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Senate Armed Services Committee. Gavin Kline Trosper 4A. History of Committees. Why are committees important? They control the congressional agenda and guide legislation. (Edwards, Wattenberg, & Lineberry , 2009)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Gavin Kline Trosper 4A
History of Committees • Why are committees important? • They control the congressional agenda and guide legislation. (Edwards, Wattenberg, & Lineberry, 2009) • Committee chairs are the heads of their committees. (Edwards, Wattenberg, & Lineberry, 2009) • 1789-1816 there were only tentative select committees (Senate Committees) • Standing committees started in 1816 (Senate Committees)
Senate Armed Services CommitteeDuties The Jurisdiction of SACA is: “Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations; the common defense; the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally; maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone; military research and development; national security aspects of nuclear energy; naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska; pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents; selective service system; and strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. Comprehensive study and review of matters relating to the common defense policy of the United States. “ (United States Senate Armed Services Committee)
Important Legislation • (2009) Levin-McCain Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (About Carl Levin) • S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (United States Senate Armed Services Committee) • S. 1390 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (United States Senate Armed Services Committee)
ChairmanSenator Carl Levin (D-MI) • Born in Detroit 1934 • Graduated Swarthmore College with honors in 1956 • Harvard University Law School in 1959 • Practiced and taught law in Michigan until 1964 • Appointed an assistant attorney general of Michigan 1964 • Elected to Detroit City Council in 1969 and became president in 1973 • Elected to US Senate in 1978, reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. • (About Carl Levin)
Ranking Member Senator John McCain (R-AZ) • Son and grandson of Naval Admirals • Navy Aviator during Vietnam • Was a POW for 5 and a half years • Retired from the navy in 1981 with the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. • First elected The House of Representatives in 1982. • Elected to Senate in 1986 • Republican Candidate for President in 2008 • Currently is Ranking Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee; Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Committee on Indian Affairs. • (US Senator John McCain)
Bibliography (n.d.). Retrieved 10 25, 2010, from United States Senate Armed Services Committee: http://armed- services.senate.gov/index.htm About Carl Levin. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 26, 2010, from US Senator Carlo Levin: http://levin.senate.gov/about/ Edwards, G. C., Wattenberg, M. P., & Lineberry, R. L. (2009). Government in America. Longman. Senate Committees. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 27, 2010, from United States Senate: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/commo n/briefing/Committees.htm#5 US Senator John McCain. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 26, 2010, from http://mccain.senate.gov/public/