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Legislation/Congress

This page is designed to provide quick links to key legislative issues and federal legislators.

Last Updated: 9/30/09

Appropriations (Writes the annual funding bills that provide funding for individual HUD programs):

House:

Full Committee - Chairman: David Obey (D-Wisc.), Ranking Member: Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)
Transportation, HUD & Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee - Chairman: John Olver (D-Mass.), Ranking Member: Tom Latham (R-Ia.)

Senate:

Full Committee - Chairman: Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Ranking Member: Thad Cochran (R-Mass.)
Transportation, HUD & Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee - Chair: Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member: Kit Bond (R-Mo.)

House Financial Services/Senate Banking (HUD authorizing):

House:

Full Committee - Chairman: Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Ranking Member: Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee - Chair: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Ranking Member: Shelley Moore-Capito (R-W. Va.)

Senate:

Full Committee - Chairman: Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Ranking Member: Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
Housing and Transportation Subcommittee - Chairman: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member: David Vitter (R-La.)

Budget (Sets overall budget limits through the annual Congressional budget resolution):

House Committee - Chairman: John Spratt (D-S.C.), Ranking Member: Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)
Senate Committee - Chairman: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Ranking Member: Judd Gregg (R-N.H.)

House Ways and Means/Senate Finance (tax-writing; entitlement oversight):

House Full Committee - Chairman: Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)
Senate Full Committee - Chairman: Max Baucus (D-Mt.), Ranking Member: Charles Grassley (D-Iowa)