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Informal Congressional Groups and Member

Organizations, 106th Congress:

An Informational Directory

August 20, 1999

Sula P. Richardson

Analyst in American National Government

Government and Finance Division

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

ABSTRACT

This report compiles information on 185 informal congressional groups and Member

organizations commonly known as caucuses and identifies 75 of the groups that were

registered with the Committee on House Administration as congressional Member

organizations (CMOs) as of May 17, 1999. This report will be updated at least once during

the second session of the 106th Congress.

Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations,

106th Congress: An Informational Directory

Summary

Informal congressional groups and Member organizations are voluntary alliances

of Members of Congress that operate without direct recognition in chamber rules or

line item appropriations (unlike formal leadership and party groups). These informal

groups and Member organizations often are collectively referred to as caucuses.

Some groups have chosen terms such as coalition, ad hoc task force or working

group in naming themselves.

At least 185 informal groups and congressional Member organizations are

operating in the 106th Congress. Of those 185 groups, 75 were registered with the

Committee on House Administration as congressional Member organizations as of

May 17, 1999. In the House of Representatives, the term congressional Member

organization (CMO) refers to House and bicameral informal groups that meet the

description and the registration requirements in regulations adopted by the Committee

on House Administration on June 22, 1999. These regulations became effective

August 1, 1999. Registration as a CMO is required for any organization of House

Members who join together to formally share official resources in pursuit of common

legislative objectives. The Senate has no comparable registration requirement for its

informal groups.

This report lists the following data for each group: chair, president, sponsor(s)

or coordinator(s) (as appropriate); key staffer(s); telephone number(s); approximate

number of members (if available); and year organized.

Questions regarding the status, operations, organization, and propriety of

informal groups should be directed to the following committees: House Committee

on House Administration; House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct; Senate

Committee on Rules and Administration; and Senate Committee on Ethics.

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How to Use This Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Currently Active Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Groups About Which Information Is Not Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Inoperative or Inactive Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Keyword Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Appendix: Informal Groups Known to Be Defunct, Inactive, Absorbed by

Another Group or Privatized: 1985-1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Keyword Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

List of Tables

Table 1. House Partisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member

Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Table 2. House Bipartisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member

Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 3. Senate Partisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member

Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 4. Senate Bipartisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member

Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 5. Bicameral (House and Senate) Partisan Informal Congressional

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 6. Bicameral (House and Senate) Bipartisan Informal Groups and

Congressional Member Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 7. Informal Groups for Which Information Is No Longer Available . . . . 51

Informal Congressional Groups and Member

Organizations, 106th Congress:

An Informational Directory

Introduction

At least 185 informal congressional groups and Member organizations are

operating in the 106th Congress.1 Over the years, these unofficial Member alliances

have also been known as caucuses, coalitions, or ad hoc task forces.2 Of the 185

known House, Senate, and bicameral groups, 75 House and bicameral groups were

registered as congressional Member organizations, as of May 17, 1999.3 According

to staff at the Committee on House Administration, the term congressional Member

organization (CMO) refers solely to those House and bicameral informal groups

registered with the Committee. The Committee on House Administration listed the

requirements for registration as a CMO, and other provisions related to CMO

The non-official status and informal nature of some groups make it virtually impossible

always to know how many of them there are. Sometimes founding Members formally

announce a group’s establishment in a press release, a news article, or a newsletter, or in the

Congressional Record. A group may function for some time, however, before its existence

is known to those outside its own membership. By the same token, the abolition of a group

may not be announced or readily determined. (See the appendix.)

Prior to the 104th Congress (1995-1997), the terms congressional Member organizations

(CMOs), informal groups, and congressional caucuses were virtually synonymous, referring

to all informal Member groups. Currently, however, "congressional Member organization"

refers solely to an informal group which registers with the Committee on House

Administration and which meets the description and the reporting requirements set forth in the

committee’s regulations of August 1, 1999.

Formerly, informal groups could gain recognition as legislative service organizations

(LSOs), with special administrative arrangements accorded groups on that basis. On January

4, 1995, the House agreed to a provision prohibiting the establishment or continuation of

LSOs as defined and authorized in the 103rd Congress (Rules of the House, H. Res. 6,

Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 141, January 4, 1995, p. H30). Former LSOs were

allowed to convert their operations into informal groups, and they could choose to become

CMOs by registering with the Committee on House Oversight (now named Committee on

House Administration).

Data reflect the number of groups registered as CMOs as of May 17, 1999, but that number

is subject to frequent change. For example, based upon information obtained after May 17,

1999, from printed sources or from telephone interviews with staff, three CMOs—the

Constitution Liberty Caucus, the Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus, and the Peace Accord

Monitoring Group—are now inactive, while another group—the New Democrat

Coalition—has become a CMO. Updated lists of CMOs may be obtained from the

Committee on House Administration.

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funding, resources, and communications in regulations that became effective on

August 1, 1999. Under the regulations, CMOs must register with the Committee on

House Administration and they must provide the group’s name, statement of purpose,

officers, and employee(s) designated to work on issues related to the CMO. Further,

the regulations stipulate that a CMO:

has no separate corporate or legal identity;

is not an employing authority;

may not be assigned separate office space;

may not use the frank, (nor may a Member lend his or her frank to a CMO);

may not have independent web pages; and

may not accept goods, funds or services from private organizations or

individuals to support the CMO.4

At least 110 informal groups are not registered as CMOs. Twenty-five of these

groups are Senate entities; the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration has no

comparable recognition or registration requirement for Senate informal groups. The

remaining House and bicameral informal Member groups do not formally share

official resources in pursuit of their common legislative objectives. As such, CMO

registration is not necessary for these organizations.

How to Use This Directory

This compilation of congressional Member organizations comprises the following

four sections: six tables of information about currently active groups; one table listing

groups about which information is not available at this time; an appendix listing

groups that no longer exist or operate; and a keyword index of organizations.

Currently Active Groups

Section one comprises six annotated lists of organizations: (1) House informal

partisan groups; (2) House informal bipartisan groups; (3) Senate informal partisan

groups; (4) Senate informal bipartisan groups; (5) bicameral informal partisan groups;

and (6) bicameral informal bipartisan groups. These six lists of Member organizations

present the following information for each group:

Name;

Chair, president, sponsor(s), or coordinator(s) (as appropriate);

Key staffer(s);

Telephone number(s);

Approximate number of members (where available); and

Year organized.

Regulations adopted by the Committee on House Administration on June 22, 1999, became

effective August 1, 1999. See: Congressional Member Organizations in Members’

Congressional Handbook—1999, p. 45-46.

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Several groups have more than one chair or sponsor. In some such instances,

the tables list the chairs and sponsors through whose offices the groups’ business is

coordinated. The organizations in each house are listed alphabetically. In the names

of organizations, words not part of the official title are in brackets to help identify the

scope or membership of the organization, or to identify the chamber from which its

members are drawn. (Words in brackets were not taken into account in the

alphabetical arrangement of the groups.) Informal groups which were registered (as

of May 17, 1999) with the House Administration Committee as congressional

Member organizations are identified in the detailed lists with the abbreviation CMO

enclosed in brackets beside their names (i.e., [CMO]).

Groups About Which Information Is Not Available

Section two (Table 7) lists groups that could not be confirmed (through

telephone interviews with staff or from available printed sources) as still operational;

nor could it be determined that these groups were defunct. The point at which

information could not be confirmed, or at which information became unavailable, is

provided.

Inoperative or Inactive Groups

The appendix identifies groups that congressional staff or published sources

described as defunct, inoperative, or inactive since 1985. It also lists the year(s)

during which each group became defunct, inactive, or inoperative.

Keyword Index

Section four is a keyword index of Member organizations. The index is designed

to help the reader locate organizations by subject matter and recognize similar or

parallel groups in the two houses of Congress. The index gives the pages that provide

information on the organizations.

Data for this compilation were obtained directly from the staffs of the various

groups, materials supplied by the groups, and from the Leadership Directories, Inc.'s,

Congressional Yellow Book.

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Table 1. House Partisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Budget Group,

Democratic (formerly

known as the

Democratic Budget

Study Group)

2162 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Price’s office)

David E. Price (D-NC)

Co-chair

Darek Newby

(Rep. Price’s office)

(202) 225-1784

1983

1533 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Pomeroy’s office)

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Co-chair

Mike Smart

(Rep. Pomeroy’s office)

(202) 225-2611

1415 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Minge’s office)

David Minge (DFL-MN)

Vice Chair

Kimberly Overbeek

(Rep. Minge’s office)

(202) 225-2331

418 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Davis’s office)

James Davis (D-FL)

Vice Chair

John Hill

(Rep. Davis’s office)

(202) 225-3376

2350 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Condit’s office)

Bud Cramer (D-AL)

Administration Co-chair

Jeff Murray

(Rep. Cramer’s office)

(202) 225-4801

30b

1995

1211 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Tanner's office)

Chris John (D-AL)

Communications and Outreach

Co-chair

Ed Lorenzen

(Rep. John’s office)

(202) 225-6605

1504 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Peterson's office)

Charles W. Stenholm (D-TX)

Policy Co-chair

Alisha Prather

(Rep. Stenholm's office)

(202) 225-2031

1610 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Doolittle’s office)

David McIntosh (R-IN)

Chair

Kevin Ring

(Rep. McIntosh's office)

(202) 225-3021

40b

1995

Coalition, The

[Democratic]

(also known as the

Blue Dogs or Blue

Dog Democrats)

Conservative Action

Team (CATs)

[Republican] [CMO]

Dan Burton (R-IN)

Co-chair

Ernest J. Istook. Jr. (R-OK)

Co-chair

CRS-5

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Conservative

Opportunity Society

(COS) [CMO]

223 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Gutknecht’s office)

Ron Lewis (R-KY)

Chair

Philip J. Hays

(Rep. Lewis’s office)

(202) 225-3501

100b

1984

Democratic Caucus,

101st Congressional

2303 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Engel’s office)

Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)

President

John Calvelli

(Rep. Engel’s office)

(202) 225-2464

11b

1980

Democratic Freshman

Class, 106th Congress

1517 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep.Crowley’s office)

Joseph Crowley (D-NY)

President

Joshua Straka

(Rep. Crowley’s office)

(202) 225-3965

23b

1999

Disabilities, House

Republican Caucus on

[CMO]

103 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

Jim Ramstad (R-MN)

Chair

Megan Ivory

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

(202) 225-2871

23b

1999

Education Caucus,

Republican [House]

2186 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Leach’s office)

Jim Leach (R-IA)

Co-chair

Mary Andrus

(Rep. Leach’s office)

(202) 225-6576

1997

Vergil Cabasco

(Rep. Metcalf’s office)

(202) 225-2605

1997

Michael N. Castle

(R-DE), Co-chair

Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)

Co-chair

Constance A. Morella

(R-MD), Co-chair

Thomas E. Petri (R-WI)

Co-chair

Housing Opportunity

Caucus, Republican

[CMO]

1510 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Metcalf’s office)

Jack Metcalf (R-WA)

Chair

Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)

Co-chair

Rick A. Lazio (R-NY)

Co-chair

CRS-6

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Jerry Weller (R-IL)

Co-chair

Phil English (R-PA)

Co-chair

Hunger, Democratic

Task Force on

1426 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hall’s office)

Tony P. Hall (D-OH)

Chair

Deborah DeYoung

(Rep. Hall’s office)

(202) 225-6465

1995

Israel Caucus, House

Republican

224 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Davis’s office)

Tom Davis (R-VA)

Co-chair

Amy Heerink

(Rep. Davis’s office)

(202) 225-1492

1995

413 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Reynolds’s office)

Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY)

Co-chair

Sharon Hardie

(Rep. Reynolds’s office)

(202) 225-5265

2183 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Tauzin’s office)

W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (R-LA)

Co-chair

James White

(Rep. Tauzin’s office)

(202) 225-4031

1995

423 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Wamp’s office)

Zach Wamp (R-TN)

Co-chair

Susan Haigler

(Rep. Wamp’s office)

(202) 225-3271

1201 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

Calvin Dooley (D-CA)

Co-chair

Lori Denham

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

(202) 225-3341

1997

2239 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Moran's office)

James P. Moran (D-VA)

Co-chair

Paul J. Reagan

(Rep. Moran’s office)

(202) 225-4376

2352 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Roemer's office)

Tim Roemer (D-IN)

Co-chair

Mark Brown

(Rep. Roemer’s office)

(202) 225-3915

2230 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Hefley’s office)

Joel Hefley (R-CO)

President

Michelle Spear

(Rep. Hefley’s office)

(202) 225-4422

13b

1987

Mainstream

Conservative Alliance

[Republican]

New Democrat

Coalition [CMO]

Republican Class of

the 100th Congress

Curt Weldon (R-PA)

Secretary

CRS-7

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Republican

Sophomore Class,

106th Congress

(formerly known as

Republican Freshman

Class, 105th Congress)

212 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Schaffer’s office)

Bob Schaffer (R-CO)

President

Susan Wadhams

(Rep. Schaffer’s office)

(202) 225-4676

1997

Republican Freshman

Class, 106th Congress

507 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep.DeMint’s office)

Jim DeMint (R-SC)

President

Marie Gilliland Wheat

(Rep. DeMint’s office)

(202) 225-6030

1999

Tuesday Group

[Republican]

(formerly known as

the Tuesday Lunch

Bunch)

2333 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Upton’s office)

Fred Upton (R-MI)

Co-chair

Joan Hillebrands

(Rep. Upton’s office)

(202) 225-0571

1993

343 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Johnson’s office)

Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)

Co-chair

Dave Karvelas

(Rep. Johnson’s office)

(202) 225-4476

1227 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Castle’s office)

Michael N. Castle (R-DE)

Co-chair

Paul Leonard

(Rep. Castle’s office)

(202) 225-4165

205 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Kolbe’s office)

Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)

Chair

(Rep. Kolbe’s office)

(202) 225-2542

1965

Wednesday Group,

House [Republican]

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of late 1998, unless otherwise indicated; NA = Not available.

