Alison Feighan, Rapoza Associates
David Reich, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Nick Wyatt, Senate Finance Committee
114 Congress
Congress
U.S. Senate 113
thth
Democrats 46
55
45
Republicans 54
*Includes Independents Bernie Sanders (VT) and Angus King (ME) who caucus with Democrats
2
New Senate Leadership - GOP
• Mitch McConnell (R-KY),
Majority Leader
• Jon Cornyn (R-TX), Majority Whip
• John Thune (R-SD), Republican
Conference Chair
• Roy Blunt (R-MO), Republican
Conference Vice-Chair
• John Barrasso (R-WY), Republican
Policy Committee Chair
New Senate Leadership - Dems
• Harry Reid (D-NV), Minority
Leader & Democratic Conference
Committee Chair
• Richard Durbin (D-IL), Minority
Whip
• Charles Schumer (D-NY),
Democratic Policy Committee
Chair
• Patty Murray (D-WA), Democratic
Conference Secretary
U.S. House of Representatives
Republicans picked up 13 seats
House of Representatives, 114th Congress
Republicans,
247
Democrats,
189
5
House GOP Leadership
Speaker of the House
Rep. John Boehner
House Democratic Leadership
Committee Changes,
114th Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thad Cochran (R-MS), Chairman
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chair
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Ranking Member
Richard Shelby (R-AL), Ranking Member
Senate Financial Services and General
Government Subcommittee, Appropriations
John Boozman (R-AR), Chairman
Tom Udall (D-NM), Chairman
Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member
Mike Johans (R-NE), Ranking Member
House Appropriations Committee
Hal Rogers (R-KY), Chairman
Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member
House Financial Services and General
Government Subcommittee, Appropriations
Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Chairman
José Serrano (D-NY), Ranking Member
House Approps Subcommittee Chairs
100.0%
95.0%
National Journal Ideological Rating (2013)
Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs, 114th Congress
More conservative    
90.0%
85.0%
Tom Graves, 83.3%
80.0%
75.0%
Robert Aderholt, 74.3%
John Culberson, 74.5%
70.0%
65.0%
60.0%
55.0%
50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
Kay Granger, 72.8%
John Carter, 71.5%
Ander Crenshaw, 66.7%
Charles Dent, 61.8%
Mario Diaz-Balart,
54.7%
Ken Calvert, 62.1%
Chairman of
Appropriations,
Hal Rogers, 63.0%
Rodney Frelinghuysen, 52.0%
Mike Simpson, 61.0%
Tom Cole, 54.8%
Dotted line is
the ideology of
the average
House
Republican
House Budget Committee
Tom Price (R-GA) replaces
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD),
Ranking Member
Senate Budget Committee
Mike Enzi (R-WY) replaces Patty
Murray (D-WA) as Chair
Patty Murray (D-WA)
replaces Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
as Ranking Member
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee
Richard Shelby (R-AL), Chairman
Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman
Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member
Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member
House Financial Services Committee
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman
Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member
Senate Finance Committee
Ron Wyden (DOR), former
Chairman, Now
Ranking
Member
Leaving:
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Orrin Hatch (RUT) takes over
Committee
New
Members
Possible
New
Members
Coats (R-IN)
Heller (R-NV)
Scott (R-SC)
House Ways and Means
Dave Camp (R-MI) Retires
Paul Ryan (R-WI) takes over
Joining the Committee
Leaving the Committee:
Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
Tim Griffin (R-AR)
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
Pat Meehan (R-PA)
Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Jason Smith (R-MO)
George Holding (R-NC).
Decline in Community Development
Spending As a Share of GDP
1.80%
1.60%
1.40%
1.20%
1.00%
0.80%
0.60%
0.40%
0.20%
0.00%
1978
1983
1988
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013
2018
estimate
Impact of the Sequester
CDFI Fund Appropriations:
A Happier Story
CDFI Fund Appropriations (Millions Dollars $)
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
FY2007
FY2008 FY2009* FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
FY2015
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Deficits Have Fallen Sharply Since Recession
cbpp.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Non-Interest Spending Outside of Social Security
and Medicare Below Historical Average
cbpp.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Major Health Programs including Health Reform
Now Projected to Cost Less Than in January 2010
without Health Reform
Spending in billions of dollars, 2011-2020
$12,000
$611 Billion Lower
Spending
$10,000
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$0
January 2010 Projection
January 2015 Projection
Note: Baseline projections of Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance subsidies, and Children’s Health Insurance
Program for fiscal years 2011-2020. January 2015 projections include actual spending for FY 2011-14.
Source: CBPP analysis based on Congressional Budget Office estimates.
cbpp.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
NDD Levels Have Fallen Since 2010
cbpp.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Non-Defense Discretionary Spending Falling
to Historic Lows
cbpp.org
CDFI Appropriations Request
FY 11
FY 12
FY 13 FY 14
FY 15
FY 16
Budget
Request
CDFI Fund Appropriation
$227
$221
$221
$226
$230.5
$233.5
$233.5
- CDFI Program (FA/TA)
175
(25)
168
(22)
168
(22)
167.5
(22)
174.4
(22)
192.6
(35)
174.6
(Healthy Foods)
FY 16
CDFI Coalition
Request
-
Native Initiatives
12
12
12
15
15
16
16
-
Bank Enterprise Award
22
18
18
18
18
0
18
-
Admin Expenses
18
23
23
24.6
23.1
24.9
24.9
n/a
n/a
500
750
750
1000
1000
CDFI Bond Program
Chart in millions of dollars
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