FAQs > Leadership and Committees of the 110th Congress, 2nd Session

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House Leadership

Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
born 1940, House since 1987

Majority	Minority
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) born 1939, House since 1981	Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) born 1949, House since 1991
Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) born 1940, House since 1993	Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) born 1950, House since 1997
Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) born 1959, House since 2003	Republican Conference Chairman Adam H. Putnam (R-FL) born 1974, House since 2001
	House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) born 1965, House since 2003

House Committees

Alphabetical listing of House members on the House of Representatives web site

Senate Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President Dick Cheney 
born 1941

President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
born 1917, Senate since 1959

Majority	Minority
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) born 1939, Senate since 1987	Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) born 1942, Senate since 1985
Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) born 1944, Senate since 1997	Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) born 1942, Senate since 1995
Democratic Conference Vice-Chairman Secretary Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) born 1950, Senate since 1999	Republican Conference  Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) born 1940, Senate since 2003
Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray (D-WA) born 1950, Senate since 1993	Republican Conference Vice-Chairman John Cornyn (R-TX) born 1952, Senate since 2003
Democratic Policy Committee Byron Dorgan (D-ND) born 1942, Senate since 1992	Republican Policy Committee Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) born 1943, Senate since 1993

Senate Committees

Alphabetical listing of Senators on the U.S. Senate web site.

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Last updated: June 28, 2008