Honorary Chairman
To Organize a Majority PAC
Leadership PACs
To Organize a Majority PAC
Leadership PACs
The To Organize a Majority PAC is Senator Tom Harkin's (D-IA) leadership PAC.
Member
Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Senate
Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Senate
Elected to the House in 1974, he served until 1984, when he moved on to the Senate where he currently sits. In 1990 he wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making him best known for his advocacy of that group.
Member
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Elected to the House in 1974, he served until 1984, when he moved on to the Senate where he currently sits. In 1990 he wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making him best known for his advocacy of that group.
Member
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Elected to the House in 1974, he served until 1984, when he moved on to the Senate where he currently sits. In 1990 he wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making him best known for his advocacy of that group.
Member
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate
Elected to the House in 1974, he served until 1984, when he moved on to the Senate where he currently sits. In 1990 he wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making him best known for his advocacy of that group.
Member
Committee on Appropriations
Senate
Committee on Appropriations
Senate
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.
Chairman
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
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.
Member
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
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.
Member
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
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.
Member
Subcommittee on Defense
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense
Committee on Appropriations
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".
Member
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Committee on Appropriations
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.
Member
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
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.
Chairman
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Senate
A committee of the Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry, farming programs, forestry and logging, and legislation relating to nutrition and health.
