1. Committees In Congress Budget Senate

2. History of Committees Established 1974 by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Picture: budget.senate.gov/ Info from budget.senate.gov/democratic/ab outsbc.html First What is Committee A congressional committee is a smaller group in the United States Congress that works on a specific task.

3. Duties Of The Budget Committee In The Senate it is responsible for drafting Congress' annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. In addition, the Budget Committee has jurisdiction over the operation of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

4. Chairman and Ranking Member Picture: budget.senate.gov/ Judd Gregg Ranking Member (D - North Dakota). (R - New Hampshire)

5. Kent Conrad Kent Conrad (born Gaylord Kent Conrad on March 12, 1948) is the senior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is currently chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. After graduating from college, he became a civil servant, working as an assistant to the North Dakota tax commissioner, Byron Dorgan, who later became his colleague in the Senate. Conrad made his first entry into politics when he ran unsuccessfully for the North Dakota Auditor's office in 1976. In 1980, Conrad succeeded Dorgan as tax commissioner. Conrad was state tax commissioner until 1986, when he ran for the Senate.

6. Judd Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is a former Governor of New Hampshire and current senior United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a businessman and attorney in Nashua before entering politics. He currently serves as the Chair of the Public Advisory Board at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. Gregg was nominated for Secretary of Commerce in the Cabinet by President Barack Obama but withdrew his name on February 12, 2009He would be up for re-election in 2010, but has stated he will not run again