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This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration (1995)
Vice Chair of the Strategic Communications Committee: Tina Smith: Minnesota: Assists the Chair for providing various services to Democratic Senators and their staff, by enhancing Senate Democrats’ ability to formulate and advance their agenda through the use of modern communications. [6] - Vice Chairs of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign ...
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
At first a Senate leader was an informal position usually an influential committee chairman, or a person of great eloquence, seniority, or wealth, such as Daniel Webster and Nelson Aldrich. By at least 1850, parties in each chamber of Congress began naming chairs, and while conference and caucus chairs carried very little authority, the Senate ...
The musical chairs of the committee shakeups are all part of the transition as Republicans regain control of the Senate after four years in the minority and Republican senators scramble to assume ...
Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford: OK: January 3, 2025: Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Tim Scott: SC: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Rick Scott: FL: January 3, 2025: Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip Mike Crapo: ID: January 3, 2013
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, in a Fox News interview as she takes over steering the Senate Democrats campaign committee for the 2026 midterm elections, details her plans to win back majority.