The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development and mass transit, and government contracts.
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Members, 111th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama.
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Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729 , S878–79, S9690
Subcommittees
| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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| Economic Policy | Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | Jim DeMint (R-SC) |
| Housing, Transportation, and Community Development | Robert Menendez (D-NJ) | David Vitter (R-LA) |
| Financial Institutions | Tim Johnson (D-SD) | Mike Crapo (R-ID) |
| Security and International Trade and Finance | Evan Bayh (D-IN) | Bob Corker (R-TN) |
| Securities, Insurance, and Investment | Jack Reed (D-RI) | Jim Bunning (R-KY) |
Chairmen
Committee on Banking and Currency, 1913-1970
Robert L. Owen (D-Oklahoma) 1913-1919- George P. McLean (R-Connecticut) 1919-1927
- Peter Norbeck (R-South Dakota) 1927-1933
- Duncan U. Fletcher (D-Florida) 1933-1936
- Robert F. Wagner (D-New York) 1936-1947
- Charles W. Tobey (R-New Hampshire) 1947-1949
- Burnet R. Maybank (D-South Carolina) 1949-1953
- Homer Capehart (R-Indiana) 1953-1955
- J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) 1955-1959
- A. Willis Robertson (D-Virginia) 1959-1966
- John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1966-1970
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- John J. Sparkman (D-Alabama) 1970-1975
- William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1975-1981
- Jake Garn (R-Utah) 1981-1987
- William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) 1987-1989
- Donald Riegle (D-Michigan) 1989-1995
- Alfonse D'Amato (R-New York) 1995-1999
- Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 1999-2001
- Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001
- Phil Gramm (R-Texas) 2001
- Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) 2001-2003
- Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) 2003-2007
- Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut) 2007-
References
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See also
- United States House Committee on Financial Services
- Pecora Commission, the commission established to investigate the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
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