In 2011, he was made the chairman of the powerful budget committee.
He also served for several months in the Parliament's budget committee.
I think the budget committee should put a bill on the floor.
The bill now goes to the budget committees in both houses.
In the Senate, the budget committee has taken on a much stronger institutional role.
He currently serves as the chairman of the budget committee.
And the budget committee, as one senator said, is "where bills go to die."
The budget committees are to continue hearings through June 5.
During his lengthy career, he was a member of the legislative budget committee.
"How many here want to be on the Budget Committee?"