The Appropriations committee is the largest Senate committee and is responsible for discretionary spending. This committee also contains subcommittees, who concentrate on government agencies such as Homeland Security and Defense. Two major responsibilities of this committee are to create spending bills and to make funding recommendations for the federal budget.
Russia relied heavily on natural resources to fuel post soviet economic growth mainly by utilizing the massive amount of oil reserves that are spread out within the country, since oil continues to be a highly-demanded entity.