The number of members is as of spring/summer 1999.

Party affiliation: D=Democrat, DFL=Democrat Farmer-Labor, R=Republican.

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Table 2. House Bipartisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

Africa Trade and Investment

Caucus [CMO]

233 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Crane’s office)

Philip M. Crane (R-IL)

Co-chair

Donna Thiessen

(Ways and Means Subcommittee on

Trade for Rep. Crane)

(202) 225-6649

(Subcommittee)

1035 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. McDermott’s office)

Jim McDermott (D-WA)

Co-chair

Charles Williams

(Rep. McDermott’s office)

(202) 225-3106

2354 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Rangel’s office)

Charles B. Rangel

(D-NY), Co-chair

Maya Rockeymoore

(Rep. Rangel’s office)

(202) 225-4365

1019 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Chambliss’s office)

Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Co-chair

Krister Holladay

(Rep. Chambliss’s office)

(202) 225-6531

2467 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Dicks’s office)

Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)

Co-chair

Andrew Hunter

(Rep. Dicks’s office)

(202) 225-5916

2303 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Engel’s office)

Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)

Co-chair

Jason Steinbaum

(Rep. Engel’s office)

(202) 225-2464

403 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. King’s office)

Peter T. King (R-NY)

Co-chair

Kevin Fogarty

(Rep. King’s office)

(202) 225-7896

2217 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

Tom Lantos (D-CA)

Co-chair

Serena W. Lin

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

(202) 225-3531

1126 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Shays's office)

Christopher Shays

(R-CT), Co-chair

Amanda Mitchell

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

(202) 225-5541

2449 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Gilman’s office)

Benjamin A. Gilman

(R-NY), Co-chair

Deborah Bodlander

(International Relations Committee

for Rep. Gilman)

(202) 225-5021

(Committee)

Air Power Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

Albanian Issues Caucus

[CMO]

Animals, Congressional

Friends of

Anti-Semitism,

Congressional Task Force

Againstc

No.

Mbr.a

Year

1995

1997

21b

1991

1989

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Group

No.

Mbr.a

Year

(202) 225-3931

1991

Ted Loud

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

(202) 225-4671

1995

John E. Porter (R-IL)

Co-chair

Jeanette Windon

(Rep. Porter’s office)

(202) 225-4835

2441 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. McHugh’s office)

John M. McHugh

(R-NY), Co-chair

Cary R. Brick

(Rep. McHugh’s office)

(202) 225-4611

100

1987

2459 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Edwards’s office)

Chet Edwards (D-TX)

Co-chair

Timothy Bromelkamp

(Rep. Edwards’s office)

(202) 225-6105

2452 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Weldon’s office)

Curt Weldon (R-PA)

Co-chair

Erin Coyle

(Rep. Weldon’s office)

(202) 225-2011

300

1995

116 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Smith’s office)

Adam Smith (D-WA)

Co-chair

Shannon Ashpole

(Rep. Smith’s office)

(202) 225-8901

2347 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Slaughter’s office)

Louise M. Slaughter

(D-NY), Chair

Andrew Bernstein

(Rep. Slaughter’s office)

(202) 225-3615

1981

Steve Horn (R-CA)

Vice Chair

Melissa Palarea

(Rep. Horn’s office)

(202) 225-6676

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

2217 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

Tom Lantos (D-CA)

Co-chair

Kay King

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

(202) 225-3531

343 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Lewis’s office)

John Lewis (D-GA)

Co-chair

George Dusenbury

(Rep. Lewis’s office)

(202) 225-3801

2373 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Porter’s office)

John Edward Porter

(R-IL), Co-chair

Jeanette Windon

(Rep. Porter’s office)

(202) 225-4835

Arab Boycott, Congressional

Task Force to End the

2160 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s office)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

(R-FL), Co-chair

Juan Cortinas

(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s office)

Armenian Issues,

Congressional Caucus on

[CMO]

420 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

Frank Pallone, Jr.

(D-NJ), Co-chair

2373 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Porter’s office)

Army Caucus, House

[CMO]

Artistic Discovery, An

[CMO]d

Arts Caucus, Congressional

(formerly Congressional

Member Organization for

the Arts) [CMO]e

CRS-10

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Automotive Caucus,

Congressional

[CMO]

2187 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kildee’s office)

Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)

Co-chair

Michael Gorges

(Rep. Kildee’s office)

(202) 225-3611

1981

2333 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Upton’s office)

Fred Upton (R-MI)

Co-chair

Scott Aliferis

(Rep. Upton’s office)

(202) 225-3761

Aviation and Space Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

(formerly known as the

Congressional Space

Caucus)

2350 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bateman’s office)

Herbert H. Bateman

(R-VA), Co-chair

Michael Bishop

(Rep. Bateman’s office)

(202) 225-4261

1981

1730 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Kucinich’s office)

Dennis J. Kucinich

(D-OH), Co-chair

Joe Montoni

(Rep. Kucinich’s office)

(202) 225-5871

Bearing Caucus,

Congressional

[CMO]

2113 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Johnson’s office)

Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)

Co-chair

Todd Funk

(Rep. Johnson’s office)

(202) 225-4476

60b

1986

1536 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Spratt’s office)

John M. Spratt, Jr.

(D-SC), Co-chair

Rudy Barnes

(Rep. Spratt’s office)

(202) 225-5501

Beef Caucus, House

1201 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

Calvin Dooley (D-CA)

Co-chair

Emily Beizer

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

(202) 225-3341

1987

Bicycle Caucus, House

1406 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Blumenauer’s office)

Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

Chair

Stephanie Henley

(Rep. Blumenauer’s office)

(202) 225-4811

36b

1997

Biomedical Research

Caucus, Congressional

[CMO]

2410 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Gekas’s office)

George W. Gekas

(R-PA), Co-chair

Matt Zonarich

(Rep. Gekas’s office)

(202) 225-4315

1990

Sonny Callahan (R-AL)

Co-chair

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Co-chair

CRS-11

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Boating Caucus,

Congressional

2408 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Shaw’s office)

E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL)

Co-chair

Michael Harrington

(Rep. Shaw’s office)

(202) 225-3026

186

1990

David E. Bonior (D-MI)

Co-chair

Border Caucus,

Congressionalf

1427 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Bonilla’s office)

Henry Bonilla (R-TX)

Co-chair

Leslie Sanchez

(Rep. Bonilla’s office)

(202) 225-4511

2136 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ortiz’s office)

Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)

Co-chair

David Garcia

(Rep. Ortiz’s office)

(202) 225-7742

Cancer Awareness Working

Group, House

2244 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lazio’s office)

Rick A. Lazio (R-NY)

Chair

Jennifer Nord

(Rep. Lazio’s office)

(202) 225-3335

1997

Census Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

1330 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Maloney's office)

Carolyn B. Maloney

(D-NY), Chair

Ben Chevat

(Rep. Maloney's office)

(202) 225-7944

1997

Children’s Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

410 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Jackson-Lee’s office)

Sheila Jackson-Lee

(D-TX),Co-chair

Diego Alvarez

(Rep. Jackson-Lee’s office)

(202) 225-3816

1996

2160 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s office)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

(R-FL), Co-chair

Jessie Torres

(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s office)

(202) 225-3931

Children’s Working Group,

Congressional

2352 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Roemer’s office)

Tim Roemer (D-IN)

Chair

Gina Mahony

(Rep. Roemer’s office)

(202) 225-3915

104

1991

China, Congressional

Working Group on

2457 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Pelosi’s office)

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Co-chair

Carolyn Bartholomew

(Rep. Pelosi’s office)

(202) 225-4965

1990

241 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Wolf’s office)

Frank Wolf (R-VA)

Co-chair

Anne Huiskes

(Rep. Wolf’s office)

(202) 225-5136

507 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. DeMint’s office)

Jim DeMint (R-SC)

Chair

(Rep. DeMint’s office)

(202) 225-6030

1999

Citizen Legislator Caucus

[CMO]g

CRS-12

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Coastal Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

420 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

Co-chair

Gabby Batkin

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

(202) 225-4671

1995

2408 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Shaw’s office)

E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL)

Co-chair

Pamela Landi

(Rep. Shaw’s district office)

(954) 522-1800

2439 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Andrews’s office)

Robert E. Andrews (R-NJ)

Co-chair

Christopher Jones

(Rep. Andrews’s office)

(202) 225-6111

16b

1996

Commuter Caucus [CMO]

Robert Andrews (D-NJ)

Co-chair

Constitutional Caucus

[CMO]

1023 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hayworth’s office)

J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)

Chair

Bob Holmes

(Rep. Hayworth’s office)

(202) 225-2190

100

1995

Depot Caucus

242 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Hansen’s office)

James V. Hansen (R-UT)

Co-chair

Bill Johnson

(Rep. Hansen’s office)

(202) 225-0453

1986

2136 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ortiz’s office)

Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)

Co-chair

Vickie Plunkett

(Rep. Ortiz’s office)

(202) 225-7742

1339 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. DeGette’s office)

Diana DeGette (D-CO)

Co-chair

Mary Booth

(Rep. DeGette’s office)

(202) 225-0855

206

1996

1527 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Nethercutt’s office)

George R. Nethercutt, Jr.

(R-WA), Co-chair

Amy Flachbart

(Rep. Nethercutt’s office)

(202) 225-2006

508 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Blunt’s office)

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Co-chair

Samantha Cook

(Rep. Blunt’s district office)

(Rep. Blunt’s DC office)

(417) 889-1800

1997

B.J. Rudell

(Rep. Clement’s office)

(202) 225-4311

Diabetes Caucus

Education Caucus,

[House] [CMO]

2229 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Clement’s office)

Bob Clement (D-TN)

Co-chair

(202) 225-6536

CRS-13

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Electricity Caucus,

Congressional

2409 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bliley’s office)

Tom Bliley (R-VA)

Co-chair

Allyson Knudson

(Rep. Bliley’s office)

(202) 225-2815

1996

427 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pickering’s office)

Charles W. (Chip)

Pickering, Jr. (R-MS)

Co-chair

Mike Chappell

(Rep. Pickering’s office)

(202) 225-5031

440 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Thurman’s office)

Karen L. Thurman

(D-FL), Co-chair

Bob Dobek

(Rep. Thurman’s office)

(202) 225-1002

1996

1415 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Minge’s office)

David Minge (DFL-MN)

Co-chair

Ross Bennett

(Rep. Minge’s office)

(202) 225-2331

1714 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Ehlers’s office)

Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)

Co-chair

Laura Rodriguez

(Rep. Ehlers’s office)

(202) 225-3831

115 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Salmon’s office)

Matt Salmon (R-AZ)

Co-chair

Glenn Hamer

(Rep. Salman’s office)

(202) 225-2635

1501 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Lipinski’s office)

William O. Lipinski (D-IL)

Co-chair

Jason Tai

(Rep. Lipinski’s office)

(202) 225-5701

1999

229 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Quinn’s office)

Jack Quinn (R-NY)

Co-chair

Dave Lintgen

(Rep. Quinn’s office)

(202) 225-3306

1507 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Coburn’s office)

