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HOUSE COMMITTEE

House Committee on Ways and Means

Republican control · 26R·19D

Chair: Jason Smith (R)

Ranking Member: Richard Neal (D)

45 members in the 119th Congress

About

The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures, as 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.

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In the 119th Congress

Ways and Means among House and joint committees, ringed below; the rest are faded.

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A–Z · 27 committees

AgricultureChair Thompson (R)RM Craig (D)AppropriationsChair Cole (R)RM DeLauro (D)Armed ServicesChair Rogers (R)RM Smith (D)BudgetChair Arrington (R)RM Boyle (D)Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeChair Wicker (R)RM —Education and WorkforceChair Walberg (R)RM Scott (D)Energy and CommerceChair Guthrie (R)RM Pallone (D)EthicsChair Guest (R)RM DeSaulnier (D)Financial ServicesChair Hill (R)RM Waters (D)Foreign AffairsChair Mast (R)RM Meeks (D)Homeland SecurityChair Garbarino (R)RM Thompson (D)House AdministrationChair Steil (R)RM Morelle (D)IntelligenceChair Crawford (R)RM Himes (D)Joint EconomicChair Schweikert (R)RM Hassan (D)Joint LibraryChair Steil (R)RM —Joint PrintingChair McConnell (R)RM —Joint TaxationChair Crapo (R)RM —JudiciaryChair Jordan (R)RM Raskin (D)Natural ResourcesChair Westerman (R)RM Huffman (D)Oversight and Government ReformChair Comer (R)RM Garcia (D)RulesChair Foxx (R)RM McGovern (D)Science, Space, and TechnologyChair Babin (R)RM Lofgren (D)Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021Chair Loudermilk (R)RM —Small BusinessChair Williams (R)RM Velázquez (D)Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist PartyChair Moolenaar (R)RM Khanna (D)Transportation and InfrastructureChair Graves (R)RM Larsen (D)Veterans' AffairsChair Bost (R)RM Takano (D)

Member roster · dimension 1

This committee’s 45 members on the same left–right axis. Committee membership isn’t tracked historically — only the 119th Congress — so there’s no trajectory view here the way there is for an individual member.

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Stacey PlaskettVI-ALD-0.77Dwight EvansPA-3D-0.54Danny DavisIL-7D-0.53Jimmy GomezCA-34D-0.50Linda SánchezCA-38D-0.45Gwen MooreWI-4D-0.43Richard Neal— Ranking MemberMA-1D-0.42Lloyd DoggettTX-37D-0.41Terri SewellAL-7D-0.41Suzan DelBeneWA-1D-0.40Judy ChuCA-28D-0.40Donald BeyerVA-8D-0.39John LarsonCT-1D-0.38Mike ThompsonCA-4D-0.34Brad SchneiderIL-10D-0.32Brendan BoylePA-2D-0.31Steven HorsfordNV-4D-0.26Jimmy PanettaCA-19D-0.24Thomas SuozziNY-3D-0.18Brian FitzpatrickPA-1R0.17Nicole MalliotakisNY-11R0.28Mike CareyOH-15R0.34Vern BuchananFL-16R0.36Max MillerOH-7R0.36Blake MooreUT-1R0.42Randy FeenstraIA-4R0.43Gregory MurphyNC-3R0.43Darin LaHoodIL-16R0.46Adrian SmithNE-3R0.47Mike KellyPA-16R0.49David KustoffTN-8R0.50Lloyd SmuckerPA-11R0.50David SchweikertAZ-1R0.53Claudia TenneyNY-24R0.56Michelle FischbachMN-7R0.57Rudy YakymIN-2R0.60Jason Smith— ChairMO-8R0.61Kevin HernOK-1R0.61Beth Van DuyneTX-24R0.62Nathaniel MoranTX-1R0.64Gregory SteubeFL-17R0.66Carol MillerWV-1R0.67Jodey ArringtonTX-19R0.73Aaron BeanFL-4R0.73Ron EstesKS-4R0.77

Subcommittees

6 subcommittees of the Ways and Means committee. Each row’s tick is the full committee’s own blended position — subcommittee rosters are usually too small for a separate mean to mean much, so there isn’t one here; the dots are the subcommittee’s chair and ranking member.

Legislation in this committee

1,911 bills and joint resolutions referred this Congress. Loading their steps…