The Most Powerful Committee in the House of Representatives

Chief tax-writing commission of the United states of america House of Representatives

Committee on Ways and Means
117th United states of america Congress
Committee seal
History
Founded	December 21, 1795 (1795-12-21)
New session started	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)
Leadership
Chair	Richard Neal (D) since January 3, 2019
Ranking Member	Kevin Brady (R) since January iii, 2019
Construction
Seats	42 members
Political groups	Majority (Democratic) Democratic (25) Minority (Republican) Republican (17)
Website
waysandmeans.firm.gov

The Commission on Ways and Means is the principal taxation-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures, every bit well as a number of other programs including Social Security, unemployment benefits, Medicare, the enforcement of child support laws, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, foster care, and adoption programs. Members of the Ways and Ways Committee are non immune to serve on whatever other House Committee unless they are granted a waiver from their party'south congressional leadership. It has long been regarded as the well-nigh prestigious commission of the House of Representatives.^[1]

The United states of america Constitution requires that all bills regarding taxation must originate in the U.S. House of Representatives, and House rules dictate that all bills regarding taxation must pass through Ways and Ways. This arrangement imparts upon the commission and its members a meaning caste of influence over other representatives, committees, and public policy. (See also, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.)

Recent chairmen have included Bill Thomas, Charlie Rangel, Sander Levin, Dave Camp, Paul Ryan and Kevin Brady. On January 3, 2019, Richard Neal was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Ways, upon the commencement of the 116th Congress.^[2] He used his authority as chairman to formally request the revenue enhancement returns of President Trump in April 2019, after Democrats had signaled their intention to do so on the midterms election night.

History [edit]

Within a Ways and Means meeting in November 2019.

The Ways and Means Committee was get-go established during the first Congress, in 1789. However, this initial version was disbanded after only 8 weeks; for the next several years, only ad hoc committees were formed, to write up laws on notions already debated in the whole House. It was showtime established as a continuing committee by resolution adopted December 21, 1795,^[3] and showtime appeared among the list of regular standing committees on January 7, 1802.^[4] Upon its original creation, it held power over both taxes and spending, until the spending ability was given to the new Appropriations Commission in 1865.^[5]

During the Ceremonious State of war the central policy-maker in Congress was Thaddeus Stevens, equally chairman of the Committee and Republican floor leader. He took charge of major legislation that funded the war try and permanently transformed the nation's economic policies regarding tariffs, bonds, income and excise taxes, national banks, suppression of money issued past country banks, greenback currency, and western railroad country grants.^[vi] Stevens was one of the major policymakers regarding Reconstruction, and obtained a House vote of impeachment confronting President Andrew Johnson (who was acquitted past the Senate in 1868). Hans Fifty. Trefousse, his leading biographer, concludes that Stevens "was 1 of the nearly influential representatives ever to serve in Congress. [He dominated] the House with his wit, cognition of parliamentary police force, and sheer willpower, even though he was oft unable to prevail."^[7] Historiographical views of Stevens have dramatically shifted over the years, from the early 20th-century view of Stevens and the Radical Republicans equally tools of enormous business organization and motivated by hatred of the white South, to the perspective of the neoabolitionists of the 1950s and after, who applauded their efforts to give equal rights to the freed slaves.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Three time to come presidents - James Polk, Millard Fillmore, and William McKinley - served as Committee Chairman. Earlier the official roles of floor leader came about in the late 19th century, the Chairman of Ways and Means was considered the Majority Leader. The Chairman is one of very few Representatives to take office space within the Capitol building itself.^[8]

Political significance [edit]

Considering of its wide jurisdiction, Ways and Means has always been one of the about of import committees with respect to bear upon on policy. Although it lacks the prospects for reelection help that comes with the Appropriations Committee, it is seen as a valuable post for 2 reasons: given the wide array of interests that are affected past the committee, a seat makes it piece of cake to collect campaign contributions^[9] and since its range is wide, members with a wide array of policy concerns often seek positions to exist able to influence policy decisions. Some recent major issues that have gone through the Ways and Ways Committee include welfare reform, a Medicare prescription drug benefit, Social Security reform, George W. Bush-league'southward revenue enhancement cuts, and trade agreements including the Northward American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Fundamental America Gratis Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

