Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
Milwaukee Bucks NBA owner and one of the wealthiest senators, Kohl entered the U.S. Senate in 1989 and has won re-election ever since. Though pro-choice, pro-gun control and anti-death penality, Kohl is generally seen as a moderate Democrat.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations has enormous sway in Congress; the largest of all the committees, with 29 members, it has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.
This Subcommittee has jurisdiction over rural development programs Department of Agriculture discretionary spending, except Food and Drug Administration, Food Stamp Program and farming subsidies, all which happen to fall under mandatory federal funding.
This Subcommittee oversees discretionary spending for the Commerce and Justice Departments in addition to independent agencies such as the International Trade Commission, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Commission on Civil Rights.
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".
Created in 2003 in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks, this Subcommittee oversees funding of Homeland Security, and related agencies like FEMA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, Secret Service, and the Coast Guard.
This Subcommittee oversees complete jurisdiction over funding for the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, Native American affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Smithsonian Institute.
This Subcommittee oversees funding for such Departments as Education, Health & Human Services, and Labor, as well as agencies such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
This Subcommitte oversees funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as the Department of Transportation. Additionally, it has jurisdiction over the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Housing Administration.
