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Leadership and Committees of the 112th Congress, 2nd Session > With Photos
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House Leadership  House Committees   |   Senate Leadership   Senate Committees

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.   

Also see

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  • Congress Profile: The Backgrounds and Groups Among Members of Congress

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  • For a discussion of Party Leadership, see the Congressional Deskbook, Section 7.40.

  House of Representatives

House Leadership

Speaker of the House
John Boehner (R-OH)
born 1949, House since 1991


 

Majority

Minority

House Republican Cloakroom
 Advance Schedule: 202-225-2020
 Current Proceedings: 202-225-7430		House Democratic Cloakroom
 Advance Schedule: 202-225-1600
 Current Proceedings: 202-225-7400

Majority Leader
Eric Cantor (R-VA)
born 1963, House since 2001
 

Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
born 1940, House since 1987

Majority Whip
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
born 1965, House since 2007

Minority Whip
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
born 1939, House since 1981

Republican Conference Chairman
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
born 1957, House since 2003

Assistant Democratic Leader
James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
born 1940, House since 1993

House Republican Policy
Committee Chairman
Tom Price (R-GA)
born 1954, House since 2005

House Republican Policy
Committee Vice-Chairman
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
born 1969, House since 2005

Democratic Caucus Chairman
John Larson (D-CT)
born 1948, House since 1999
Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
born 1958, House since 1993

House Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture

  • Committee on Appropriations

  • Committee on Armed Services

  • Committee on the Budget

  • Committee on Education and Workforce

  • Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Committee on Ethics

  • Committee on Financial Services

  • Committee on Foreign Affairs

  • Committee on Homeland Security

  • Committee on House Administration

  • Committee on the Judiciary

  • Committee on Natural Resources

  • Committee on Oversight & Government Reform

  • Committee on Rules

  • Committee on Science, Space and Technology

  • Committee on Small Business

  • Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

  • Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  • Committee on Ways and Means

  • Joint Economic Committee

  • Joint Committee on Printing

  • Joint Committee on Taxation

  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

 

Also see Wikipedia's List of United States House of Representatives committees

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

  Senate

Senate Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President Joseph Biden
born 1942

President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
born 1924, Senate since 1963

Majority

Minority

Senate Democratic Cloakroom: 202-224-8541Senate Republican Cloakroom: 202-224-8601

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 Caucus
Co-Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
born 1950, Senate since 1999

Republican Conference
 Chairman
John Thune (R-SD)
born 1961, Senate since 2005

Democratic Conference
Secretary
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair
Patty Murray (D-WA)
born 1950, Senate since 1993

John Barrasso

Republican Policy Committee
Chairman
John Barrasso (R-WY)
born 1952, Senate since 2007

Co-Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee
Debbie Stebenow (D-MI)
born 1950, Senate since 2001

Republican Campaign Committee Chairman
John Cornyn (R-TX)
born 1952, Senate since 2003

Senate Committees

Standing Committees

  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  • Appropriations

  • Armed Services

  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  • Budget

  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  • Energy and Natural Resources

  • Environment and Public Works

  • Finance

  • Foreign Relations

  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  • Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

  • Judiciary

  • Rules and Administration

  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  • Veterans Affairs

Special, Select, and Other Committees

  • Indian Affairs

  • Select Committee on Ethics

  • Select Committee on Intelligence

  • Special Committee on Aging

 

Joint Committees of Congress

  • Joint Committee on Printing

  • Joint Committee on Taxation

  • Joint Committee on the Library

  • Joint Economic Committee



Also see Wikipedia's List of United States Senate committees

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

You may also phone the United States Capitol switchboard, 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.

  • On the web, member directories are here: House, Senate. 

  • The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 - Present) is here.  You can also search from this search form:

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