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


If you need a handy print directory of the members of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives, with color photos, in a convenient spiral bound pocket-size book, see our Congressional Directory.   

  House of Representatives

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

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.

You may also phone the United States Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and an operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.

This information is from the materials distributed at our Congress in a Nutshell course.

  Online Congressional Directories
  • On the web, member directories are here: House, Senate

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