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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
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, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census
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, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service
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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
National Archives and Records Administration

The United States National Archives and Records Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents....
, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census
United States Census

File:Census Bureau seal.svgThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate List of United States Congressional districts , U.S....
, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
. The committee's name was formerly the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, prior to homeland security being added to its responsibilities.

Members, 111th Congress
111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

The Committee is chaired by Independent
Independent (politician)

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 Democrat Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman

Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
 of Connecticut
Connecticut

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, and the Ranking Minority Member
Ranking member

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 is Republican Senator Susan Collins
Susan Collins

Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senate from Maine and a member of the Republican Party . Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008....
 of Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
.

Majority Minority
  • Joe Lieberman
    Joe Lieberman

    Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
    , Chairman, Connecticut
  • Carl Levin
    Carl Levin

    Carl Milton Levin is a Democratic Party United States Senate from Michigan and is the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services....
    , Michigan
  • Daniel Akaka
    Daniel Akaka

    Daniel Kahikina Akaka is the junior United States Senate from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party . He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only Chinese American member of the Senate....
    , Hawaii
  • Thomas R. Carper
    Thomas R. Carper

    Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper is an United States economist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the Democratic Party , a five-term United States House of Representatives, a two-term Governor of Delaware, and currently the senior United States Senate...
    , Delaware
  • Mark Pryor
    Mark Pryor

    Mark Lunsford Pryor is an United States politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Arkansas, serving since 2003....
    , Arkansas
  • Mary Landrieu
    Mary Landrieu

    Mary Loretta Landrieu is the senior United States Senate from the State of Louisiana, and is the second woman elected to the U.S. Senate for Louisiana....
    , Louisiana
  • Claire McCaskill
    Claire McCaskill

    Claire Conner McCaskill is an United States Democratic Party politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditors of Missouri of Missouri....
    , Missouri
  • Jon Tester
    Jon Tester

    Jon Tester is an organic farmer and Senate seniority United States Senate from the U.S. state of Montana, and a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , Montana
  • Roland Burris
    Roland Burris

    Roland Wallace Burris is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from the U.S. state of Illinois, a Democratic Party , and the subject of a Senate ethics probe....
    , Illinois
  • Michael Bennet
    Michael Bennet

    Michael Farrand Bennet is an United States of America politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Colorado....
    , Colorado
  • Susan Collins
    Susan Collins

    Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senate from Maine and a member of the Republican Party . Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008....
    , Ranking Member, Maine
  • George Voinovich
    George Voinovich

    George Victor Voinovich is the Senate seniority United States Senate from the U.S. state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party . Previously, he served as the 65th List of Governors of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th List of mayors of Cleveland, Ohio of Cleveland, Ohio from 1980 to 1989....
    , Ohio
  • Tom Coburn
    Tom Coburn

    Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an United States politician and Physician. A member of the United States Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior United States Senate from Oklahoma....
    , Oklahoma
  • John McCain
    John McCain

    John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
    , Arizona
  • John Ensign
    John Ensign

    John Eric Ensign is the junior United States Senate from Nevada, serving since January 2001. He is a member of the United States Republican Party and the former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee....
    , Nevada
  • Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Graham

    Lindsey Olin Graham is an United States politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party , he is currently the senior United States Senate from that state....
    , South Carolina
  • TBA (1)


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    Subcommittees

    Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
    Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security Thomas Carper (D-DE) John McCain
    John McCain

    John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
     (R-AZ)
    Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Daniel Akaka
    Daniel Akaka

    Daniel Kahikina Akaka is the junior United States Senate from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party . He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only Chinese American member of the Senate....
     (D-HI)    		 George Voinovich
    George Voinovich

    George Victor Voinovich is the Senate seniority United States Senate from the U.S. state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party . Previously, he served as the 65th List of Governors of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th List of mayors of Cleveland, Ohio of Cleveland, Ohio from 1980 to 1989....
     (R-OH)
    Investigations Carl Levin
    Carl Levin

    Carl Milton Levin is a Democratic Party United States Senate from Michigan and is the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services....
     (D-MI)    		 Tom Coburn
    Tom Coburn

    Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an United States politician and Physician. A member of the United States Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior United States Senate from Oklahoma....
     (R-OK)
    State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration (Ad Hoc) Mark Pryor
    Mark Pryor

    Mark Lunsford Pryor is an United States politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Arkansas, serving since 2003....
     (D-AR)    		 John Ensign
    John Ensign

    John Eric Ensign is the junior United States Senate from Nevada, serving since January 2001. He is a member of the United States Republican Party and the former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee....
     (R-NV)
    Disaster Recovery (Ad Hoc) Mary Landrieu
    Mary Landrieu

    Mary Loretta Landrieu is the senior United States Senate from the State of Louisiana, and is the second woman elected to the U.S. Senate for Louisiana....
     (D-LA)    		 Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Graham

    Lindsey Olin Graham is an United States politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party , he is currently the senior United States Senate from that state....
     (R-SC)
    Contracting Oversight (Ad Hoc) Claire McCaskill
    Claire McCaskill

    Claire Conner McCaskill is an United States Democratic Party politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditors of Missouri of Missouri....
     (D-MO)    		 TBD


    Chairmen


    Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952

    • Medill McCormick (R-Ill.) 1921-1925
    • David A. Reed
      David A. Reed

      David Aiken Reed was an United States lawyer and Republican Party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....
       (R-Pa.) 1925-1927
    • Frederic M. Sackett
      Frederic M. Sackett

      Frederic Mosley Sackett served as a United States Senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany during the Hoover Administration.He was born in Providence, Rhode Island....
       (R-Ky.) 1927-1930
    • Guy D. Goff
      Guy D. Goff

      Guy Despard Goff was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, he attended the common schools and William and Mary College....
       (R-W.Va.) 1930-1931
    • Frederick Steiwer
      Frederick Steiwer

      Frederick Steiwer was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he was county district attorney and member of the Oregon State Senate from Eastern Oregon and a veteran of World War I....
       (R-Ore.) 1931-1933
    • J. Hamilton Lewis
      J. Hamilton Lewis

      James Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of Assistant party leaders of the United States Senate in the United States Senate....
       (D-Ill.) 1933-1939
    • Frederick Van Nuys
      Frederick Van Nuys

      Frederick Van Nuys was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, Indiana, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College in 1898 and from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1900....
       (D-Ind.) 1939-1942
    • Lister Hill (D-Ala.) 1942-1947
    • George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) 1947-1949
    • John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1949-1952


    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
      Abraham A. Ribicoff

      Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an United States United States Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as governor of Connecticut and as President of the United States John F....
       (D-Conn.) 1974-1977


    Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977-2005

    • Abraham A. Ribicoff
      Abraham A. Ribicoff

      Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an United States United States Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as governor of Connecticut and as President of the United States John F....
       (D-Conn.) 1977-1981
    • William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1981-1987
    • John H. Glenn Jr.
      John Glenn

      John Herschel Glenn Jr. is a former astronaut who became the third person and first American to orbit the Earth, and later, United States Senate....
       (D-Ohio) 1987-1995
    • William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1995
    • Theodore F. Stevens
      Ted Stevens

      Theodore Fulton Stevens is a former senior United States United States Senate from Alaska, who served from December 24, 1968 until January 3, 2009....
       (R-Alaska) 1995-1997
    • Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 1997-2001
    • Joseph I. Lieberman
      Joe Lieberman

      Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
       (D-Conn.) 2001
    • Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 2001
    • Joseph I. Lieberman
      Joe Lieberman

      Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
       (D-Conn.) 2001-2003
    • Susan M. Collins
      Susan Collins

      Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senate from Maine and a member of the Republican Party . Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008....
       (R-Maine) 2003-2005


    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005-present

    • Susan M. Collins
      Susan Collins

      Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senate from Maine and a member of the Republican Party . Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008....
       (R-Maine) 2005-2007
    • Joseph I. Lieberman
      Joe Lieberman

      Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
       (I/D-Conn.) 2007-Present


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