

Once trying his hand at law, Bond later became Governor of Missouri for two separate terms (1973-7 & 1981-5) before becoming a Missouri Senator in 1987. He is currently in his 4th term and up for re-election in 2011.
Once trying his hand at law, Bond later became Governor of Missouri for two separate terms (1973-7 & 1981-5) before becoming a Missouri Senator in 1987. He is currently in his 4th term and up for re-election in 2011.
Once trying his hand at law, Bond later became Governor of Missouri for two separate terms (1973-7 & 1981-5) before becoming a Missouri Senator in 1987. He is currently in his 4th term and up for re-election in 2011.
Once trying his hand at law, Bond later became Governor of Missouri for two separate terms (1973-7 & 1981-5) before becoming a Missouri Senator in 1987. He is currently in his 4th term and up for re-election in 2011.
Once trying his hand at law, Bond later became Governor of Missouri for two separate terms (1973-7 & 1981-5) before becoming a Missouri Senator in 1987. He is currently in his 4th term and up for re-election in 2011.
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 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.
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.
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".
This Committee oversees funding of the State Department, international programs within the Department of Defense, the Peace Corps, Export-Import Bank, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and U.S. contributions to the IMF and U.N.
While primarily overseeing the fiscal spending on the Department of Energy, this subcommittee also has jurisdiction over the Tennessee Valley Authority, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation.
With jurisdiction over the Treasury Department, federal judiciary, District of Columbia, Executive Office of the President, Federal Election Commission and others, this subcommittee is one of the most diverse. It oversees funding for general provisions.
