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Rosa DeLauro
Rosa Luisa DeLauro (; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who has been the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. The district is based in New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and includes most of its suburbs. DeLauro is the Dean of the House, dean of United States congressional delegations from Connecticut, Connecticut's congressional delegation. In 2020, DeLauro was selected as chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations, House Appropriations Committee for the 117th United States Congress, 117th Congress, succeeding Nita Lowey and becoming the second woman to hold the position. She co-chaired the Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives, House Democratic Steering Committee from 2003 to 2021. Early life, education, and early political career DeLauro was born in New Haven, Connecticut to an Italian-American f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Appropriations
The United States House Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives that is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its Senate counterpart. The bills passed by the Appropriations Committee regulate expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful committees, and its members are seen as influential. History The constitutional basis for the Appropriations Committee comes from Article one, Section nine, Clause seven of the U.S. Constitution, which says: :No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. This clearly delegated the power of appropriating money to Congress, but was vague beyond that. Originally, the power of appropriating was taken by the Committee on Ways and Means, but the United States C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