Tom A. Coburn (R-OK)

Co-chairh

Paul Webster

(Rep. Coburn’s office)

(202) 225-4638

1995

1995/

1996

Energy Caucus, House

Renewable [CMO]

Europe, Congressional

Caucus on Central [CMO]

Family Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

John N. Hostettler (R-IN)

Chair

Farmland Protection Caucus,

Congressional

1221 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Farr’s office)

Sam Farr (D-CA)

Co-chair

Troy Philips

(Rep. Farr’s office)

(202) 225-2861

2241 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Gilchrest’s office)

Wayne T. Gilchrest

(R-MD), Co-chair

Erika Feller

(Rep. Gilchrest’s office)

(202) 225-5311

CRS-14

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Fatherhood Promotion Task

Force, Congressional

[House]

1605 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. McIntyre's office)

Mike McIntyre (D-NC)

Co-chair

Bill Bondshu

(Rep. McIntyre's office)

(202) 225-2731

1997

504 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pitts's office)

Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)

Co-chair

Julie Hershey Carr

(Rep. Pitts's office)

(202) 225-2411

126 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Rogan's office)

James E. Rogan (R-CA)

Co-chair

Myron Jacobson

(Rep. Rogan's office)

(202) 225-4176

208 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Turner's office)

Jim Turner (D-TX)

Co-chair

Trey Henderson

(Rep. Turner's office)

(202) 225-2401

Footwear Caucus,

Congressional

235 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Moakley’s office)

John Joseph Moakley

(D-MA), Sponsor

Kevin Ryan

(Rep. Moakley’s office)

(202) 225-8273

1984

Forestry 2000 Task Force

[CMO]

1433 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Bishop’s office)

Sanford Bishop (D-GA)

Co-chair

Brittley Wise

(Rep. Bishop’s office)

(202) 225-3631

100b

1987

2466 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Callahan’s office)

Sonny Callahan (R-AL)

Co-chair

Michael J. Sharp

(Rep. Callahan’s office)

(202) 225-4931

2234 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Condit’s office)

Gary A. Condit (D-CA)

Co-chair

Lynn Marquis

(Rep. Condit’s office)

(202) 225-6131

2437 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Deal’s office)

Nathan Deal (R-GA)

Co-chair

Jennifer Rich

(Rep. Deal’s office)

(202) 225-5211

432 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Dunn’s office)

Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)

Co-chair

Lisa Labrache

(Rep. Dunn’s office)

(202) 225-7761

2159 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Peterson’s office)

Collin C. Peterson

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Rob Larew

(Rep. Peterson’s office)

(202) 225-2165

222 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. LoBiondo’s office)

Frank A. LoBiondo

(R-NJ), Chair

Carl Thorsen

(Rep. LoBiondo’s office)

(202) 225-6572

1995

Gaming Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

CRS-15

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Great Lakes Task Force

[CMO]

2328 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Dingell’s office)

John D. Dingell (D-MI)

Co-chair

Dan Beattie

(Rep. Dingell’s office)

(202) 225-4071

1996

Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)

Co-chair

James L. Oberstar

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Steve LaTourette (R-OH)

Co-chair

Hellenic Issues,

Congressional Caucus on

[CMO]

2369 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bilirakis’s office)

Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)

Co-chair

Christy Stefadouros

(Rep. Bilirakis’s office)

(202) 225-5755

1330 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Maloney’s office)

Carolyn B. Maloney

(D-NY), Co-chair

Kate Spangler

(Rep. Maloney’s office)

(202) 225-7944

HIV/AIDS, Congressional

Task Force on International

2349 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. McDermott’s office)

Jim McDermott (D-WA)

Chair

Rita Patel

(Rep. McDermott’s office)

(202) 225-3106

1990

Human Rights Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

2373 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Porter’s office)

2117 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

John Edward Porter

(R-IL), Co-chair

Jeanette Windon

(Rep. Porter’s office)

(202) 225-4835

170b

1983

Tom Lantos (D-CA)

Co-chair

Han Hogrefe

Annette Lantos

(Rep. Lantos’s office)

(202) 225-3531

2211 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bateman’s office)

Herbert H. Bateman

(R-VA), Co-chair

Joe Greenman

(Rep. Bateman’s office)

(202) 225-4261

1995

2238 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Cunningham’s office)

Randy (Duke) Cunningham

(R-CA), Co-chair

Frank Purcell

(Rep. Cunningham’s office)

(202) 225-5452

2459 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Edwards’s office)

Chet Edwards (D-TX)

Co-chair

Jessica Mangrum

(Rep. Edwards’s office)

(202) 225-6105

Impact Aid Coalition, House

[CMO]

CRS-16

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

100

1993

1995

1987

Norman Dicks (D-WA)

Co-chair

J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)

Co-chair

Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

Co-chair

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Co-chair

Jim Saxton (R-NJ)

Co-chair

Ike Skelton (D-MO)

Co-chair

India and Indian-Americans,

Congressional Caucus on

[CMO]

Information Technology

Working Group

2243 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ackerman's office)

Gary L. Ackerman (D-NJ)

Co-chair

David S. Adams

(Rep. Ackerman's office)

(202) 225-2601

2436 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Greenwood’s office)

Jim Greenwood (R-PA)

Co-chair

Kara Haas

(Rep. Greenwood's office)

(202) 225-4276

224 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Davis’s office)

Tom Davis (R-VA)

Co-chair

Amy Heerink

(Rep. Davis’s office)

(202) 225-1492

328 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Doggett’s office)

Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Co-chair

Tim Broudy

(Rep. Doggett’s office)

(202) 225-4865

205 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Eshoo’s office)

Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)

Co-chair

Eric J. Olson

(Rep. Eshoo’s office)

(202) 225-8104

Insurance Caucus

2185 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Burton’s office)

Dan Burton (R-IN)

Chair

Brenda Summers

(Rep. Burton’s office)

(202) 225-2276

CRS-17

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Intercity Passenger Rail

Coalition, House

442 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Bachus’s office)

Spencer Bachus (R-AL)

Co-chair

Shayne Gill

(Rep. Bachus’s office)

(202) 225-4921

1997

104 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Cardin’s office)

Benjamin L. Cardin

(D-MD), Co-chair

Michael R. Enright

(Rep. Cardin’s office)

(202) 225-4016

1227 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Castle’s office)

Michael N. Castle

(R-DE), Co-chair

Jeff Forrest

(Rep. Castle’s office)

(202) 225-4165

341 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. DeLay's office)

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX)

Co-chair

James Morrell

( Rep. DeLay’s office)

(202) 225-5159

1995

1507 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hostettler's office)

Rep. John N. Hostettler

(R-IN), Co-chair

Kate Stusrud

(Rep. Hostettler’s office)

(202) 225-4636

2265 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Hunter’s office)

Duncan L. Hunter

(R-CA), Co-chair

William Hawkins

(Rep. Hunter’s office)

(202) 225-5672

120b

1992

2311 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kaptur’s office)

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

Co-chair

George Wilson

(Rep. Kaptur’s office)

(202) 225-4146

2348 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Stupak’s office)

Bart Stupak (D-MI)

Co-chair

David Buchanan

(Rep. Stupak’s office)

(202) 225-4735

1994

103 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

Jim Ramstad (R-MN)

Co-chair

Karin Hope

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

(202) 225-2871

1609 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hill’s office)

Rick Hill (R-MT)

Co-chair

Rob Hobart

(Rep. Hill’s office)

(202) 225-3211

1533 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Pomeroy’s office)

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Co-chair

Karen Frederickson

(Rep. Pomeroy’s office)

(202) 225-2611

2184 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bereuter’s office)

Doug Bereuter (R-NE)

Co-chair

Alan Feyerherm

(Rep. Bereuter’s office)

(202) 225-4806

Interstate 69 Mid-Continent

Highway Caucus [CMO]

Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

Law Enforcement Caucus

[CMO]

Lewis and Clark Caucus

[CMO]h

CRS-18

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Long Island Sound Caucus

1126 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Shays’s office)

Christopher Shays

(R-CT), Co-chair

Amanda Mitchell

(Rep. Shays’s office)

(202) 225-5541

1987

2421 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

Co-chair

Esten Perez

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

(202) 225-6506

225 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Franks’s office)

Bob Franks (R-NJ)

Co-chair

Tim Daniels

(Rep. Franks’s office)

(202) 225-5361

1992

1993

1991

1985

1993

Manufacturing Task Force,

Congressional

[CMO]

Martin T. Meehan

(D-MA), Co-chair

Medical Technology Caucus,

House [CMO]

Mental Illness and Health

Issues, House Working

Group on

Mining Caucus,

Congressionali

Minor League Baseball

Caucus

103 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

Jim Ramstad (R-MN)

Co-chair

Megan Ivory

(Rep. Ramstad’s office)

(202) 225-2871

205 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Eshoo’s office)

Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)

Co-chair

Stacey Rampy

(Rep. Eshoo’s office)

(202) 225-8104

2367 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Wise’s office)

Bob Wise (D-WV)

Co-chair

Jane Mellow

(Rep. Wise’s office)

(202) 225-2711

2469 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Roukema’s office)

Marge Roukema (R-NJ)

Co-chair

Suki Gill

Elizabeth Robbins

(Rep. Roukema’s office)

(202) 225-4465

100 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Gibbons’s office)

Jim Gibbons (R-NE)

Co-chair

Jack Victory

(Rep. Gibbons’s office)

(202) 225-6155

1114 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Cubin’s office)

Barbara Cubin (R-WY)

Co-chair

Marian J. Marshall

(Rep. Cubin’s office)

(202) 225-2311

1421 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Holden’s office)

Tim Holden (D-PA)

Co-chair

Ari Strauss

(Rep. Holden’s office)

(202) 225-5546

2246 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Boehlert's office)

Sherwood L. Boehlert

(R-NY), Chair

Julie Phillips

(Rep. Boehlert's office)

(202) 225-3665

CRS-19

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Missing and Exploited

Children’s Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

417 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Lampson’s office)

Nick Lampson (D-TX)

Founder/Chair

Abby Hochberg

(Rep. Lampson’s office)

(202) 225-6565

1997

2350 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Cramer’s office)

Bud Cramer (D-AL)

Co-chair

Jenny Bottegal

(Rep. Cramer’s office)

(202) 225-4801

225 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Franks’s office)

Bob Franks (R-NJ)

Co-chair

Kim Linthicum

(Rep. Franks’s office)

(202) 225-5361

1029 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Boswell's office)

Leonard L. Boswell

(D-IA), Co-chair

E.H. (Ned) Michalek

(Rep. Boswell's office)

(202) 225-3806

1997

412 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Hulshof's office)

Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)

Co-chair

Rob Monsees

(Rep. Hulshof's office)

(202) 225-2956

326 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Buyer’s office)

Steve Buyer (R-IN)

Co-chair

Kimo Hollingsworth

Bill Davis

(Rep. Buyer’s office)

(202) 225-5037

100

1996

Mississippi River Caucus

National Guard and Reserve

Components Caucus [CMO]

(also known as the Reserve

Components Caucus)

Van Hilleary (R-TN)

Air Force Reserve Vice

Chair

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Air National Guard Vice

Chair

Gene Taylor (D-MS)

Army National Guard Vice

Chair

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega

(D-AS), Army Reserve

Vice Chair

Ralph M. Hall (D-TX)

Navy Reserve Vice Chair

CRS-20

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

National Retail Sales Tax

Caucus

2183 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Tauzin’s office)

W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (LA)

Co-chair

James White

(Rep. Tauzin’s office)

(202) 225-4031

12b

1995

Native American Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

1023 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hayworth’s office)

J.D. Hayworth (D-AZ)

Co-chair

Katharine Mottley

(Rep. Hayworth’s office)

(202) 225-2190

1997

2187 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kildee’s office)

Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)

Co-chair

Kimberly Teehee

(Rep. Kildee’s office)

(202) 225-3611

23b

10b

1999

54b

1986

1994

Wayne T. Gilchrest

(R-MD), Vice Chair

Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

Vice Chair

New England Congressional

Caucus j

Nigeria, Congressional

Caucus on [CMO]

Northeast Agricultural

Caucus

Northern Border Caucus k

218 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Bass’s office)

Charles F. Bass (R-NH)

Co-chair

James Martin

(Rep. Bass’s office)

(202) 225-5206

2236 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Neal’s office)

Richard E. Neal (D-MA)

Co-chair

(Rep. Neal’s office)

(202) 225-5601

240 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Jefferson’s office)

William J. Jefferson

(D-LA), Co-chair

Atonte Diete-Spiff

(Rep. Jefferson’s office)

