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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, 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's name was formerly the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, prior to homeland security being added to its responsibilities.

Contents 1 History 1.1 1996 campaign finance scandal 2 Members, 110th Congress 3 Subcommittees 4 Chairmen 4.1 Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, 1921-1952 4.2 Committee on Government Operations, 1952-1977 4.3 Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1977-2005 4.4 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 2005-present 5 External links

The Government Affairs Committee opened public hearings on the 1996 campaign finance scandal on July 8, 1997. The chairman of the committee was then Senator Fred Thompson, a Republican from Tennessee. The ranking minority leader was Senator John Glenn, a Democrat from Ohio. The committee issued its final report entitled Investigation of Illegal or Improper Activities in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns on March 10, 1998. A PDF file of the report can be found here.

The Committee is chaired by Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

Majority Member State   Joe Lieberman, Chairman Connecticut   Carl Levin Michigan   Daniel Akaka Hawaii   Thomas R. Carper Delaware   Mark Pryor Arkansas   Mary Landrieu Louisiana   Barack Obama Illinois   Claire McCaskill Missouri   Jon Tester Montana

Minority Member State   Susan M. Collins, Ranking Member Maine   Ted Stevens Alaska   George Voinovich Ohio   Norm Coleman Minnesota   Tom Coburn Oklahoma   Pete Domenici New Mexico   John Warner Virginia   John E. Sununu New Hampshire

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security	Thomas Carper (D-DE)	Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia	Daniel Akaka (D-HI)	George Voinovich (R-OH)
Investigations	Carl Levin (D-MI)	Norm Coleman (R-MN)
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration (Ad Hoc)	Mark Pryor (D-AR)	John Sununu {R-NH)
Disaster Recovery (Ad Hoc)	Mary Landrieu (D-LA)	Ted Stevens (R-AK)

• Medill McCormick (R-Ill.) 1921-1925
• David A. Reed (R-Pa.) 1925-1927
• Frederic M. Sackett (R-Ky.) 1927-1930
• Guy D. Goff (R-W.Va.) 1930-1931
• Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore.) 1931-1933
• J. Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill.) 1933-1939
• Frederick Van Nuys (D-Ind.) 1939-1942
• Lister Hill (D-Ala.) 1942-1947
• George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) 1947-1949
• John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1949-1952

• 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 (D-Conn.) 1974-1977

• Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) 1977-1981
• William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1981-1987
• John H. Glenn Jr. (D-Ohio) 1987-1995
• William V. Roth Jr. (R-Del.) 1995
• Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 1995-1997
• Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 1997-2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001
• Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) 2001
• Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) 2001-2003
• Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2003-2005

• Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2005-2007
• Joseph I. Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) 2007-Present

• Official Committee Website

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