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U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

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 is chaired by Senator Susan Collins (Republican-Maine), and the ranking Democratic member is Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.

Members

The current members of the committee are as follows:

• Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chairman
• Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
• George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
• Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota)
• Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania)
• Robert Bennett (R-Utah)
• Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois)
• John E. Sununu (R-New Hampshire)
• Richard Shelby (R-Alabama)
• Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut), Ranking Member
• Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
• Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
• Richard Durbin (D-Illinois)
• Thomas Carper (D-Delaware)
• Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
• Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey)
• Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)

Subcommittees

• Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
  • Ranking Member: Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
• George Voinovich (R-OH)
  • Ranking Member: Richard Durbin (D-IL)
• 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-IL) 1921-1925
• David A. Reed (R-PA) 1925-1927
• Frederic M. Sackett (R-KY) 1927-1930
• Guy D. Goff (R-WV) 1930-1931
• Frederick Steiwer (R-OR) 1931-1933
• J. Hamilton Lewis (D-IL) 1933-1939
• Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) 1939-1942
• Lister Hill (D-AL) 1942-1947
• George D. Aiken (R-VT) 1947-1949
• John L. McClellan (D-AR) 1949-1952

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977

• John L. McClellan (D-AR) 1952-1953
• Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) 1953-1955
• John L. McClellan (D-AR) 1955-1972
• Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D-NC) 1972-1974
• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) 1974-1977

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT) 1977-1981
• William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) 1981-1987
• John Glenn (D-OH) 1987-1995
• William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) 1995
• Ted Stevens (R-AK) 1995-1997
• Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1997-2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) 2001
• Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) 2001-2003
• Susan Collins (R-ME) 2003-