United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. It was renamed from the Subcommittee on District of Columbia in 2007 align the operations of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
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