(202) 225-6636

1133 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Royce’s office)

Ed Royce (R-CA)

Co-chair

Malik Chaka

(Subcommittee on Africa)

(202) 226-7812

(Subcommittee)

2246 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Boehlert’s office)

Sherwood L. Boehlert

(R-NY), Co-chair

Sara Gray

(Rep. Boehlert’s office)

(202) 225-3665

1421 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Holden’s office)

Tim Holden (D-PA)

Co-chair

Jennifer Saraceno

(Rep. Holden’s office)

(202) 225-5546

2310 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. LaFalce’s office)

John J. LaFalce (D-NY)

Chair

Michael Collesano

(Rep. LaFalce's office)

(202) 225-3231

CRS-21

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Norway, Friends of [CMO]

2336 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Sabo’s office)

Martin Olav Sabo

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Seth Richards

(Rep. Sabo’s office)

(202) 225-4755

17b

1999

1993

1999

1985

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Co-chair

David Minge (DFL-MN)

Co-chair

John R. Thune (R-SD)

Co-chair

Older Americans Caucus

[CMO]

Parkinson’s Disease,

Congressional Working

Group on [CMO]

Population and

Development, Congressional

Coalition on [CMO]

1317 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Delahunt’s office)

William D. Delahunt

(D-MA), Co-chair

Julie Carr

(Rep. Delahunt’s office)

(202) 225-3111

2269 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Martinez’s office)

Matthew G. Martinez

(D-CA), Co-chair

Mary Ellen Ardouny

(Rep. Martinez’s office)

(202) 225-5464

2228 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Morella’s office)

Constance A. Morella

(R-MD), Co-chair

Jeff Davis

(Rep. Morella’s office)

(202) 225-5341

2309 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Regula's office)

Ralph Regula (R-OH)

Co-chair

Pamela Kirby

(Rep. Regula’s office)

(202) 225-3876

2430 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Maloney’s office)

Carolyn B. Maloney

(D-NY), Co-chair

Gail Ravnitzky

(Rep. Maloney’s office)

(202) 225-7944

Fred Upton (R-MI)

Co-chair

Jane Williams

(Rep. Upton’s office)

(202) 225-3761

2228 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Morella’s office)

Constance A. Morella

(R-MD), Co-chair

Craig Powers

(Rep. Morella’s office)

(202) 225-5341

1414 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Sawyer’s office)

Thomas C. Sawyer

(D-OH), Co-chair

Denise Metzger

(Rep. Sawyer’s office)

(202) 225-5231

CRS-22

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Porkbusters Coalition

1415 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Minge’s office)

David Minge (DFL-MN)

Co-chair

Curt Yoakum

(Rep. Minge’s office)

(202) 225-2331

1991

1133 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Royce’s office)

Ed Royce (R-CA)

Co-chair

Shawn McBurney

(Rep. Royce’s office)

(202) 225-4111

1995

1981

58b

1993

Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)

Vice Chair

Portuguese American

Caucus, House

Pro-Choice Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

Pro-Life Caucus, House

[CMO]

Progressive Caucus [CMO]

312 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Kennedy's office)

Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

Co-chair

Kimber Colton

(Rep. Kennedy's office)

(202) 225-4911

2411 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Pombo's office)

Richard W. Pombo

(R-CA), Co-chair

Paul Kavinoky

(Rep. Pombo's office)

(202) 225-1947

2421 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

Co-chair

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

(202) 225-6506

2436 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Greenwood’s office)

Jim Greenwood (R-PA)

Co-chair

Kara Haas

(Rep. Greenwood’s office)

(202) 225-4276

2370 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Smith’s office)

Christopher H. Smith

(R-NJ), Co-chair

Maggie Wynne

(Rep. Smith’s office)

(202) 225-7669

2419 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Barcia's office)

James A. Barcia (D-MI)

Co-chair

Kristen Valade Day

(Rep. Barcia’s office)

(202) 225-8171

2134 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. DeFazio's office)

Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)

Co-chair

Carrie Lynch

(Rep. DeFazio's office)

(202) 225-6416

2305 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Owens's office)

Major R. Owens (D-NY)

Co-chair

Jack Feder

Blane Deffy

(Rep. Owens's office)

(202) 225-6231

2431 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Hinchey's office)

Maurice D. Hinchey

(D-NY), Co-chair

Diane Miller

(Rep. Hinchey's office)

(202) 225-6335

CRS-23

No.

Mbr.a

Year

70b

1993

1998

(202) 225-2231

1997

Steven Berry

(Rep. Nussel’s office)

(202) 225-2911

130b

1987

Mike McIntyre (D-NC)

Co-chair

Kristen Villani

(Rep. McIntyre’s office)

(202) 225-2731

2407 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Young’s office)

C.W. Bill Young (R-FL)

Chair

Harry Glenn

(Rep. Young’s office)

(202) 225-5961

1985

Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan

Americans, Congressional

Caucus on [CMO]

420 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

Chair

Ted Loud

(Rep. Pallone’s office)

(202) 225-4671

1999

Steel Caucus, Congressional

[CMO]

2309 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Regula’s office)

Ralph Regula (R-OH)

Chair

Karen Buttaro

(Rep. Regula’s office)

(202) 225-3876

1977

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

124 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. McKinney's office)

Cynthia McKinney

(D-GA), Co-chair

Peter Hickey

(Rep. McKinney's office)

(202) 225-1605

2202 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Sanders's office)

Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

Co-chair

Eric Olson

Brendon Smith

(Rep. Sanders’s office)

(202) 225-4115

2266 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kolbe’s office)

Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)

Co-chair

Tori Gorman

(Rep. Kolbe’s office)

(202) 225-2542

1211 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Stenholm's office)

Charles W. Stenholm

(D-TX), Co-chair

Ed Lorenzen

(Rep. Stenholm's office)

(202) 225-6605

1004 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Northup’s office)

Anne Northup (R-KY)

Founder/Co-chair

Kristi Craig

(Rep. Northup’s office)

(202) 225-5401

401 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Meek’s office)

Carrie Meek (D-FL)

Co-chair

Patrick Edmond

(Rep. Meek’s office)

(202) 225-4506

Results Caucus [CMO]l

1318 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Sessions’s office)

Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Chair

Jackie Moran

(Rep. Sessions’s office)

Rural Health Care Coalition

[CMO]

303 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Nussel’s office)

Jim Nussel (R-IA)

Co-chair

1605 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. McIntyre’s office)

Social Security Caucus,

Congressional

Public Pension Reform

Caucus

Reading Caucus, House

[CMO]

CRS-24

Group

No.

Mbr.a

Year

(202) 225-5311

1994

Melanie Merola

(Rep. Castle’s office)

(202) 225-4165

1996

Clare Coleman

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

(202) 225-6506

90b

1989

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

2423 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Murtha’s office)

John P. Murtha (D-PA)

Vice Chair

Debbie Tekavec

(Rep. Murtha’s office)

(202) 225-2065

229 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Quinn’s office)

Jack Quinn (R-NY)

Executive Committee Chair

Sean O’Neall

(Rep. Quinn’s office)

(202) 225-3306

2313 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Visclosky's office)

Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN)

Executive Committee

Vice Chair

Jill Homer

Rep. Visclosky’s office)

(202) 225-2461

Sustainable Development

Caucusm

2245 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Gilchrest’s office)

Waynte T. Gilchrest

(R-MD), Co-chair

Erika Feller

(Rep. Gilchrest’s office)

Teen Pregnancy,

Congressional Advisory

Panel to Reduce (formally

known as the Congressional

Advisory Panel to the

National Campaign to

Reduce Teen Pregnancy)n

1227 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Castle’s office)

Michael N. Castle

(R-DE), Co-chair

2421 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

Co-chair

Eva Clayton (D-NC)

Co-Vice Chair

Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)

Co-Vice Chair

Tobacco and Health,

Congressional Task Force on

242 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Hansen’s office)

James V. Hansen (R-UT)

Co-chair

Brian Williams

(Rep. Hansen’s office)

(202) 225-0453

2434 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Meehan’s office)

Martin T. Meehan

(D-MA), Co-chair

Bill McCann

(Rep. Meehan’s office)

(202) 225-3411

CRS-25

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Trails Caucus, House

[CMO]

2314 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Vento’s office)

Bruce Vento (DFL-MN)

Chair

Lew Crenshaw

(Rep. Vento’s office)

(202) 225-6631

1996

2184 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bereuter’s office)

Doug Bereuter (R-NE)

Chair

Alan Feyerherm

(Rep.Bereuter’s office)

(202) 225-4806

1979

1997

Sue Kelly (R-NY)

Co-chair

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

Co-chair

John Lewis (D-GA)

Co-chair

Scott McInnis (R-CO)

Co-chair

Travel and Tourism Caucus,

Congressional

Ukranian Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

1221 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Farr’s office)

Sam Farr (D-CA)

Co-chair

Sandy Hentges

(Rep. Farr’s office)

(202) 225-2861

113 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Foley’s office)

Mark Foley (R-FL)

Co-chair

Todd Donhauser

(Rep. Foley’s office)

(202) 225-5792

2347 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Slaughter’s office)

Louise M. Slaughter

(D-NY), Co-chair

Andrew Bernstein

(Rep. Slaughter’s office)

(202) 225-3615

2209 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Levin’s office)

Sander M. Levin (D-MI)

Co-chair

Carol Ditta

(Rep. Levin’s office)

(202) 225-4961

212 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Schaffer’s office)

Bob Schaffer (R-CO)

Co-chair

Xenia Horczakiwskyj

(Rep. Schaffer’s office)

(202) 225-4676

CRS-26

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

United Nations Working

Group

2303 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Engel’s office)

Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)

Co-chair

Jason Steinbaum

(Rep. Engel’s office)

(202) 225-2464

1996/

1997

2186 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Leach’s office)

Jim Leach (R-IA)

Co-chair

Amy Butler

(Rep. Leach’s office)

(202) 225-6576

2421 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

Co-chair

Matthew Traub

(Rep. Lowey’s office)

(202) 225-6506

1126 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Shays’s office)

Christopher Shays

(R-CT), Co-chair

Len Wolfson

(Rep. Shays’s office)

(202) 225-5541

425 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Gutknecht's office)

Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)

Co-chair

Jeff Harrison

(Rep. Gutknecht's office)

(202) 225-2472

1997/

1998

1713 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Kind's office)

Ron Kind (D-WI)

Co-chair

Jeff Stein

(Rep. Kind's office)

(202) 225-5506

2186 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Leach's office)

Jim Leach (R-IA)

Co-chair

Amy Trotter

(Rep. Leach's office)

(202) 225-6576

2366 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Oberstar's office)

James L. Oberstar

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Caroline D. Gabel

(Rep. Oberstar's office)

(202) 225-6211

2416 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Rush’s office)

Bobby L. Rush (D-IL)

Chair

Timothy Wright III

(Rep. Rush’s office)

(202) 225-4372

1991

Upper Mississippi River

Task Force

Urban Caucus,

Congressional

John Lewis (D-GA)

Co-chair

Jim McDermott (D-WA)

Co-chair

Christopher Shays

(R-CT), Co-chair

Year

CRS-27

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

1992

Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Co-chair

U.S.-Former Soviet Union

Energy Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

Vietnam, Congressional

Dialogue on

2452 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Weldon’s office)

Curt Weldon (R-PA)

Co-chair

Michael Barbera

(Rep. Weldon’s office)

(202) 225-2011

2264 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Barton’s office)

Joe Barton (R-TX)

Co-chair

Julia Bishop

(Rep. Barton’s office)

(202) 225-2002

1705 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hoyer’s office)

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)

Co-chair

Cory Alexander

(Rep. Hoyer’s office)

(202) 225-4131

1529 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Sanchez’s office)

Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)

Co-chair

Laura Rodriguez

(Rep. Sanchez’s office)

(202) 225-2965

1998

Chad Calvert

(Rep. Radanovich’s office)

(202) 225-4540

1993

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Co-chair

Tom Davis (R-VA)

Co-Chair

Western Caucus [CMO]

123 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Radanovich's office)

George Radanovich

(R-CA), Chair

Chris Cannon (R-UT)

Vice Chair

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of late 1998, unless otherwise indicated; NA = Not available.

Number of Members as of spring/summer 1999.

The Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism is part of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

An Artistic Discovery is a group of Members who join together to recognize paintings, drawings, and prints of American high school students through a nationwide art competition. Winning entries

are displayed in an annual exhibition in a corridor leading to the U.S. Capitol.

