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111th Congress Committee Assignments

Below are the assignments for the Congressional committees of jurisdiction for Medicare - the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Finance Committee. The SVS Political Action Committee is seeking members who are willing to become Key Contacts to their members of Congress who are now serving on these important committees. For more information, contact governmentrelations@vascularsociety.org.

House Ways and Means

Senate Finance

Democrats
Pete Stark, Chair (CA)
Lloyd Doggett (TX)
Mike Thompson (CA)
Xavier Becerra (CA)
Earl Pomeroy (ND)
Ron Kind (WI)
Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Bill Pascrell (NJ)
Shelley Berkley (NV)

Republicans
Wally Herger, Ranking Member (CA)
Sam Johnson (TX)
Paul Ryan (WI)
Devin Nunes (CA)
Ginny Brown-Waite (FL)

Democrats
Jay Rockefeller, Chair (WV)
John Kerry (MA)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Charles Schumer (NY)
Debbie Stabenow (MI) 
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Robert Menendez (NJ)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Thomas Carper (DE)

Republicans
Orrin Hatch, Ranking Member (UT)
Olympia Snowe (ME)
Jon Kyl (AR)
Jim Bunning (KY)
John Ensign (NE)
Michael Enzi (WY)
John Cornyn (TX)
Mike Crapo (ID)

House Energy and Commerce

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pentions

Democrats
Frank Pallone, Chair (NJ)
John Dingell (MI)
Bart Gordon (TN)
Anna Eshoo (CA)
Elliot Engel (NY)
Gene Green (TX)
Diana DeGette (CO)
Lois Capps (CA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Mike Ross (AR)
Anthony Weiner (NY)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Jane Harman (CA)
Charles Gonzalez (TX)
John Barrow (GA)
Donna Christensen, MD (VI)
Kathy Castor (FL)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Christopher Murphy (CT)
Zack Space (OH)
Betty Sutton (OH)
Bruce Braley (IA)

Republicans
Nathan Deal, Ranking Member (GA)
Ralph Hall (TX)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
John Shimkus (IL)
John Shadegg (AZ)
Roy Blunt (MO)
Steve Buyer (IN)
Joe Pitts (PA)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Sue Myrick (NC)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Michael Burgess, MD (TX)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Phil Gingrey, MD (GA)

Democrats
Edward Kennedy, Chair (MA)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Tom Harkin (IA) 
Barbara Mikulski (MD 
Patty Murray (WA) 
Jack Reed (RI)
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Sherrod Brown (OH) 
Robert Casey (PA)
Kay Hagan (NC)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Al Franken (MN)

Republicans
Michael Enzi, Ranking Member (WY)
Judd Gregg (NH)
Lamar Alexander (TN)
Richard Burr (NC)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
John McCain (AR)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Tom Coburn, MD (OK)
Pat Roberts (KS)

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