Do you support the Subcommittee on Defense? Yes | No

As defense spending is discretionary, this subcommittee oversees all funding of the Defense Department (Army, Navy, Air Force) as well as the CIA. The Defense Committee is so pivotal that discretionary spending is often deemed "defense" or "non-defense".

Background

	Daniel Inouye (D) Chairman A Medal of Honor recipient during WWII and Hawaii's first representatitve after becoming a state, Inouye served in the House for Hawaii from 1959-63 and was elected to the Senate in 1963. Recently, he was one of 7 Democrats in the "Gang of 14" in 2005.
	Ted Stevens (R) Ranking Member The longest serving Republican in the Senate (1968-present), Stevens was President pro tempore prior to the 2007 Dem takeover of Congress.

	Name	Member Since
	Kit Bond (R)
	Robert Byrd (D)
	Thad Cochran (R)
	Pete Domenici (R)
	Byron Dorgan (D)
	Dianne Feinstein (D)
	Judd Gregg (R)
	Tom Harkin (D)
	Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
	Herbert Kohl (D)
	Patrick Leahy (D)
	Mitch McConnell (R)
	Barbara Mikulski (D)
	Patty Murray (D)
	Richard Shelby (R)
	Arlen Specter (R)