The Congressional Arts Caucus was known as the Congressional Member Organization for the Arts from 1997 through 1998.

CRS-28

A group known as the Congressional Border Caucus or House Border Caucus was created in 1983. It became inactive in 1996. The author was unable to determine whether this is the reactivated

group or a totally new group.

The Citizen Legislator Caucus is a group of Members who have voluntarily limited their congressional tenure.

Family Caucus business is handled through the office of its Co-chair, Representative Coburn.

The Lewis and Clark Caucus was created as part of the upcoming bicentennial commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The Congressional Mining Caucus was reactivated in 1997 from a group that had been inoperative since 1995/96— the House Mining Caucus. The former group, which was created in 1985, had become

inoperative in 1996 after one co-chair (Barbara Vucanovich of Nevada) retired and the other co-chair (Bill Emerson of Missouri) died.

Another group known as the New England Caucus had been created in 1973. It became inactive during the 100th Congress (1987-1988).

The Northern Border Caucus is a group of Members who represent states that share a border with Canada.

The Results Caucus is a group of "reform minded Members who share the common goal of realizing a smaller, smarter, more common sense government through implementation of the Results Act."

(Rep. Richard K. Armey, "Results Act," remarks in the House, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 143, Sept. 5, 1997, p. H6921.)

The Sustainable Development Caucus is a group "whose goal is to educate Members about the success stories that can and do happen when citizens sit down together and collectively balance their

needs with those of the natural environment and future generations. The caucus sponsors periodic briefings and Dear Colleague letters highlighting local successes, which help Members make

policy decisions that foster and facilitate, rather than hinder, local sustainability efforts." (Congressional Yellowbook, fall 1998, vol. 24, p. 1116.)

The formal name of the group (Congressional Advisory Panel to the National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy) was shortened by the author in order to meet automated indexing and printing

formats used for publishing this report.

Party Affiliation:

D= Democrat

DFL=Democrat Farmer-Labor

R=Republican

CRS-29

Table 3. Senate Partisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations

No.

Mbr.a

Year

(202) 224-6521

1997

Michael Solon

Executive Director

(202) 224-5597

1974

Emmet Day

Administrative Director

(202) 224-5597

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

Republican Freshmen

Class, Senate 105th

SH-303 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Brownback’s office)

Sam Brownback (R-KS)

President

Kendra Dunlap

(Sen. Brownback’s office)

Steering Committee,

Senate [Republican]

SR-164 Russell Bldg.

Phil Gramm (R-TX)

Chair

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of late 1998; NA = Not available.

CRS-30

Table 4. Senate Bipartisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Auto Caucus, Senate

SH-316 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Ashcroft’s office)

John Ashcroft (R-MO)

Co-chair

Lori Sharpe

(Sen. Ashcroft’s office)

(202) 224-6154

SR-459 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Levin’s office)

Carl Levin (D-MI)

Co-chair

Alison Pascale

(Sen. Levin’s office)

(202) 224-6221

SH-511 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Baucus’s office)

Max Baucus (D-MT)

Co-chair

Angela Marshall

(Sen. Baucus’s office)

(202) 224-2651

1986

SR-274 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Bond’s office)

Christopher (Kit) Bond

(R-MO), Co-chair

Brian Klippenstein

(Sen. Bond’s office)

(202) 224- 5721

SH-517 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Mack’s office)

Connie Mack (R-FL)

Co-chair

Mark Smith

(Sen. Mack’s office)

(202) 224-5274

1994

SH-331 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Feinstein’s office)

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Co-chair

Glenda Booth

(Sen. Feinstein’s office)

(202) 224-3841

SH-503 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Breaux's office)

John B. Breaux (D-LA)

Co-chair

Darla Romfo

(Sen. Breaux's office)

(202) 224-4623

1995

SD-505 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Chafee's office)

John H. Chafee (R-RI)

Co-chair

Bob Greenawalt

(Sen. Chafee's office)

(202) 224-2921

SH-404 B Hart Bldg.

(Children/Families

Subcommittee)

Christopher J. Dodd

(D-CT), Co-chair

Jim Fenton

(Children/Families

Subcommittee for Sen. Dodd)

(202) 224-5630

30b

1983

SH-711Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Specter’s office)

Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Co-chair

Allison DeKosky

(Sen. Specter’s office)

(202) 224-4254

Beef Caucus, Senate

Cancer Coalition,

Senate

Centrist Coalition

Children’s Caucus,

Senate

CRS-31

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Coastal Coalition,

Senate

SH-517 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Mack’s office)

Connie Mack (R-FL)

Co-chair

Colleen Cresanti

(Sen. Mack’s office)

(202) 224-5274

1995

SH-506 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Lautenberg’s office)

Frank R. Lautenberg

(D-NJ), Co-chair

Amy Maron

(Sen. Lautenberg’s office)

(202) 224-4744

Fatherhood Promotion,

Bipartisan Senate Task

Force on

SH-706 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Lieberman's office)

Joseph I. Lieberman

(D-CT), Co-chair

Daniel Gerstein

(Sen. Lieberman's office)

(202) 224-4041

1997

Jewelry Task Force,

Senate

(Formerly known as the

Jewelry Manufacturers

Task Force)

SH-320 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Reed’s office)

Jack Reed (D-RI)

Co-chair

Neil Campbell

(Sen. Reed’s office)

(202) 224-4642

1997

Medical Device and

Technology Caucus,

Senate

SD-261 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Grams’s office)

Rod Grams (R-MN)

Chair

Joel Trauger

(Sen. Grams’s office)

(202) 224-3244

1995

National Guard Caucus,

Senate

SR-274 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Bond’s office)

Christopher (Kit) Bond

(R-MO), Co-chair

Jeff Kuhnreich

(Sen. Bond’s office)

(202) 224-5721

1989

Richard H. Bryan (D-NV)

Co-chair

Andrew Kutler

(Sen. Bryan’s office)

(202) 224-6244

SH-104 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Roth’s office)

William V. Roth, Jr.

(R-DE), Co-chair

Ian Brzezinski

(Sen. Roth's office)

(202) 224-2441

28b

1996

SR-221 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Biden's office)

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

(D-DE), Co-chair

Michael H. Haltzel

(Foreign Relations Committee

for Sen. Biden)

(202) 224-3953

(Committee)

SH-728 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Jeffords’ office)

James M. Jeffords (R-VT)

Co-chair

Geoffrey H. Brown

(Sen. Jeffords’s office)

(202) 224-0606

36b

1978

NATO Observer Group,

Senate

Northeast-Midwest

Senate Coalition

CRS-32

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

Cameron Proffitt Taylor

(Sen. Jeffords’s office)

(202) 224-0606

Rochelle Sturtevant

(Sen. Levin’s office)

(202) 224-6221

Task Force on Manufacturing

Co-chairs:

Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)

Olympia J. Snowe (R-Me)

(Sen. Lieberman’s office)

(Sen. Snowe’s office)

(202) 224-4041

(202) 224-5344

SR-380 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

(R-CO), Co-chair

Mike Russell

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

(202) 224-5852

SH-320 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Reed’s office)

Jack Reed (D-RI)

Co-chair

Elizabeth King

(Sen. Reed’s office)

(202) 224-4642

SH-731 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Harkin’s office)

Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Co-chair

Sabrina Corlette

(Sen. Harkin’s office)

(202) 224-3254

SH-109 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Thomas's office)

Craig Thomas (R-WY)

Co-chair

Diane Major

(Sen. Thomas’s office)

(202) 224-6441

SD-567 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Frist’s office)

Bill Frist (R-TN)

Chair

Adriene Wright

(Sen. Frist’s office)

(202) 224-3344

No.

Mbr.a

Year

1997

1985

Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY)

Co-chair

New England Caucus

Co-chair:

James M. Jeffords (R-VT)

Great Lakes Task Force

Co-chair:

Carl Levin (D-MI)

Portugal, Friends of

Rural Health Caucus,

Senate

Science and Technology

Caucus

CRS-33

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Smart Growth Task

Force, Senate

SH-728 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Jeffords’s office)

James M. Jeffords (R-VT)

Co-chair

Cameron Proffitt Taylor

(Sen. Jeffords’s office)

(202) 224-5141

1999

SR-459 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Levin’s office)

Carl Levin (D-MI)

Co-chair

Chris Miller

(Sen. Levin’s office)

(202) 224-6221

SH-711 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Specter’s office)

Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Chair

Kristin Bodenstedt

(Sen. Specter’s office)

(202) 224-4254

1977

SH-531 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Rockefeller's office)

John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV

(D-WV), Co-chair

Ellen Doneski

(Sen. Rockefeller’s office)

(202) 224-6472

SH-516 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Breaux’s office)

John B. Breaux (D-LA)

Co-chair

John E. Broussard

(Sen. Breaux’s office)

(202) 224-4623

1989

SH-313 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Craig’s office)

Larry E. Craig (R-ID)

Co-chair

Sara Braasch

(Sen. Craig’s office)

(202) 224-2752

Ernie Coggins

(Sen. Thurmond’s office)

(202) 224-5972

1981

74b

1980

1996

Steel Caucus, Senate

Sweetener Caucus,

Senate

Textile Steering

Committee, Senate (also

known as the Senate

Textile Caucus)

SR-217 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Thurmond’s office)

Tourism Caucus, Senate

SD-187 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Burns’s office)

Conrad Burns (R-MT)

Co-chair

Randall Popelka

(Sen. Burns’s office)

(202) 224-2644

SD-566 Dirksen Bldg.

(Commerce Committee)

Ernest F. Hollings

(D-SC), Co-chair

Jean Toal

(Commerce Committee for

Senator Hollings)

(202) 224-4912

SH-711 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Specter’s office)

Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Co-chair

Mark Carmel

(Sen. Specter’s office)

(202) 224-4254

SH-506 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Lautenberg’s office)

Frank R. Lautenberg

(D-NJ), Co-chair

Laurie Saroff

(Sen. Lautenberg’s office)

(202) 224-9721

Transit Caucus, Senate

CRS-34

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Western States Senate

Coalition

SR-131 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Hatch’s office)

Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)

Co-chair

Jared J. Brown

(Sen. Hatch’s office)

(202) 224-5251

1976

SR-380 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

(R-CO), Co-chair

Kevin Studer

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

(202) 224-5852

SH-522 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Stevens’s office)

Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Co-chair

David Russell

(Sen. Stevens’s office)

(202) 224-3004

SH-713 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Dorgan’s office)

Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)

Co-chair

Ruth Fleischer

(Sen. Dorgan’s office)

(202) 224-2551

SH-511 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Baucus’s office)

Max Baucus (D-MT)

Co-chair

Brian Kuehl

(Sen. Baucus’s office)

(202) 224-2651

SH-331 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Feinstein’s office)

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Co-chair

Mark Kadesh

(Sen. Feinstein’s office)

(202) 224-3841

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of later 1998, unless otherwise indicated; NA = Not available.

Number of Members as of spring/summer 1999.

The Senate Textile Steering Committee has no officers. Textile Steering Committee business is handled through Senator Thurmond's office.

CRS-35

Table 5. Bicameral (House and Senate) Partisan Informal Congressional Groups

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

California Democratic

Congressional

Delegation

1221 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Farr’s office)

Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)

Chair

Sherry Greenberg

Laura Joshua

(Rep. Roybal-Allard’s office)

(202) 225-2861

28b

1979

Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (D-CA)

Chair Emeritus

California Republican

Congressional

Delegation

2112 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Lewis’s office)

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)

Chair

David LesStrang

(Rep. Lewis’s office)

(202) 225-5861

24b

Renewal Alliance

SR-120 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Santorum's office)

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

Co-chair

Robin McDonald

(Sen. Santorum's office)

(202) 224-7913

32b

1997

Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA)

Co-chair

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of later 1998, unless otherwise indicated; NA = Not available.

The number of members is as of spring/summer 1999.

CRS-36

Table 6. Bicameral (House and Senate) Bipartisan Informal Groups and Congressional Member Organizations

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Adoption,

Congressional Coalition

SH-520 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Craig’s office)

Sen. Larry E. Craig

(R-ID), Co-chair

Brooke M. Roberts

(Sen. Craig’s office)

(202) 224-2752

1985

SH-702 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Landrieu's office)

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA),

Co-chair

Jason Matthews

(Sen. Landrieu's office)

(202) 224-5824

2409 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bliley's office)

Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.

