Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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The Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee's oversight is broad, ranging from banking, exports, and the federal monetary policy, to urban development and mass transit matters.
Background
According to the Committee's official website, it has jurisdiction over the following areas:
- Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
- Control of prices of commodities, rents and services.
- Deposit insurance.
- Economic stabilization and defense production.
- Export and foreign trade promotion.
- Export controls.
- Federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System.
- Financial aid to commerce and industry.
- Issuance and redemption of notes.
- Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
- Nursing home construction.
- Public and private housing (including veterans housing).
- Renegotiation of Government contracts.
- Urban development and urban mass transit.
- Matters relating to international economic policy as it affects United States monetary affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time to time. (Source: Senate)
Sub-Groups
Subcommittees
The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is comprised of the following Subcommittees:- Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance
Key Offices
The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is led by the following people
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Chris Dodd (D) Chairman Chris Dodd has been a U.S. Senator (D-CT) since 1989 and the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Dodd was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut prior to the Senate and a former candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 2008. |
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Richard Shelby (R) Ranking Member Shelby served in the House for Alabama's 7th District (1979-87) before being elected to the Senate as a Democrat in 1987. Switching to a Republican in 1994, he opposes gun control, abortion, gay marriage, and supports English as the federal language. |
Members of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (D) | |
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Evan Bayh (D) | |
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Evan Bayh (D) | |
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Sherrod Brown (D) | |
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Tom Carper (D) | |
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Tom Carper (D) | |
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Bob Casey Jr. (D) | |
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Elizabeth Dole (R) | |
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Tim Johnson (D) | |
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Tim Johnson (D) | 1998 |
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Mel Martinez (R) | |
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Bob Menendez (D) | |
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Bob Menendez (D) | |
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John F. "Jack" Reed (D) | |
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John F. "Jack" Reed (D) | |
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Chuck Schumer (D) |
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