Summary
Mission: The United States Senate Committee on the Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress’s annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. The committee has jurisdiction over the Congressional Budget Office.
House counterpart: Budget Committee (House)
Democratic Members (Majority):
Bernie Sanders, Vermont, Chair
Patty Murray, Washington
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Mark Warner, Virginia
Jeff Merkley, Oregon
Tim Kaine, Virginia
Chris Van Hollen, Maryland
Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
Alex Padilla, California
Republican Members (Minority):
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Ranking Member
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Mike Crapo, Idaho
Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania
Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
Mike Braun, Indiana
Rick Scott, Florida
Ben Sasse, Nebraska
Mitt Romney, Utah
John Kennedy, Louisiana
Kevin Cramer, North Dakota
Featured Video:
Senate Budget Committee Hearing On The President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal
OnAir Post: Budget Committee (Senate)
News
Chairman Press Releases and videos can be found here at the committee website.
Ranking member Press Releases and videos news can be found here at the committee website.
Committee Reports can be found here at the committee website.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Democrats can’t afford to slow down progress on a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said the party should hit the pause button.
“You can’t slow it down,” Sanders told The New York Times in an interview over the weekend during his recent trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the latest stops on his cross-state campaign to the forthcoming legislation.
About
Source: Wikipedia
The Budget Committee should not be confused with the Finance Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which have different jurisdictions: The Finance Committee is analogous to the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives; it has legislative jurisdiction in the areas of taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some other entitlements. The Appropriations Committee has legislative jurisdiction over appropriations bills, which provide funding for government programs.
While the budget resolution prepared by the Budget Committee sets out a broad blueprint for the Congress with respect to the total levels of revenues and spending for the government as a whole, these other Committees prepare bills for specific tax and spending policies.
Contact
Locations
Senate Budget Committee – Main Office
624 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202) 224-0642
Fax: (202) 228-4835
Senate Budget Committee – Hearing Room
608 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Web Links
Budget Background
ADDITIONAL BUDGET RESOURCES
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (Congressional Research Service, 2012)
Basic Federal Budget Terminology (Congressional Research Service, 2012)
Key Terminology in Congressional Scorekeeping (Senate Budget Committee)
Baselines and Scorekeeping in the Federal Budget Process (Congressional Research Service, 2012)
Deeming Resolutions and Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution (Congressional Research Service, 2015)
The Congressional Budget Process (Senate Budget Committee Print, 2022)
Points of Order
Source: Committee website
Committee Rules
Source: Committee website
Hearings
118th Congress (2023- 2025)
Source: Committee Website
More Information
Campaign Finance
Source: Open Secrets webpages