Until 1974, the Ways and Means Committee decided which chairmanships newly elected members of Congress would have, along with its regular financial duties.^[10] When Means and Ways chair Wilbur Mills' career ended in scandal, Congressman Phillip Burton transferred the committee's choice powers to a split, newly created committee.^[x]

Members, 117th Congress [edit]

Bulk

Minority

Richard Neal, Massachusetts, Chairman Lloyd Doggett, Texas Mike Thompson, California John B. Larson, Connecticut Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Ron Kind, Wisconsin Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Danny One thousand. Davis, Illinois Linda Sánchez, California Brian Higgins, New York Terri Sewell, Alabama Suzan DelBene, Washington, Vice Chair Judy Chu, California Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dan Kildee, Michigan Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania Don Beyer, Virginia Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Brad Schneider, Illinois Tom Suozzi, New York Jimmy Panetta, California Stephanie Tater, Florida Jimmy Gomez, California Steven Horsford, Nevada Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands

Kevin Brady, Texas, Ranking Member Devin Nunes, California (until Jan. 3, 2022) Vern Buchanan, Florida Adrian Smith, Nebraska Tom Reed, New York Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania Jason T. Smith, Missouri Tom Rice, South Carolina David Schweikert, Arizona Jackie Walorski, Indiana Darin LaHood, Illinois Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Jodey Arrington, Texas Drew Ferguson, Georgia Ron Estes, Kansas Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania Kevin Hern, Oklahoma Carol Miller, West Virginia Greg Potato, North Carolina (since Jan. nineteen, 2022)

Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 9 (Chair), H.Res. x (Ranking Member), H.Res. 62 (D), H.Res. 63 (R), H.Res. 875 (R)

Subcommittees [edit]

There are half-dozen subcommittees in the 116th Congress. In 2011, the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family unit Support was renamed the Subcommittee on Human Resource, returning to the name information technology held prior to the 110th U.s.a. Congress.^[xi] In 2015, the Select Acquirement Measures was renamed the Subcommittee on Tax Policy.^[12] In 2022 these two subcommittees were again renamed nether Democratic control; Human Resources became Worker and Family unit Support and Tax Policy was renamed to Select Acquirement Measures.

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Health	Lloyd Doggett (D–TX)	Vern Buchanan (R–FL)
Oversight	Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)	Tom Rice (R-SC)
Select Revenue Measures	Mike Thompson (D-CA)	Mike Kelly (R–PA)
Social Security	John B. Larson (D-CT)	Tom Reed (R-NY)
Trade	Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)	Adrian Smith (R–NE)
Worker and Family Support	Danny K. Davis (D–IL)	Jackie Walorski (R–IN)

List of chairs [edit]

