STAFF NEWS: Senate Committees Get Big Budget Boosts, Hiring Now
If you are thinking of moving to a new position, now might well be a good time to start making some calls to friends or contacts with links to any of the 18 standing and select Senate committees.
Recognize the Senate Subway? Operators wore coats and ties in the old days. (Screenshot from senate.gov).
Under a newly approved Senate resolution, the total allocation for staff and oversight by the committees (except the Appropriations panel, which sets its own as part of the budget process) is up significantly, according to Daniel Schuman at First Branch Forecast.
“The total package for 18 standing and select committees is $291.4 million. (To put this in context, that’s ~41 percent of the funding level for the Capitol Police). All committees received increases of at least 15 percent over the 117th Congress in constant dollars, likely in response to inflation, unified party control, and the general underfunding of committees in Congress across the board,” according to Schuman.
“The Agriculture Committee received the biggest bump, nearly a 25 percent increase to $14.4 million, perhaps because it has some responsibility for overseeing the cryptocurrency market. The Banking Committee, which may get a piece of that action as well, received a 20% increase,” he said.
And for those with a thirst for more data, FBF offers this spreadsheet detailing Senate committee spending going back to the 104th Congress, the “Contract with America” Congress led by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.