** FILE ** Kansas Budget Director Steve Anderson prepares to brief the state House Appropriations Committee on Gov. Sam Brownback's spending plan for the state's next two fiscal years, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
** FILE ** Kansas Budget Director Steve Anderson prepares to brief the state House Appropriations Committee on Gov. Sam Brownback's spending plan for the state's next two fiscal years, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
Delegate Lacey Putney, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, and Delegate William Howell (right), the House speaker, listen as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. The governor delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Delegate S. Chris Jones speaks Monday with House Appropriations Committee staff member Susan Hogge. After a budget amendment proposed by Gov. Bob McDonnell was rejected, Mr. Jones suggested it was "inartfully drawn."
ASSOCIATED PRESS Delegate S. Chris Jones speaks Monday with House Appropriations Committee staff member Susan Hogge. After a budget amendment proposed by Gov. Bob McDonnell was rejected, Mr. Jones suggested it was "inartfully drawn."
Rep. Harold Rogers, Kentucky Republican, is set to wield the House Appropriations Committee gavel in the 112th Congress. (Associated Press)
