Senate Appropriations Committee Members

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees may be more important for the immediate future of the Social Security Administration than the committees that have substantive jurisdiction over the agency.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet named its subcommittees, but, courtesy of Congress.org, here are the full committee members for this Congress:

Committee Chair Sen. Robert C. Byrd (DEM-WV) Ranking Member Sen. Thad Cochran (REP-MS) Democrats (15) Sen. Daniel Inouye (DEM-HI) Sen. Patrick Leahy (DEM-VT) Sen. Tom Harkin (DEM-IA) Sen. Barbara Mikulski (DEM-MD) Sen. Herbert Kohl (DEM-WI) Sen. Patty Murray (DEM-WA) Sen. Byron Dorgan (DEM-ND) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (DEM-CA) Sen. Richard Durbin (DEM-IL) Sen. Tim Johnson (DEM-SD) Sen. Mary Landrieu (DEM-LA) Sen. Jack Reed (DEM-RI) Sen. Frank Lautenberg (DEM-NJ) Sen. Ben Nelson (DEM-NE) Republicans (14) Sen. Ted Stevens (REP-AK) Sen. Arlen Specter (REP-PA) Sen. Pete Domenici (REP-NM) Sen. Christopher Bond (REP-MO) Sen. Mitch McConnell (REP-KY) Sen. Richard Shelby (REP-AL) Sen. Judd Gregg (REP-NH) Sen. Robert Bennett (REP-UT) Sen. Larry Craig (REP-ID) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (REP-TX) Sen. Sam Brownback (REP-KS) Sen. Wayne Allard (REP-CO) Sen. Lamar Alexander (REP-TN)