry Craig (ID) Richard Durbin (IL)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX)   Tim Johnson (SD)
Mike DeWine (OH) Mary Landrieu (LA)
Sam Brownback (KS)  
Wayne Allard (CO)*  

* indicates new committee member


House Ways and Means Committee
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Republicans Democrats
Bill Thomas (CA), Chairman Charles B. Rangel (NY ), Ranking Member
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (FL) Fortney Pete Stark (CA)
Nancy L. Johnson (CT) Sander M. Levin (MI)
Wally Herger (CA) Benjamin L. Cardin (MD)
Jim McCrery (LA) Jim McDermott (WA)
Dave Camp (MI) John Lewis (GA)
Jim Ramstad (MN) Richard E. Neal (MA)
Jim Nussle (IA) Michael R. McNulty (NY)
Sam Johnson (TX) William J. Jefferson (LA)
Rob Portman (OH) John S. Tanner (TN)
Phil English (PA) Xavier Becerra (CA)
J.D. Hayworth (AZ) Lloyd Doggett (TX)
Jerry Weller (IL) Earl Pomeroy (ND)
Kenny C. Hulshof (MO) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH)
Ron Lewis (KY) Mike Thompson (CA)*
Mark Foley (FL) John B. Larson (CT)*
Kevin Brady (TX) Rahm Emanuel (IL)*
Thomas M. Reynolds (NY)  
Paul Ryan (WI)  
Eric Cantor (VA)  
John Linder (GA)*  
Melissa A. Hart (PA)*  
Bob Beauprez (CO)*  
Chris Chocola (IN)*  

 

* indicates new committee member



House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Republicans Democrats
Joe L. Barton (TX), Chairman John D. Dingell (MI), Ranking Member
Ralph M. Hall (TX) Henry A. Waxman (CA)
Michael Bilirakis (FL) Edward J. Markey (MA)
Fred Upton (MI) Rick Boucher (VA)
Cliff Stearns (FL) Edolphus Towns (NY)
Paul E. Gillmor (OH) Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ)
Nathan Deal (GA) Sherrod Brown (OH)
Edward Whitfield (KY) Bart Gordon (TN)
Charlie Norwood (GA) Bobby L. Rush (IL)
Barbara Cubin (WY) Anna G. Eshoo (CA)
John Shimkus (IL) Bart Stupak (MI)
Heather A. Wilson (NM) Eliot L. Engel (NY)
John Shadegg (AZ) Albert R. Wynn (MD)
Charles W. “Chip” Pickering, Jr. (MS) Gene Green (TX)
Vito J. Fossella (NY) Ted Strickland (OH)
Roy Blunt (MO) Diana DeGette (CO)
Steve Buyer (IN) Lois Capps (CA)
George P. Radanovich (CA) Mike Doyle (PA)
Charles Bass (NH) Tom Allen (ME)
Joe Pitts (PA) Jim Davis (FL)
Mary Bono (CA) Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Greg Walden (OR) Hilda L. Solis (CA)
Lee Terry (NE) Charlie Gonzalez (TX)
Mike Ferguson (NJ) Jay Inslee (WA)*
Mike Rogers (MI) Tammy Baldwin (WI)*
C.L. “Butch” Otter (ID) Mike Ross (AR)*
Sue Myrick (NC)*  
John Sullivan (OK)  
Tim Murphy (PA)*  
Michael C. Burgess (TX)*  
Marsha Blackburn (TN)*  

 

* indicates new committee member



House Appropriations Committee
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Republicans Democrats
Jerry Lewis (CA), Chairman David R. Obey (WI), Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young (FL) John P. Murtha (PA)
Ralph Regula (OH) Norm Dicks (WA)
Harold Rogers (KY) Martin Olav Sabo (MN)
Frank R. Wolf (VA) Steny H. Hoyer (MD)
Jim Kolbe (AZ) Alan B. Mollohan (WV)
James T. Walsh (NY) Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Charles H. Taylor (NC) Peter J. Visclosky (IN)
David L. Hobson (OH) Nita M. Lowey (NY)
Ernest Istook (OK) Jose E. Serrano (NY)
Henry Bonilla (TX) Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Joe Knollenberg (MI) James P. Moran (VA)
Jack Kingston (GA) John W. Olver (MA)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ) Ed Pastor (AZ)
Roger Wicker (MS) David E. Price (NC)
Randy “Duke” Cunningham (CA) Chet Edwards (TX)
Todd Tiahrt (KS) Robert E. “Bud” Cramer (AL)
Zach Wamp (TN) Patrick J. Kennedy (RI)
Tom Latham (IA) James E. Clyburn (SC)
Anne M. Northup (KY) Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
Robert B. Aderholt (AL) Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO) Sam Farr (CA)
Kay Granger (TX) Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)
John Peterson (PA) Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)
Virgil H. Goode Jr. (VA) Allen Boyd (FL)
John T. Doolittle (CA) Chaka Fattah (PA)
Ray LaHood (IL) Steven R. Rothman (NJ)
John E. Sweeney (NY) Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA)
Don Sherwood (PA) Marion Berry (AR)
Dave Weldon (FL)  
Mike Simpson (ID)  
John Culberson (TX)  
Mark Steven Kirk (IL)  
Ander Crenshaw (FL)  
Dennis Rehberg (MT)*  
John Carter (TX)*  
Rodney Alexander (LA)*  

 

* indicates new committee member

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