(R-VA), Co-chair

Bill Dolbow

(Rep. Bliley’s office)

(202) 225-2815

2365 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Oberstar's office)

Rep. James L. Oberstar

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Charles H. (Chip) Gardiner

(Rep. Oberstar’s office)

(202) 225-6211

2458 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Barrett's office)

Rep. Bill Barrett (R-NE)

Co-chair

Elizabeth Croker

(Rep. Barrett's office)

(202) 225-6435

1979

2335 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Evans’s office)

Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)

Co-chair

Lynh Nguyen

(Rep. Evans's office)

(202) 225-5905

1415 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Minge’s office)

Rep. David Minge

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Christina Muedeking

(Rep. Minge's office)

(202) 225-2331

303 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Nussle's office)

Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA)

Co-chair

Craig Patterson

(Rep. Nussle's office)

(202) 225-2911

2418 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Underwood’s office)

Del. Robert A. Underwood

(D-GU), Chair

Mariel L. Loriega

(Del. Underwood’s office)

(202) 225-1188

19b

1994

Rep. David Wu (D-OR)

Vice Chair

Chris Porter

(Rep. Wu’s office)

(202) 225-0855

Alcohol Fuels Caucus,

Congressional

[CMO]

Asian Pacific Caucus,

Congressional

Sen. Daniel Akaka

(D-HI), Secretary

CRS-37

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Automotive

Performance and

Motorsports Caucus,

American

SR-380 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell

(R-CO),Co-chair

James Dean

(Sen. Campbell’s office)

(202) 224-5852

1996

2268 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Levin’s office)

Rep. Sander M. Levin

(D-MI), Co-chair

Daniel Jordan

(Rep. Levin’s office)

(202) 225-4961

Balanced Budget,

Congressional Leaders

United for a

(also known as CLUBB)

SH-520 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Craig’s office)

Sen. Larry E. Craig

(R-ID), Co-chair

Damon P. Tobias

(Sen. Craig’s office)

(202) 224-2752

100b

1984

1211 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Stenholm’s office)

Rep. Charles W. Stenholm

(D-TX), Co-chair

Ed Lorenzen

(Rep. Stenholm’s office)

(202) 225-6605

SR-269 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Bryan’s office)

Sen. Richard H. Bryan

(D-NV), Co-chair

Andrew Vermilye

(Sen. Bryan’s office)

(202) 224-6244

1227 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Castle’s office)

Rep. Michael N. Castle

(R-DE), Co-chair

Booth Jameson

(Rep. Castle’s office)

(202) 225-4165

2409 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bliley’s office)

Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.

(R-VA), Co-chair

Nandan Kenkeremath

( Rep. Bliley’s office)

(202) 225-2815

1991

1201 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

Rep. Calvin Dooley

(D-CA), Co-chair

Lori Denham

(Rep. Dooley’s office)

(202) 225-3341

Biotechnology Caucus,

Congressional

CRS-38

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Black Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

2344 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Waters’s office)

Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC)

Chair

Andrea Martin

(Rep.Clyburn’s office)

(202) 225-3315

37b

1971

1997

1986

Rep. Eddie Bernice

Johnson (D-TX)

Vice Chair

Rep. Corrine Brown

(D-FL), Second Vice Chair

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings

(D-MD), Secretary

Coast Guard Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

Competitiveness

Caucus, Congressional

SH-322 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Murkowski's office)

Sen. Frank Murkowski

(R-AK), Senate Chair

Bill Woolf

(Sen. Murkowski's office)

(202) 224-6665

2468 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Coble's office)

Rep. Howard Coble

(R-NC), House Co-chair

Missy Branson

(Rep. Coble's office)

(202) 225-3065

1517 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Delahunt's office)

Rep. William Delahunt

(D-MA), House Co-chair

Corrine Young

(Rep. Delahunt's office)

(202) 225-3111

2311 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Taylor's office)

Rep. Gene Taylor

(D-MS), House Co-chair

Stacy Ballow

(Rep. Taylor's office)

(202) 225-5772

SH-511 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Baucus's office)

Sen. Max Baucus

(D-MT), Co-chair

Angela Marshall

(Sen. Baucus's office)

(202) 224-2651

SH-135 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Grassley's office)

Sen. Charles E. Grassley

(R-IA), Co-chair

Ken Cunningham

(Sen. Grassley's office)

(202) 224-3744

2366 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kaptur's office)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur

(D-OH), Co-chair

George Wilson

(Rep. Kaptur's office)

(202) 225-4146

2266 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Kolbe's office)

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)

Co-chair

Fran McNaught

(Rep. Kolbe's office)

(202) 225-2542

CRS-39

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Education Caucus

[Bicameral]

SH-136 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Wellstone's office)

Sen. Paul D. Wellstone

(DFL-MN), Chair

Roger Wolfson

(Sen. Wellstone's office)

(202) 224-5641

1996

Empowerment Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

2452 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Weldon's office)

Rep. Curt Weldon

(R-PA), Co-chair

Erin Coyle

(Rep. Weldon's office)

(202) 225-2011

1978

2439 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Andrews's office)

Rep. Robert E. Andrews

(D-NJ), Co-chair

Joanne Rising

(Rep. Andrews's office)

(202) 225-6501

1705 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hoyer's office)

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer

(D-MD), Co-chair

Andy Quinn

(Rep. Hoyer's office)

(202) 225-4131

1981

Federal Government

Service Caucus

Sen. Daniel K. Akaka

(D-HI), Co-chair

Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA)

Co-chair

Rep. Peter DeFazio

(D-OR), Co-chair

Rep. Norman Dicks

(D-WA), Co-chair

Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr.

(D-TN), Co-chair

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski

(D-MD), Co-chair

Rep. James P. Moran

(D-VA), Co-chair

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC), Co-chair

CRS-40

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Christopher Jones

(Rep. Andrews's office)

(202) 225-6501

360b

1987

Andy Quinn

(Rep. Hoyer's office)

(202) 225-4131

100

1996

Sen. Paul Sarbanes

(D-MD), Co-chair

Rep. Albert R. Wynn

(D-MD), Co-chair

Fire Services Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

2439 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Andrews's office)

Rep. Robert E. Andrews

(D-NJ), Chair

Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert

(R-NY), Co-chair

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer

(D-MD), House Co-chair

Rep. Curt Weldon

(R-PA), House Co-chair

Sen. Richard H. Bryan

(D-NV), Senate Co-chair

Sen. John McCain

(R-AZ), Senate Co-chair

Sen. William V. Roth, Jr.

(R-DE), Senate Co-chair

Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes

(D-MD), Senate Co-chair

Heart and Stroke

Coalition,

Congressional

SH-713 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Dorgan's office)

Sen. Byron L. Dorgan

(D-ND), Co-chair

Stephanie Mohl

(Sen. Dorgan's office)

(202) 224-2551

SD-422 Dirksen Bldg.

(Public Health/Safety

Subcommittee)

Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)

Co-chair

Stacey Harbison

( Sen. Frist’s Office)

(202) 224-7139

(Subcommittee)

CRS-41

Group

Hispanic Caucus,

Congressional [CMO]

No.

Mbr.a

Year

(202) 225-2410

15b

1976

1996

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

429 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Coburn's office)

Rep. Tom Coburn

(R-OK), Co-chair

Roland Foster

(Rep. Coburn's office)

(202) 225-2701

2345 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Becerra's office)

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard

(D-CA), Chair

William Rafael Gil

(Rep.Roybal-Allard's office)

Rep.Silvestre Reyes

(D-TX), Vice Chair

Rep.Ciro Rodriguez

(D-TX), Vice Chair

Hong Kong,

Congressional Caucus

2373 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Porter's office)

Rep. John Edward Porter

(R-IL), Co-chair

Jeanette Windon

(Rep. Porter's office)

(202) 225-4835

2304 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Gejdenson's office)

Rep. Sam Gejdenson

(D-CT), Co-chair

John Conger

(Rep. Gejdenson's office)

(202) 225-2076

SH-706 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Lieberman's office)

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

(D-CT), Co-chair

Fred Downey

(Sen. Lieberman's office)

(202) 224-4041

SH-517 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Mack's office)

Sen. Connie Mack

(R-FL), Co-chair

Gary Shiffman

(Sen. Mack's office)

(202) 224-5274

Human Rights

Monitors, Congressional

Friends of

1436 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hall's office)

Rep. Tony P. Hall

(D-OH), Coordinator/

Steering Committee Member

Robert Zachritz

(Rep. Hall's office)

(202) 225-6465

125b

1983

International Education

Study Group, House/

Senate

SH-404B Hart Bldg.

(Children/Families

Subcommittee)

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd

(D-CT), Co-chair

Suzanne Day

(Children/Families

Subcommittee for Sen. Dodd)

(202) 224-5630

65b

1980

CRS-42

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Internet Caucus,

Congressional

2329 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Boucher’s office)

Rep. Rick Boucher

(D-VA), Co-chair

Lauren Frazier

(Rep. Boucher's office)

(202) 225-3861

105

1996

Sen. Patrick Leahy

(D-VT), Co-chair

Edward Pagano

(Judiciary Committee for Sen.

Leahy)

(202) 224-7703

(Committee)

Sen. Conrad Burns

(R-MT), Co-chair

Mike Rawson

(Sen. Burns's office)

(202) 224-2644

2351 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Walsh's office)

Rep. James T. Walsh

(R-NY), Chair

John Simmons

(Rep. Walsh's office)

(202) 225-3701

1981

SR-315 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Kennedy's office)

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

(D-MA), Executive Committee

Head

Sharon Waxman

(Sen. Kennedy's office)

(202) 224-2638

2170 Rayburn Bldg.

(International Relations

Committee)

Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman

(R-NY), Co-chair

John P. Mackey

(International Relations

Committee for Rep. Gilman)

(202) 225-5021

100b

1977

403 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. King's office)

Rep. Peter T. King

(R-NY), Co-chair

Robert O’Connor

(Rep. King's office)

(202) 225-7896

2236 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Neal's office)

Rep. Richard E. Neal

(D-MA), Co-chair

William Tranghese

(Rep. Neal's office)

(202) 225-5601

Long Island

Congressional Caucus

2243 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ackerman's office)

Rep. Gary L. Ackerman

(D-NY), Chair

Jedd Moskowitz

(Rep. Ackerman's office)

(202) 225-2601

1977

Manufactured Housing

Caucus, Congressional

[CMO]

1034 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Calvert’s office)

Ken Calvert (R-CA)

Co-chair

David Kennett

(Rep. Calvert’s office)

(202) 225-1986

1997

1641 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Etheridge’s office)

Bob Etheridge (D-NC)

Co-chair

Zeke Creech

(Rep. Etheridge’s office)

(202) 225-4531

Ireland, Friends of

Irish Affairs, Ad Hoc

Congressional

Committee for

CRS-43

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

National Security

Caucus [CMO] c

2338 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Cunningham's office)

Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham

(R-CA), Co-chair c

Bill Berl

(Rep. Cunningham's office)

(202) 225-5452

275

1978

Rep. Chet Edwards

(D-TX), Co-chair c

Timothy Bromelkamp

(Rep. Edwards's office)

(202) 225-6105

1998

Sen. Max Cleland

(D-GA), Co-chair c

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)

Co-chair c

Naval Mine Warfare

Caucus, Congressional

New York State

Congressional

Delegation [CMO]

SH-524 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Graham's office)

Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)

Co-chair

Robert Filiponne

(Sen. Graham's office)

(202) 224-3041

SR-284 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Hutchison's office)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

(R-TX), Co-chair

David Davis

(Sen. Hutchison's office)

(202) 224-5922

2136 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Ortiz's office)

Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX),

Co-chair

Vickie Plunkett

(Rep. Ortiz's office)

(202) 225-7742

127 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Scarborough's office)

Rep. Joe Scarborough

(R-FL), Co-chair

Bart Roper

(Rep. Scarborough's office)

(202) 225-4136

2354 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Rangel's office)

Rep. Charles B. Rangel

(D-NY), Chair

Jon Sheiner

(Rep. Rangel's office)

(202) 225-4365

33b

1979

Tim Daniels

(Rep. Franks's office)

(202) 225-5361

113b

1976

Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan

(D-NY), Co-chair

Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman

(R-NY), Vice Chair

Northeast-Midwest

Congressional Coalition

[CMO]

225 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Franks's office)

Rep. Bob Franks (R-NJ)

Co-chair

CRS-44

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

2434 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Meehan's office)

Rep. Martin T. Meehan

(D-MA), Co-chair

Jennifer Ratay

(Rep. Meehan's office)

(202) 225-3411

Karen Knutson

(Rep.Hutchison's office)

(202) 224-5922

No.

