Betty Louise McCollum is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. McCollum became the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation in 2021.
Anna A. Georges Eshoo is the U.S. Representative from California's 18th congressional district, serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 14th district from 1993 to 2013 is based in Silicon Valley, including the cities of Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Palo Alto, as well as part of San Jose. She is the only Assyrian American in Congress, and is also one of only two congresswomen of Armenian descent, with Jackie Speier being the other. She is Assyrian paternally and Armenian maternally.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of most African-American members of the United States Congress. Representative Karen Bass from California chaired the caucus from 2019 to 2021, when Representative Joyce Beatty from Ohio became its chair. As of 2021, all members of the caucus are part of the Democratic Party.
The New Democrat Coalition is a caucus in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress made up of centrist Democrats who support policies that it describes as "pro-economic growth," "pro-innovation," and "fiscally responsible." The caucus has sometimes been considered socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
The 105th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 1999, during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority. President Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives of the 105th Congress.
The 104th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 1997, during the third and fourth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census. Both chambers had Republican majorities for the first time since the 1950s. Major events included passage of elements of the Contract with America and a budget impasse between Congress and the Clinton administration that resulted in the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party in the United States Congress. The CPC represents the most left-leaning, progressive faction of the Democratic Party. It was founded in 1991 and has generally grown since then.
Charles Foster Bass is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2013. He is the son of Perkins Bass, who also represented the same New Hampshire district from 1955 to 1963.
Peter Anthony DeFazio is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Corvallis, Roseburg, Coos Bay and Florence. He chairs the House Transportation Committee and is a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserve, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon. He is dean of Oregon's House delegation.
John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the state capital of Annapolis, central portions of the city of Baltimore, and parts of Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, and Baltimore counties.
Peter Francis Welch is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over three decades.
The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition consisting largely of industrial, technological, and energy corporations. The Alliance states that its mission is to "support energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocate energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate." The alliance's chief activities include public relations, research, and lobbying to change U.S. energy policy.
Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from New York's 20th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in New York's Capital District and includes Albany, Schenectady and Troy. Tonko previously represented the 105th district in the New York Assembly from 1983 to 2007.
Ann L. McLane Kuster is an American politician, author and attorney serving as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a lobbyist and nonprofit consultant from Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
The Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus is a bipartisan caucus of the United States House of Representatives.
Christopher Charles Pappas is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. From 2013 to 2019, he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire Executive Council. This includes Manchester along with two additional towns in Hillsborough, six towns in Merrimack, eight towns in Rockingham, and two towns in Strafford County.
The Republican Governance Group, originally the Tuesday Lunch Bunch and then the Tuesday Group until 2020, is a congressional caucus consisting of the more moderate to liberal Republican members in the United States House of Representatives. It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus was dominated by conservatives. In 2007, the Tuesday Group founded its own political action committee.
The Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus, a United States Congress caucus,works to improve the 9-1-1 phone system and emergency response systems. The caucus is headed by Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA).
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation(CSF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Established in 1989, CSF's mission is to "work with Congress, governors, and state legislatures to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping". Initially, CSF provided a link of information and resources between the sportsmen's community and Members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC), and since has extended its legislative network across the United States, managing a network of bipartisan state legislative sportsmen's caucuses organized under the banner of the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses (NASC) and the Governors Sportsmen's Caucus (GSC).
A leadership election was held by the United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus before the beginning of the 116th United States Congress on January 3, 2019. The election determined who will be nominated by the caucus for the speakership election as well as who would occupy other leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus. The following positions were nominated or elected on November 29: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Assistant Majority Leader, Democratic Caucus Chair, and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, the Policy and Communications Committee's Chair and its three Co-Chairs, Junior Caucus Representative and Freshman Class Representative were elected the next day, and a third co-chair was added to the Steering and Policy Committee by the Leader.
