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| x Suburban Caucus |
An informal group of over 70 Republican members of the United States House of Representatives with primarily suburban constituencies, founded by Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL). He planned a suburban agenda in early 2004, made a presentation on it at the...
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| x Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus |
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The Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus (CWRC) is a large bi-partisan Congressional Member Organization in the U.S. House of Representatives formed to support the National Wildlife Refuge System through legislation, funding, and education.
The...
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| x Bike Caucus |
The Congressional Bike Caucus(AKA Congressional Bicycle Caucus) was formed sometime after 1996.
To encourage Congressional leadership to complement the efforts of the millions of cyclists working for safer roads, more bikeways, convenient bike...
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| x Congressional Black Caucus |
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The Congressional Black Caucus is an organization representing the black members of the United States Congress. Membership is exclusive to African-Americans, and its chair in the 112th Congress is Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri.
The...
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| x Blue Dog Democrat |
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The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs, is a group of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify themselves as moderates.
It was formed in 1995 during the 104th Congress to give more...
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| x Congressional center aisle caucus |
The Congressional Center Aisle Caucus is a group in the United States Congress who has a strong interest in promoting civility of Congress and change the atmosphere in which Congress works. They aim at bringing the two political parties together to...
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| x Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus |
The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) founded on May 16, 1994, by former Congressman Norman Mineta, is a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American...
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| x Congressional Bike Caucus |
The Congressional Bike Caucus (CBC) is a bipartisan caucus of the United States House of Representatives launched by Oregon representative Earl Blumenauer. It is officially registered with the Committee on House Administration, the house committee...
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| x Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine |
Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
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| x Congressional steel caucus |
The Congressional Steel Caucus is a caucus of the United States Congress.
Founded in the early 1970s by Representatives John Murtha (D-PA) and Ralph Regula (R-OH), this bi-partisan coalition promotes the health and stability of the domestic steel...
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| x Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives |
The House Democratic Caucus nominates and elects the Democratic Party leadership in the United States House of Representatives. The group is composed of all Democratic Representatives in the House. In its role as a party conference, the caucus...
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| x Friends of Australia Congressional Caucus |
The Friends of Australia Congressional Caucus is the bipartisan caucus within the U.S. Congress that seeks to "promote a deeper cultural understanding, enhance our mutual security, and strengthen our economic ties" between the United States and...
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| x Congressional Hispanic Caucus |
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) comprises 21 Democratic members of the United States Congress most of whom are of Hispanic origin. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics...
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| x Congressional Hispanic Conference |
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The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) is a Republican Party-controlled caucus in the United States Congress. The CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans of Hispanic or Latino and...
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| x Israel Allies Caucus |
The Israel Allies Caucus is a caucus in the United States House of Representatives made up of members who strongly support Israel. It was formed on July 27, 2006 to affirm United States support for Israel amidst growing international pressure for...
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| x United States House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children |
The House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children (HCMEC) was formed in order to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and coordinate United States federal legislation preventing child abduction and exploitation of...
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| x Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children |
The Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children (SCMERC) was formed in the United States of America in April, 2003, in order to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It coordinates federal legislation...
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| x International Narcotics Control Caucus |
The United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (also known as the Senate Narcotics Caucus) was created to monitor and encourage the U.S. government and private programs seeking to expand international cooperation against drug...
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| x New Democrat Coalition |
The New Democrat Coalition is a Congressional Member Organization within the United States Congress made up of Democrats who support an agenda that the organization describes as moderate and pro-growth. A July 2009 Press release described the...
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| x Congressional nominating caucus |
The Congressional nominating caucus is the name for informal meetings in which American congressmen would agree on who to nominate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency from their political party.
This system was introduced in 1796 after George...
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| x Out of Iraq Caucus |
The Out of Iraq Caucus is a Congressional caucus in the United States House of Representatives, created in June 2005.
It consists of House members who advocate the departure of United States troops from Iraq, effectively ending U.S. participation in...
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| x Congressional Progressive Caucus |
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is the largest caucus within the Democratic caucus in the United States Congress with 76 declared members, and works to advance progressive issues and positions.
The CPC was founded in 1991 and now has 76...
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| x Republican Liberty Caucus |
The Republican Liberty Caucus is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual liberty, limited government and free market economics within the Republican Party in the United States. It is part of the libertarian...
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| x Republican Study Committee |
The Republican Study Committee [RSC] is a caucus of over 170 conservative members of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives. Though the primary functions of the Republican Study Committee vary from year to year, it has...
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| x Steering and Policy Committee of the United States House of Representatives |
In the United States House of Representatives, the House Democratic Caucus includes a Steering and Policy Committee. Its primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other House committees, and it also advises party leaders on policy. The...
