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The Appropriations Committee is considered to hold the most power because it determines the operating budget of all branches of the US government. It considers 13 annual federal appropriations bills that correspond with each appropriations subcommittee.

Background

• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
• Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
• Defense
• Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
• Financial Services and General Government
• Homeland Security
• Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
• Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
• Legislative Branch
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
• Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

	David Ross Obey (D) Chairman David Ross "Dave" Obey is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives serving Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.
	Jerry Lewis (R) Ranking Member Jerry Lewis is a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, representing 4 congressional districts since 1979. He is the ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee and served as its chair from 2005-2007.

	Name	Member Since
	Robert Aderholt (R)	2007
	Rodney Alexander (R)	2007
	Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (D)	2007
	Ken Calvert (R)	2007
	John R. Carter (R)	2007
	Robert Bud E. Cramer Jr. (D)	2007
	Ander Crenshaw (R)	2007
	John Culberson (R)	2007
	Norman DeValois Dicks (D)	2007
	Jo Ann Emerson (R)	2007
	Sam Farr (D)	2007
	Chaka Fattah (D)	2007
	Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)	2007
	Virgil H. Goode Jr. (D)	2007
	Kay Granger (R)	2007
	Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (D)	2007
	Dave Hobson (R)	2007
	Steve Israel (D)	2007
	Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D)	2007
	Marcy Carolyn Kaptur (D)
	Patrick Joseph Kennedy (D)	2007
	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)	2007
	Jack Kingston (R)	2007
	Mark Steven Kirk (R)	2007
	Nita Lowey
	Alan Bowlby Mollohan (D)	2007
	James P. Moran (D)	2007
	Jack Murtha (D)	2007
	John Walter Olver (D)	2007
	John Barney Peterson (D)	2007
	David Price (D)	2007
	Ralph Straus Regula (R)	2007
	Denny Rehberg (R)	2007
	Ciro D. Rodriguez (D)	2007
	Hal Rogers (R)	2007
	Steven Rothman (D)	2007
	Dutch Ruppersberger (D)	2007
	Adam Schiff (D)	2007
	José Serrano (D)
	Mike Simpson (R)	2007
	Todd Tiahrt (R)	2007
	Pete Visclosky (D)	2007
	James T. Walsh (R)	2007
	Roger F. Wicker (R)	2007
	Frank Rudolph Wolf (R)	2007