#	Chair	Party	State	Start of service	End of service
ane	Thomas Fitzsimons	Federalist	PA	1789	1789
2	William 50. Smith	Federalist	SC	1794	1797
three	Robert G. Harper	Federalist	SC	1797	1800
four	Roger Griswold	Federalist	CT	1800	1801
v	John Randolph	Autonomous-Republican	VA	1801	1805
6	Joseph Clay	Democratic-Republican	PA	1805	1807
7	George W. Campbell	Democratic-Republican	TN	1807	1809
viii	John Due west. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	VA	1809	1811
9	Ezekiel Bacon	Democratic-Republican	SC	1811	1812
x	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	SC	1812	1813
xi	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	VA	1813	1815
12	William Lowndes	Democratic-Republican	SC	1815	1818
13	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	Dr.	1818	1822
14	Louis McLane	Federalist	DE	1822	1827
15	John Randolph	Democratic	VA	1827	1827
16	George McDuffie	Democratic	SC	1827	1832
17	Gulian C. Verplanck	Democratic	NY	1832	1833
18	James Grand. Polk	Autonomous	TN	1833	1835
19	Churchill C. Cambreleng	Democratic	NY	1835	1839
twenty	John Westward. Jones	Democratic	VA	1839	1841
21	Millard Fillmore	Whig	NY	1841	1843
22	James I. McKay	Autonomous	NC	1843	1847
23	Samuel F. Vinton	Whig	OH	1847	1849
24	Thomas H. Bayly	Democratic	VA	1849	1851
25	George S. Houston	Democratic	AL	1851	1855
26	Lewis D. Campbell	Republican	OH	1856	1857
27	J. Glancy Jones	Democratic	PA	1857	1858
28	John S. Phelps	Autonomous	MO	1858	1859
29	John Sherman	Republican	OH	1860	1861
30	Thaddeus Stevens	Republican	PA	1861	1865
31	Justin Morrill	Republican	VT	1865	1867
32	Robert C. Schenck	Republican	OH	1867	1871
33	Samuel Hooper	Republican	MA	1871	1871
34	Henry Fifty. Dawes	Republican	MA	1871	1875
35	William R. Morrison	Democratic	IL	1875	1877
36	Fernando Wood	Democratic	NY	1877	1881
37	John R. Tucker	Democratic	VA	1881	1881
38	William D. Kelley	Republican	PA	1881	1883
39	William R. Morrison	Democratic	IL	1883	1887
40	Roger Q. Mills	Autonomous	TX	1887	1889
41	William McKinley	Republican	OH	1889	1891
42	William 1000. Springer	Democratic	IL	1891	1893
43	William L. Wilson	Democratic	WV	1893	1895
44	Nelson Dingley, Jr.	Republican	ME	1895	1899
45	Sereno E. Payne	Republican	NY	1899	1911
46	Oscar Westward. Underwood	Autonomous	AL	1911	1915
47	Claude Kitchin	Autonomous	NC	1915	1919
48	Joseph Fordney	Republican	MI	1919	1923
49	William R. Dark-green	Republican	IA	1923	1928
50	Willis C. Hawley	Republican	OR	1928	1931
51	James W. Collier	Democratic	MS	1931	1933
52	Robert L. Doughton	Autonomous	NC	1933	1947
53	Harold Knutson	Republican	MN	1947	1949
54	Robert Fifty. Doughton	Democratic	NC	1949	1953
55	Daniel A. Reed	Republican	NY	1953	1955
56	Jere Cooper	Democratic	TN	1955	1957
57	Wilbur Mills	Autonomous	AR	1957	1975
	Al Ullman (acting)	Democratic	OR	1973	1975
58	Al Ullman	Democratic	OR	1975	1981
59	Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	IL	1981	1994
	Sam Gibbons (interim)	Autonomous	FL	1994	1995
threescore	Bill Archer	Republican	TX	1995	2001
61	Bill Thomas	Republican	CA	2001	2007
62	Charles Rangel	Democratic	NY	2007	2010
	Pete Stark (acting)	Democratic	CA	2010	2010
63	Sander Levin (acting)	Autonomous	MI	2010	2011
64	Dave Army camp	Republican	MI	2011	2015
65	Paul Ryan	Republican	WI	2015	2015
66	Kevin Brady	Republican	TX	2015	2019
67	Richard Neal	Democratic	MA	2019	Present

Historical membership rosters [edit]

116th Congress [edit]

Majority

Minority

Richard Neal, Massachusetts, Chairman Lloyd Doggett, Texas Mike Thompson, California John B. Larson, Connecticut Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Ron Kind, Wisconsin Bill Pascrell, New Bailiwick of jersey Danny 1000. Davis, Illinois Linda Sánchez, California Brian Higgins, New York Terri Sewell, Alabama, Vice Chair Suzan DelBene, Washington Judy Chu, California Gwen Moore, Wisconsin Dan Kildee, Michigan Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania Don Beyer, Virginia Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania Brad Schneider, Illinois Tom Suozzi, New York Jimmy Panetta, California Stephanie Murphy, Florida Jimmy Gomez, California Steven Horsford, Nevada Cedric Richmond, Louisiana (since September 22, 2020)

Kevin Brady, Texas, Ranking Member Devin Nunes, California Vern Buchanan, Florida Adrian Smith, Nebraska Kenny Marchant, Texas Tom Reed, New York Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania George Holding, North Carolina Jason T. Smith, Missouri Tom Rice, S Carolina David Schweikert, Arizona Jackie Walorski, Indiana Darin LaHood, Illinois Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Jodey Arrington, Texas Drew Ferguson, Georgia Ron Estes, Kansas

