Number: 98-635 Title: Assignments to Senate Subcommittees Authors: Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division Abstract: One of the first orders of business for Senate committees is deciding whether to establish subcommittees, and if so, determining their number, sizes, party ratios, chairs, ranking minority members, and other members. There are no direct limits on the number of subcommittees that may be created. Pages: 2 Date: November 15, 2005