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| x Terry Everett |
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Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to 2009.
On September 26, 2007,...
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| x Raul Grijalva |
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Raúl M. Grijalva (English: /rɑːˈuːl ɡrɪˈhælvə/; born February 19, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes half of metro Tucson, all...
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| x Russ Carnahan |
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John Russell "Russ" Carnahan (pronounced /ˈkɑrnəhæn/; born July 10, 1958) is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes the southern third of...
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| x Dale E. Kildee |
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Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929) is the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th congressional district, serving since 1977. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee...
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| x Devin Nunes |
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Devin Nunes (born October 1, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for California's 21st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County,...
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| x Denny Rehberg |
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Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg (born October 5, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for Montana's At-large congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Rehberg was born in Billings, Montana, the son of Patricia Rae ...
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| x Adam Putnam |
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Adam H. Putnam (born July 31, 1974) is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district, serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Putnam was...
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| x Timothy V. Johnson |
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Timothy Vincent "Tim" Johnson (born July 23, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 15th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party and will not be running for re-election in 2012.
Johnson was born in...
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| x Howard McKeon |
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Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for California's 25th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Born in...
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| x Pete Stark |
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Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district, serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as...
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| x John M. McHugh |
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John Michael McHugh (born September 29, 1948) is the 21st United States Secretary of the Army and a former Republican politician from the state of New York, who represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of...
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| x Keith Ellison |
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Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The district centers on Minneapolis. He was re-elected in...
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| x Joe Knollenberg |
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Joseph Kastl "Joe" Knollenberg (born November 28, 1933) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 9th congressional district.
He was...
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| x Walter B. Jones |
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Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. (born February 10, 1943, in Farmville, North Carolina) is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the...
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| x Artur Davis |
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Artur Genestre Davis (born October 9, 1967) is a former Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 7th congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2011. Davis was a candidate for Alabama's Democratic...
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| x Albert Wynn |
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Albert Russell Wynn (born September 10, 1951) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 4th district of Maryland from 1993 to 2008. On February 13, 2008, Al Wynn was defeated in the Democratic...
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| x Peter T. King |
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Peter T. King (born April 5, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, known for his active support for the Irish republican movement. King's central Long...
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| x Steve Buyer |
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Stephen Earle Buyer ( /ˈbuːjər/ BOO-yər; born November 26, 1958) is the former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district, and previously the 5th district, serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Buyer...
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| x Nick Lampson |
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Nicholas Valentino 'Nick' Lampson (born February 14, 1945) is an American politician from the state of Texas and was a Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District and the 9th Congressional District of Texas.
Lampson was a Democratic...
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| x Jane Harman |
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Jane Margaret Lakes Harman (born June 28, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She resigned from Congress in...
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| x Chet Edwards |
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Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards (born November 24, 1951) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990...
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| x Nathan Deal |
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John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is a United States politician, the 82nd and current Governor of Georgia. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992 but switched to the Republican Party in 1995. On March 1, 2010...
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| x John Boozman |
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John Nichols Boozman (pronounced /ˈboʊzmən/ BOHZ-mən; born December 10, 1950) is the junior United States Senator for Arkansas (since 2011). A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States Representative for Arkansas's...
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| x Phil Hare |
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Philip G. "Phil" Hare (born February 21, 1949) is the former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district, serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Illinois' share of the Quad...
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| x William Lacy Clay, Jr. |
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William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay (born July 27, 1956) is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes the northern two-thirds...
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| x Ciro D. Rodriguez |
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Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9, 1946) is the former U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district, serving from 2007 until 2011. The district stretches from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east, a distance of some 500...
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| x Patrick T. McHenry |
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Patrick Timothy McHenry (born October 22, 1975) is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 10th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for a...
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| x Ralph Regula |
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Ralph Straus Regula (born December 3, 1924 in Beach City, Ohio) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican...
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| x Allen Boyd |
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Fred Allen Boyd Jr. (born June 6, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district, serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First...
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| x Hal Rogers |
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Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 5th congressional district, serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Rogers was born in Barrier, Kentucky, attended Western Kentucky...
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| x Ike Skelton |
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Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV (born December 20, 1931) is the former U.S. Representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district. During his tenure, he has served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a member for the...
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| x Betty McCollum |
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Betty Louise McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).
The district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's capital...
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| x Shelley Berkley |
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Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley (born Rochelle Levine; January 20, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999, and a candidate for U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Berkley moved with...
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| x Jeff Flake |
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Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake (born December 31, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now:...
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| x Carol Shea-Porter |
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Carol Shea-Porter (born December 2, 1952) is the former U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, serving from 2007 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Shea-Porter was defeated in the November 2, 2010...
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