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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is responsible for the reauthorization of the LSC Act and the approval of nominees to the eleven member LSC Board. The Committee handles LSC matters at the full committee level; thus, there is not a subcommittee with LSC oversight.

 
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Listed below are the congressional committees with LSC oversight. Please click onto the links to view committee membership for the 111th Congress.

Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP)
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science

House Appropriations Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
House Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies


U. S. SENATE

Senate Appropriations Committee

Democrats (15)Republicans (13)
Daniel Inouye (HI) - chairmanThad Cochran (MS) - ranking member
Robert Byrd (WV)
Patrick Leahy (VT) Arlen Specter (PA)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Barbara Mikulski (MD) Christopher Bond (MO)
Herb Kohl (WI) Mitch McConnell (KY)
Patty Murray (WA) Richard Shelby (AL)
Byron Dorgan (ND) Judd Gregg (NH)
Dianne Feinstein (CA) Robert Bennett (UT)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Tim Johnson (SD) Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Mary Landrieu (LA) Sam Brownback (KS)
Jack Reed (RI)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ) Lamar Alexander (TN)
Ben Nelson (NE) Susan Collins (ME)
Mark Pryor (AR) George Voinovich (OH)
Jon Tester (MT) Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Democrats (11)Republicans (10)
Edward M. Kennedy (MA) - chairmanMichael Enzi (WY) - ranking member
Christopher J. Dodd (CT) Judd Gregg (NH)
Tom Harkin (IA) Lamar Alexander (TN)
Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) Richard Burr (NC)
Jeff Bingaman (NM) Johnny Isakson (GA)
Patty Murray (WA) Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Jack Reed (RI) Orrin G. Hatch (UT)
Robert Casey, Jr. (PA) Pat Roberts (KS)
Kay Hagan (NC) John McCain (CO)
Bernard Sanders (I) (VT) Tom Coburn (OK)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Jeff Merkley (OR)

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Of the thirteen Senate Appropriations Subcommittees, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science is responsible for the LSC annual appropriation.

Democrats (9) Republicans (8)
Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) - chair Richard Shelby (AL) - ranking member
Daniel K. Inouye (HI) Judd Gregg (NH)
Patrick J. Leahy (VT) Ted Stevens (AK)
Herb Kohl (WI) Pete Domenici (NM)
Tom Harkin (IA) Mitch McConnell (KY)
Byron Dorgan (ND) Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Dianne Feinstein (CA) Sam Brownback (KS)
Jack Reed (RI) Lamar Alexander (TN)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Appropriations Committee

Democrats (37)Republicans (29)
David Obey (WI) - chairmanJerry Lewis (CA) - ranking member
John P. Murtha (PA) C. W. Bill Young (FL)
Norman D. Dicks (WA) Ralph Regula (OH)
Alan B. Mollohan (WV) Harold Rogers (KY)
Marcy Kaptur (OH) Frank R. Wolf (VA)
Peter J. Visclosky (IN) Ken Calvert (CA)
Nita M. Lowey (NY) Jo Bonner (AL)
Jose E. Serrano (NY) Steven C. LaTourette (OH)
Rosa L. DeLauro (CT) Jack Kingston (GA)
James P. Moran (VA) Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ)
John W. Olver (MA) Tom Cole(OK)
Ed Pastor (AZ) Todd Tiahrt (KS)
David E. Price (NC) Zach Wamp (TN)
Chet Edwards (TX) Tom Latham (IA)
Lincoln Davis (TN)Robert B. Aderholt (AL)
Patrick J. Kennedy (RI) Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY) Kay Granger (TX)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Sam Farr (CA)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (MI)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Chaka Fattah (PA) Michael K. Simpson (ID)
Steven R. Rothman (NJ) John Abney Culberson (TX)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA) Mark Steven Kirk (IL)
Marion Berry (AR) Ander Crenshaw (FL)
Barbara Lee (CA) Dennis R. Rehberg (MT)
John Salazar (CO) John Carter (TX)
Adam Schiff (CA) Rodney Alexander (LA)
Michael Honda (CA)
Betty McCollum (MN)
Steve Israel (NY)
Tim Ryan (OH)
C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (MD)
Ben Chandler (KY)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX)

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House Judiciary Committee

Democrats (23)Republicans (17)
John Conyers (MI) - chairman Lamar Smith (TX) - ranking member
Howard Berman (CA) F. James Sensenbrenner (WI)
Rick Boucher (VA) Howard Coble (NC)
Jerrold Nadler (NY) Elton Gallegly (CA)
Bobby Scott (VA) Bob Goodlatte (VA)
Melvin Watt (NC) Steve Chabot (OH)
Zoe Lofgren (CA) Dan Lungren (CA)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX) Chris Cannon (UT)
Maxine Waters (CA) Ric Keller (FL)
William Delahunt (MA) Darrell Issa (CA)
Robert Wexler (FL) Mike Pence (IN)
Linda Sanchez (CA) Randy Forbes (VA)
Stephen Cohen (TN) Steve King (IA)
Hank Johnson (GA) Tom Feeney (FL)
Betty Sutton (OH) Trent Franks (AZ)
Luis Gutierrez (IL) Louie Gohmert (TX)
Brad Sherman (CA) Jim Jordan (OH)
Anthony Weiner (NY)
Adam Schiff (CA)
Artur Davis (AL)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Keith Ellison (MN)
Tammy Baldwin (WI)

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The House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law is responsible for the reauthorization of the LSC Act. Unlike its counterpart in the Senate, it does not have a role in the review of LSC Board nominees.

Democrats (7)Republicans (5)
Stephen I. Cohen (TN) - chairTrent Franks (AZ) - ranking member
John Conyers (MI) Jim Jordan (OH)
Hank Johnson (GA) Howard Coble (NC)
Zoe Lofgren (CA) Darrell Issa (CA)
William Delahunt (MA) Randy Forbes (VA)
Melvin L. Watt (NC) Steve King (IA)
Brad Sherman (CA)
Dan Maffei (NY)
Robert C. Scott (VA)

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Of the ten House Appropriations Subcomittees, the House Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies is responsible for the annual LSC appropriation.

Democrats (8)Republicans (5)
Alan B. Mollohan (WV) - chairmanFrank Wolf (VA) - ranking member
Patrick J. Kennedy (RI) John Abney Culberson (TX)
Chaka Fattah (PA) Jo Bonner (AL)
C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (MD) Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio
Adam Schiff (CA) Robert Aderholt (AL)
Michael Honda (CA)
Peter Visclosky (IN)
Jose Serrano (NY)
David Obey (WI), Ex Officio

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