Resolutions electing members: H.Res. seven (Chair); H.Res. 8 (Ranking Fellow member), H.Res. 42 (D), H.Res. 68 (R)

Subcommittee

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Health	Lloyd Doggett (D–TX)	Devin Nunes (R–CA)
Worker and Family Support	Danny K. Davis (D–IL)	Jackie Walorski (R–IN)
Oversight	Pecker Pascrell (D-NJ)	Mike Kelly (R–PA)
Select Revenue Measures	Mike Thompson (D-CA)	Adrian Smith (R–NE)
Social Security	John B. Larson (D-CT)	Tom Reed (R-NY)
Trade	Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)	Vern Buchanan (R–FL)

115th Congress [edit]

Majority

Minority

Kevin Brady, Texas, Chairman Sam Johnson, Texas Devin Nunes, California Dave Reichert, Washington Peter Roskam, Illinois Vern Buchanan, Florida Adrian Smith, Nebraska Lynn Jenkins, Kansas Erik Paulsen, Minnesota Kenny Marchant, Texas Diane Black, Tennessee Tom Reed, New York Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania Jim Renacci, Ohio Kristi Noem, South Dakota George Holding, North Carolina Jason T. Smith, Missouri Tom Rice, South Carolina David Schweikert, Arizona Jackie Walorski, Indiana Carlos Curbelo, Florida Mike Bishop, Michigan Darin LaHood, Illinois Brad Wenstrup, Ohio

Richard Neal, Massachusetts, Ranking Member Sander Levin, Michigan John Lewis, Georgia Lloyd Doggett, Texas Mike Thompson, California John B. Larson, Connecticut Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Ron Kind, Wisconsin Nib Pascrell, New Bailiwick of jersey Joseph Crowley, New York Danny K. Davis, Illinois Linda Sánchez, California Brian Higgins, New York, Vice Ranking Fellow member Terri Sewell, Alabama Suzan DelBene, Washington Judy Chu, California

• Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 6 (Chair); H.Res. vii (Ranking Member); H.Res. 29, H.Res. 131, (Republicans); H.Res. 45, H.Res. 95 (Democrats).

See likewise [edit]

• Listing of current United states House of Representatives committees

References [edit]

1. ^ "Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia". Pol.
2. ^ Herb, Jeremy (Jan one, 2019). "The v House chairs who are about to brand life much harder for Trump". CNN. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
3. ^ "Means and Means Bicentennial History, Page 38" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 23, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2007.
4. ^ "Ways and Means Bicentennial History, Folio 58" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2007.
5. ^ Cannon, J. One thousand., Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History (Ann Arbor: Academy of Michigan Press, 1994), p. 58.
6. ^ Heather Cox Richardson (1997). The Greatest Nation of the Globe: Republican Economical Policies During the Ceremonious War. Harvard University Press. pp. 9, 41, 52, 111, 116, 120, 182, 202. ISBN9780674059658.
7. ^ Trefousse, H. Fifty. (1991). Historical Dictionary of Reconstruction. Greenwood. p. 214. ISBN9780313258626.
8. ^ Schraufnagel, South., Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011), p. 239 Archived February 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine.
9. ^ Grier, Kevin; Munger, Michael (1991). "Committee Assignments, Elective Preferences and Entrada Contributions". Economic Inquiry. 29 (1): 24–43. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7295.1991.tb01250.x.
10. ^ ^{a b} Frum, David (2000). How Nosotros Got Here: The '70s . New York, New York: Basic Books. pp. 276–279. ISBN0-465-04195-7.
11. ^ "Chairman Camp Announces Republican Membership on Ways & Means Subcommittees for 113th Congress". January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
12. ^ "Chairman Brady Announces Republican Subcommittee Chairs, Members". Nov 18, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

Sources [edit]

• H. Doc. 100-244, The Committee on Ways and Means a Bicentennial History 1789-1989

Further reading [edit]

• Rangel, Charles B.; Wynter, Leon (2007). And I Oasis't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York: St. Martin'southward Printing.

External links [edit]

• Official commission website (Archive)
• Business firm Means and Means Commission. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
• House Ways and Ways Committee Hearings and Meetings Video. Congress.gov.

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