Mbr.a

Year

1994

Manufacturing Task Force

[CMO]

Co-chairs:

Rep. Bob Franks (R-NJ)

Rep. Martin T. Meehan (DMA)

Great Lakes Task Force

Co-chairs:

Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI)

Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI)

Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)

Rep. James L. Oberstar

(DFL-MN)

Oil and Gas Forum,

Congressional [CMO]

SR-284 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Hutchison’s office)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

(R-TX), Co-chair

Rep. Jim McCrery

(R-LA), Co-chair

Rep. Calvin Dooley

(D-CA), Co-chair

Rep. Ralph M. Hall

(D-TX), Co-chair

Sen. John B. Breaux

(D-LA), Co-chair

CRS-45

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Organ and Tissue

Donation,

Congressional Task

Force on

SD-567 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Frist’s office)

Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)

Co-chair

Stacey Harbison

( Sen. Frist’s office)

(202) 224-3344

1996

235 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Moakley's office)

Rep. John Joseph Moakley

(D-MA), Co-chair

Kathleen Teixeira

(Rep. Moakley's office)

(202) 225-8273

Peanut Caucus,

Congressional

208 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Everett's office)

Rep. Terry Everett

(R-AL), Co-chair

Pelham Straughn

(Rep. Everett's office)

(202) 225-2901

1632 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Bishop's office)

Rep. Sanford Bishop

(D-GA), Co-chair

Ted Sadler

(Rep. Bishop's office)

(202) 225-3631

SH-135 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Grassley's office)

Sen. Charles E. Grassley

(R-IA), Coordinator/ Steering

Committee Member

Julie Manes

(Sen. Grassley's office)

(202) 224-3744

1993

Pork Industry Caucus,

Congressional

Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)

Steering Committee Member

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Steering Committee Member

Prevention Coalition,

Congressionald

SD-505 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Chafee's office)

Sen. John H. Chafee

(R-RI), Senate Co-chair

Lisa Layman

(Sen. Chafee's office)

(202) 224-2921

SH-524 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Graham's office)

Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)

Senate Co-chair

Bryant Hall

(Sen. Graham's office)

(202) 224-3041

2186 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Leach's office)

Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)

House Co-chair

Mary Andrus

(Rep. Leach's office)

(202) 225-6576

2239 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Moran's office)

Rep. James P. Moran

(D-VA), House Co-chair

Anstice Brand

(Rep. Moran's office)

(202) 225-4376

CRS-46

Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Property Rights

Coalition,

Congressional

SH-520 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Craig's office)

Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)

Steering Committee Member

Brooke M. Roberts

(Sen. Craig's office)

(202) 224-2752

1994

2231 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Smith's office)

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)

Steering Committee Member

Michael Young

(Rep. Smith's office)

(202) 225-4236

2241 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bliley's office)

Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.

(R-VA), Co-chair

Nandan Kenkeremath

(Commerce Committee for Rep.

Bliley)

(202) 226-2424

(Committee)

1995

1998

Regulatory Reform

Caucus, Bipartisan

[CMO]

Sen. Frank Murkowski

(R-AK), Co-chair

Religious Prisoners

Congressional Task

Force

SH-303 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Brownback's office)

Sen. Sam Brownback

(R-KS), Co-founder

Sharon Payt

(Sen. Brownback's office)

(202) 224-6521

504 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Pitts's office)

Rep. Joseph R. Pitts

(R-PA), Co-founder

Karen Finkler

(Rep. Pitts's office)

(202) 225-2411

1436 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hall's office)

Rep. Tony P. Hall

(D-OH), Co-founder

Robert Zachritz

(Rep. Hall's office)

(202) 225-6465

Rep. Joseph I. Lieberman

(D-CT), Co-founder

Retirement Security,

House/Senate Steering

Committee on

SH-728 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Jeffords's office)

Sen. James M. Jeffords

(R-VT), Co-chair

Diann Howland

(Labor Committee for Sen.

Jeffords)

(202) 224-6770

(Committee)

SH-703 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Bingaman's office)

Sen. Jeff Bingaman

(D-NM), Co-chair

Randy Soderquist

(Sen. Bingaman's office)

(202) 224-5521

2113 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Johnson's office)

Rep. Nancy L. Johnson

(R-CT), Co-chair

Susanna Bruinooge

(Rep. Johnson's office)

(202) 225-4476

1533 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Pomeroy's office)

Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Co-chair

Tony Illonardo

(Rep. Pomeroy's office)

(202) 225-4476

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Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Soybean Caucus,

Congressional

SR-274 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Bond's office)

Sen. Christopher (Kit) Bond

(R-MO), Co-chair

Brian Klippenstein

(Sen. Bond's office)

(202) 225-5271

100b

1986

SR-364 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Durbin's office)

Sen. Richard J. Durbin

(D-IL), Co-chair

Patrick Souders

(Sen. Durbin's office)

(202) 224-2152

2184 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Bereuter's office)

Rep. Doug Bereuter

(R-NE), Co-chair

Alan Feyerherm

(Rep. Bereuter's office)

(202) 225-4806

1415 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Minge's office)

Rep. David Minge

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

Christina Muedeking

(Rep. Minge's office)

(202) 225-2331

260

1989

Sen. Charles E. Grassley

(R-IA), Co-chair

Sen. Tim Johnson

(D-SD), Co-chair

Rep. Marion Berry

(D-AR), Co-chair

Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)

Co-chair

Sportsmen's Caucus,

Congressional

1019 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Chambliss’s office)

Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Co-chair

Rob Leeburn

(Rep. Chambliss’s office)

(202) 225-6531

2159 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Peterson’s office)

Rep. Collin C. Peterson

(DFL-MN), Co-chair

JoAnna Barrett

(Rep. Peterson’s office)

(202) 225-2165

SH-516 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Breaux's office)

Sen. John B. Breaux

(D-LA), Co-chair

Adam Lawrence

(Sen. Breaux's office)

(202) 224-4623

SD-187 Dirksen Bldg.

(Sen. Burns's office)

Sen. Conrad Burns

(R-MT), Co-chair

Ryan Thomas

(Sen. Burns's office)

(202) 224-2644

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Group

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

No.

Mbr.a

Year

Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

Executive Committee Chair

Telehealth, Ad Hoc

Steering Committee on

1026 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Combest's office)

Rep. Larry Combest

(R-TX), Co-chair

Ryan Henry

(Rep. Combest's office)

(202) 225-4005

SH-530 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Conrad's office)

Sen. Kent Conrad

(D-ND), Co-chair

Tom Mahr

(Sen. Conrad's office)

(202) 224-2043

1314 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Hilliard's office)

Rep. Earl F. Hilliard

(D-AL), Co-chair

Jack Zylman

(Rep. Hilliard's office)

(202) 225-2665

SH-522 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Stevens's office)

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Co-chair

Liz Connell

(Sen. Stevens's office)

(202) 224-3004

Tennessee Valley

Authority Congressional

Caucus

423 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Wamp's office)

Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)

Chair

Claire McVay

(Rep. Wamp's office)

(202) 225-3271

38b

1982

Terrorism and

Unconventional

Warfare, Task Force on

[CMO]

339 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Saxton's office)

Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)

Chair

(Rep. Saxton's office)

(202) 225-4765

Vietnam Era Veterans

in Congress

2335 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Evans's office)

Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)

House Chair

Tom O'Donnell

(Rep. Evans's office)

(202) 225-5905

64b

1978

Sen. Thomas A. Daschle

(D-SD), Senate Co-chair

Sen. John F. Kerry

(D-MA), Senate Co-chair

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Group

Western Water Caucus,

Congressional

Women's Issues,

Congressional Caucus

for [CMO]e

Address

Officer(s)

Key Staffer(s)

Telephone

SR-111 Russell Bldg.

(Sen. Crapo's office)

Sen. Michael D. Crapo

(R-ID), Co-chair

(Sen. Crapo's office)

(202) 224-6142

1201 Longworth Bldg.

(Rep. Dooley's office)

Rep. Calvin Dooley

(D-CA), Co-chair

Lisa Quigley

(Rep. Dooley's office)

(202) 225-3341

SH-513 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Allard's office)

Sen. Wayne Allard

(R-CO), Co-chair

Doug Benevento

(Sen. Allard's office)

(202) 224-5941

SH-724 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Kyl's office)

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Co-chair

Colleen Deegan

(Sen. Kyl's office)

(202) 224-4521

1424 Longworth Bldg.

(Del. Norton's office)

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

(D-DC), Co-chair

Erin Prangley

(Del. Norton's office)

(202) 225-8050

No.

Mbr.a

Year

1994

55b

1977

Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY)

Vice Chair

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney

(D-NY), Vice Chair

Writers and Journalists,

Congressional

Committee to Support

SH-524 Hart Bldg.

(Sen. Graham's office)

Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)

Co-chair

Robert Filippone

(Sen. Graham's office)

(202) 224-3041

2186 Rayburn Bldg.

(Rep. Leach's office)

Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)

Co-chair

Bill Tate

(Rep. Leach's office)

(202) 225-6576

343 Cannon Bldg.

(Rep. Lewis's office)

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)

Co-chair

Jack Pannell

(Rep. Lewis's office)

(202) 225-3081

No. Mbr. = Number of Members as of later 1998, unless otherwise indicated; NA = Not available.

Number of Members as of spring/summer 1999.

The National Security Caucus has a total of 10 House co-chairs and eight Senate co-chairs. The other House co-chairs are Representatives Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD),

Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA), Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), John P. Murtha (D-PA), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Floyd Spence (R-SC), and Gene Taylor (D-MS). The other Senate co-chairs are Senators Joseph

I. Lieberman (D-CT), Bob Graham (D-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Charles S. Robb (D-VA), Richard C. Shelby (R-AL), and Ted Stevens (R-AK).

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The Prevention Coalition focuses on increasing the priority for disease prevention and health promotion in healthcare policy.

The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues changed its name from the Congresswomen's Caucus in 1981.

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Table 7. Informal Groups for Which Information Is No Longer

Available

Name of Group

Point When Information

Became Unavailable b

Animal Welfare Caucus

1999

Auto Parts Task Force [CMO]

1998

Aviation Noise Caucus, Congressional [CMO]

1998

Baltic Nations and Ukraine, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee on

1993/94

Caribbean Basin, Congressional Friends of

1995/96

Character Counts Group, House

1995/96

Character Counts Group, Senate

1995/96

Chesapeake Bay Congressional Caucus

1995/96

Corn Caucus, House

1995/96

Democratic Research Organization

1985/86

Drug Enforcement Caucus, Senate

1999

Drug Policy Working Group, Bipartisan

1999

Flat Tax Caucus, Congressional

1997

Green Scissors Coalition [CMO] c

1997

Haiti, Congressional Task Force on

1991/92

High Technology Caucus, Congressional

1993/94

Human Rights Caucus, Senate

1991/92

Jewry, Congressional Caucus on Syrian

1995/96

Jewry, Congressional Coalition for Soviet

1995/96

Mushroom Caucus, Congressional

1993/94

Ninety-fifth [Republican] Club

1991/92

Northeast Gas Congressional Caucus

1995/96

Notch Coalition d

1995/96

Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation

1995/96

Populist Caucus, Congressional

1995/96

Pro-Life Action Task Force for Women, Children and the Unborn

1991/92

Shipbuilding Caucus, Congressional [CMO]

1997/98

Small Business Survival Caucus

1997/98

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Name of Group

Point When Information

Became Unavailable b

Textile Caucus, Congressional

1995/96

Third World Debt Caucus

1991/92

Trucking Caucus, Senate

1991/92

Water, Congressional Caucus for Clean

1993/94

a. These groups could not be confirmed (through telephone interviews with staff or from available printed

sources) as still operational. Usually, such confirmation could not be made because (1) the group's

primary members (i.e., its sponsors, officers, or coordinators) were no longer serving in Congress; (2)

the group's reorganizational meeting (for the current Congress) had not yet been held; (3) the issue(s)

around which the group was organized has (have) been resolved, altered, or reprioritized; or (4) a

decision of whether the group would continue operating had not been made. For these and other

instances in which the author was unable to obtain confirmation from a Member or staff about a group's

status, the group is listed here.

b. The year(s) shown is (are) the first point at which the author was unable to obtain authoritative information

on each group's status. In those instances when information became unavailable at some point during

a Congress, the author has shown the two years of that particular Congress.

c. The Green Scissors Coalition's activities included identification of wasteful and environmentally harmful

government programs and elimination of such programs to ensure both a sound economy and a sound

ecology. (Join the Bipartisan “Green Scissors Coalition.” Dear Colleague letter from Representatives

Dick Zimmer, Martin Meehan, Scott Klug, and Joseph Kennedy, May 20, 1996.)

d. The Notch Coalition was concerned with "correcting the Social Security Notch — workers and their

survivors born between 1917 and 1926 whose Social Security benefit payments are less than those born

before or after the Notch." (Congressional Yellowbook, summer 1993, pp. vi-38.)

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Appendix: Informal Groups Known to Be Defunct,

Inactive, Absorbed by Another Group or Privatized:

1985-1998

Advanced Materials, Congressional Caucus on [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997/981

Afghanistan, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992

Agricultural Forum, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Air and Space Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Angola, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Arts, Concerned Senators for the [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

B-2 Stealth Bomber Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Border Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Budget Commandos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

California Transportation Task Force (ISTEA) [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Campaign Finance Reform Task Force, Bipartisan Freshmen (105th Congress) [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Children, Youth and Families, Congressional Caucus on [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

City/Suburban/Rural Transit Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998

Coal Caucus, Senate [Disbanded] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Coal Exports, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Coal Group, Congressional [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Conservative Democratic Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Constitutional Forum [CMO] [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Constitutional Liberty Caucus [CMO] [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997/98

Copper Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Crime Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Debt Limit Coalition [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997/98

Defense Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth, Caucus on [Senate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996

Delta Caucus, Senate [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Democratic Class of the 100th Congress, Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Democratic Class of 1992 Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Democratic First-Term Class (104th Congress) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Democratic Mainstream Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Democratic Study Group (DSG)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996

Emergency Housing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Energy Caucus, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998

Environmental and Energy Study Conference3 [CMO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Export Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Export Task Force [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Fairness Network4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Family, Senate Caucus on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-1992

Farm Policy Coalition, Grassley-Dorgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Footwear Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Year in which group became defunct, inactive, or privatized.

In 1995, the Democratic Study Group became an official part of the House Democratic Caucus as such, the

DSG has changed from an informal to a formal House group.

In 1995, the Environmental and Energy Study Conference became a Washington, DC, based, private, outside

organization— Congressional Greensheets Incorporated. That group continues to provide all the publications

formerly produced by EESC, as well as additional reports on issues related to the environment and energy

The Fairness Network focused on fairness in the military base closings process.

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Grace Caucus, Congressional [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Grace Caucus, Senate [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Great Lakes Congressmen, Conference of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992

Health Care Quality Task Force, Congressional [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Health Care Reform, Bipartisan Caucus for National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Health Care, Senate Republican Task Force on [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Homelessness Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

House Fair Employment Practices Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Hudson River Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94

Hunger Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Industrial Innovation and Productivity, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987/88

Information Technology Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Jewelry Manufacturers Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Jewry, Congressional Caucus for Ethiopian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Liability Insurance and Tort Reform Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Local Government Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Maritime Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Metropolitan Area Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Military Reform Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Missile Defense Caucus, Congressional [CMO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Moderate/Conservative Senate Democrats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Namibia, Ad Hoc Group for Free and Fair Elections in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

New England Congressional [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Ninety-eighth Democratic Members Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Ninety-fifth [Democratic] Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Ninety-ninth New Members Democratic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Ninety-seventh New Members Democratic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

North American Trade, House Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987/88

North American Trade, Senate Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Northeast-Midwest Republican Coalition

(Also called "Gypsy Moth Caucus") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987/88

Olympic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Pacific Northwest Trade Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Peace Accord Monitoring Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Peso, Task Force on Devaluation of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987/88

Port Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Renewable Energy Congressional Staff Group [CMO] (formerly known as the Solar Coalition) . . . 1987-88

Republican Freshman Class of the 97th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987/88

Republican Ninety-eighth Congressional Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Republican Sophomore Class (104th Congress) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Republican Study Committee, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Rural Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997/98

San Diego Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Science and Technology, Congressional Caucus for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Senior Citizens Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Southern Africa, Congressional Ad Hoc Monitoring Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Space, Coalition for Peaceful Uses of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Sunbelt Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Territorial Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Terrorism Caucus, Senate Anti [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Trade Expansion Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989/90

Truck Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

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U.S. Senate China Trade Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991/92

Unfunded Mandates, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

United Democrats of Congress [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

Veterans' Health Care Coalition, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993/94

Wednesday Group, Senate [Inactive] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Wood Energy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985/86

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Keyword Index5

Adoption, Congressional Coalition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Advanced Materials, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Afghanistan, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Africa Trade and Investment Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Agricultural Forum, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Air and Space Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Air Power Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Albanian Issues Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Alcohol Fuels Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Angola, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Animal Welfare Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Animals, Congressional Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Arab Boycott, Congressional Task Force to End the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Armenian Issues, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Army Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Artistic Discovery, An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Arts Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Arts, Concerned Senators for the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Asian Pacific Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Auto Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Auto Parts Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Automotive Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus, American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Aviation and Space Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Aviation Noise Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Balanced Budget, Congressional Leaders United for a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Baltic Nations and Ukraine, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Baltic Nations and Ukraine, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee on th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Bearing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Beef Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Beef Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Bicycle Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Biomedical Research Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Biotechnology Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Black Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Boating Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Border Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Budget Commandos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Budget Group, Democratic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

California Democratic Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

California Republican Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

California Transportation Task Force (ISTEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Campaign Finance Reform Task Force, Bipartisan Freshmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cancer Awareness Working Group, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cancer Coalition, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Caribbean Basin, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Census Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Centrist Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Character Counts Group, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

See also these groups that are listed in the appendix among several other groups known to be defunct,

inactive, absorbed by another group or privatized: (1) Advanced Materials, Congressional Caucus on, (2)

Afghanistan, Congressional Task Force on, (3) Agricultural Forum, Congressional, (4) Air and Space Caucus,

Senate, (5) B-2 Stealth Bomber Caucus, House, (6) Border Caucus, Senate, (7) Democratic Class of 1992

Caucus, (8) Democratic First-Term Class (104th Congress), (9) Jewelry Manufacturers Coalition, Congressional,

(10) Moderate/Conservative Senate Democrats, (11) Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus, (12)Ninety-eighth

Democratic Members Caucus, (13) Ninety-fifth [Democratic] Caucus, (14)Ninety-ninth New Members

Democratic Caucus, (15)Republican Freshman Class of the 97th Congress, (16)Terrorism Caucus, Senate Anti-,

and (17) Veterans’ Health Care Coalition, Bipartisan.

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Character Counts Group, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chesapeake Bay Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Children, Youth and Families, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Children’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Children’s Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Children’s Working Group, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

China, Congressional Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Citizen Legislator Caucus [CMO] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

City/Suburban/Rural Transit Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

CLUBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Coal Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Coal Exports, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Coal Group, Congressional [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Coalition, The [Democratic] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Coast Guard Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Coastal Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Coastal Coalition, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Commuter Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Competitiveness Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Congressional Advisory Panel to the National Campaign to Reduce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 28

Congressional Space Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Conservative Action Team (CATs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Conservative Democratic Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Conservative Opportunity Society (COS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Constitutional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Constitutional Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Constitutional Liberty Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Copper Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Corn Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Crime Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Debt Limit Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Defense Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54

Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth, Caucus on [Senate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Delta Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Democratic Budget Study Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Democratic Caucus, 101st Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Democratic Class of 1992 Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 56

Democratic Class of the 100th Congress, Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Democratic Freshman Class, 106th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Democratic Mainstream Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Democratic Research Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Democratic Study Group (DSG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Depot Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Diabetes Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Disabilities, House Republican Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Drug Enforcement Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Drug Policy Working Group, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Education Caucus [Bicameral] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Education Caucus, Republican [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Education Caucus, [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Electricity Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Emergency Housing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Empowerment Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Energy Caucus, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Energy Caucus, House Renewable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Environmental and Energy Study Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Europe, Congressional Caucus on Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Export Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Export Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Fairness Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Family Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Family, Senate Caucus on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Farm Policy Coalition, Grassley-Dorgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Farmland Protection Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Fatherhood Promotion Task Force, Congressional [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Fatherhood Promotion, Bipartisan Senate Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Federal Government Service Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fire Services Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Flat Tax Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Footwear Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Footwear Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Forestry 2000 Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Gaming Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Grace Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Grace Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Great Lakes Congressmen, Conference of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Great Lakes Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 0

Green Scissors Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Haiti, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Health Care Quality Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Health Care Reform, Bipartisan Caucus for National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Health Care, Senate Republican Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Heart and Stroke Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hellenic Issues, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

High Technology Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Hispanic Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

HIV/AIDS, Congressional Task Force on International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Homelessness Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hong Kong, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

House Fair Employment Practices Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Housing Opportunity Caucus, Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Hudson River Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Human Rights Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Human Rights Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Human Rights Monitors, Congressional Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Hunger Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hunger, Democratic Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Impact Aid Coalition, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3, 56

India and Indian-Americans, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Industrial Innovation and Productivity, House Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Information Technology Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Information Technology Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Insurance Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Intercity Passenger Rail Coalition, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

International Education Study Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Internet Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Interstate 69 Mid-Continent Highway Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Ireland, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Irish Affairs, Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Israel Caucus, House Republican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Jewelry Manufacturers Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Jewelry Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Jewelry Task Force, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Jewry, Congressional Caucus on Syrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Jewry, Congressional Coalition for Soviet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Jobs and Fair Trade Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Law Enforcement Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Lewis and Clark Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Liability Insurance and Tort Reform Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Local Government Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Long Island Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Long Island Sound Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Mainstream Conservative Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7

Manufactured Housing Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Manufacturing Task Force, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Maritime Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Medical Device and Technology Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Medical Technology Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mental Illness and Health Issues, House Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Metropolitan Area Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Military Reform Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Minor League Baseball Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Missile Defense Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Mississippi River Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Mushroom Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Namibia, Ad Hoc Group for Free and Fair Elections in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

National Guard Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

National Retail Sales Tax Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

National Security Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 49

Native American Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NATO Observer Group, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Naval Mine Warfare Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

New Democrat Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New England Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

New York State Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Nigeria, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Ninety-eighth Democratic Members Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56

Ninety-fifth [Democratic] Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56

Ninety-fifth [Republican] Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Ninety-seventh New Members Democratic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

North American Trade, House Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

North American Trade, Senate Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Northeast Agricultural Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Northeast Gas Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Northeast-Midwest Republican Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Northern Border Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 28

Norway, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Notch Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Oil and Gas Forum, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Older Americans Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Olympic Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Organ and Tissue Donation, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Pacific Northwest Trade Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Parkinson’s Disease, Congressional Working Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Peace Accord Monitoring Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Peanut Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Peso, Task Force on Devaluation of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Population and Development, Congressional Coalition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Populist Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Pork Industry Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Porkbusters Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Port Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Portugal, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Portugal, Friends of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Portuguese American Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Pro-Choice Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Progressive Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Property Rights Coalition, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Pro-Life Action Task Force for Women, Children and the Unborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Pro-Life Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Public Pension Reform Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Reading Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Regulatory Reform Caucus, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Religious Prisoners Congressional Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Renewable Energy Congressional Staff Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Renewal Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Republican Class of the 100th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Republican Freshman Class of the 97th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Republican Freshman Class, 105th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Republican Freshman Class, 106th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Republican Freshmen Class, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Republican Freshmen Class, Senate 105th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Republican Ninety-eighth Congressional Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Republican Sophomore Class (104th Congress) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Republican Sophomore Class, 106th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Republican Study Committee, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Reserve Components Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Results Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 28

Retirement Security, House/Senate Steering Committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Rural Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Rural Health Care Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Rural Health Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

San Diego Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Science and Technology Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Science and Technology, Congressional Caucus for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Senate Textile Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Senior Citizens Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Shipbuilding Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Small Business Survival Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Smart Growth Task Force, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Social Security Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Southern Africa, Congressional Ad Hoc Monitoring Group on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Soybean Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Space, Coalition for Peaceful Uses of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sportsmen's Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Americans, Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Steel Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Steel Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Steering Committee, Senate [Republican] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sunbelt Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sustainable Development Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sweetener Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Teen Pregnancy, Congressional Advisory Panel to Reduce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Telehealth, Ad Hoc Steering Committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Tennessee Valley Authority Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Territorial Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Terrorism Caucus, Senate Anti- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Textile Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Textile Steering Committee, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Third World Debt Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Tobacco and Health, Congressional Task Force on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Tourism Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Trade Expansion Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Trails Caucus, House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Transit Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Travel and Tourism Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Truck Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Trucking Caucus, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Tuesday Lunch Bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

U.S. Senate China Trade Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

U.S.-Former Soviet Union Energy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Ukranian Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Unfunded Mandates, Congressional Caucus on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

United Democrats of Congress [House] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

United Nations Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Upper Mississippi River Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Urban Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Veterans' Health Care Coalition, Bipartisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Vietnam Era Veterans in Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Vietnam, Congressional Dialogue on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Water, Congressional Caucus for Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Wednesday Group, House [Republican] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Wednesday Group, Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Western Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Western States Senate Coalition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Western Water Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Wood Energy Caucus, Congressional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Women's Issues, Congressional Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Writers and Journalists, Congressional Committee to Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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