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Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives

March 14, 2024

In the United States House of Representatives, the two major political parties maintain policy and steering committees. Their primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other House committees, and they also advise party leaders on policy.

The House Democratic Caucus has a combined single steering and policy committee, while the House Republican Conference divides the duties between two groups: a policy committee and a steering committee.[1]

House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee edit

The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is chaired by the party leader in the House, which has been Hakeem Jeffries since 2023, in his capacities as Minority Leader. The party leader also appoints three co-chairs to assist him on the committee. For the 117th Congress, the co-chairs were Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17).[2]

The statutory members include the full caucus leadership and chief deputy whip team and the chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority, respectively) of the exclusive committees: Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Financial Services, Rules, and Ways and Means. Additional members are either directly appointed by the caucus leader (Speaker in the majority or Minority Leader in the minority), elected as regional representatives, and an elected representative of the freshman class.

On November 28, 2018, Pelosi, the Speaker of the 116th Congress, announced that the Committee would now have three co-chairs instead of two.[3][4]

As of the 117th Congress, Democratic Representatives are grouped into the following 12 regions:

  • 1: Southern California (Districts 21–53)
  • 2: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern California (Districts 1–20), Northern Mariana Islands
  • 3: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  • 4: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
  • 5: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
  • 6: Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
  • 7: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virgin Islands
  • 8: Georgia, Florida
  • 9: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia
  • 10: Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  • 11: New York
  • 12: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Membership edit

117th Congress edit

The members of the committee for the 117th Congress (2021–2022) were:[5]

115th Congress edit

The members of the committee for the 115th Congress (2017–2018) were:[6][7]

House Republican Policy Committee edit

Gary Palmer currently chairs the Policy Committee. When the Republicans are in the majority, the chair of the House Republican Policy Committee ranks fifth, below the Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, and the Republican Conference Chairman. When the Republicans are in the minority, the Policy Committee chair ranks fourth, behind the Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Conference Chairman.

Statutory members include the full conference leadership, the committee chairs or ranking members (depending on a majority or minority) of Appropriations, Budget, Energy, Rules, and Ways and Means, and the elected leaders of the sophomore and freshman classes. Appointed members include regional representatives, at-large members, members from the standing committees, and designated appointees by the sophomore (2) and freshman (1) class leaders.

Regional Representatives are restructured to reflect as closely as possible an equal number of Republican members from each region; the small state group is an additional region composed of states that have one or two Republican members.[7] As of the 116th Congress, the regions are:[8]

  • 1: Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), New York (6), West Virginia (3) – 11 members total
  • 2: Kentucky (5), Pennsylvania (9) – 14 members total
  • 3: North Carolina (10), Virginia (4) – 14 members total
  • 4: Georgia (9), South Carolina (5) – 14 members total
  • 5: Alabama (6), Tennessee (7) – 13 members total
  • 6: Illinois (5), Indiana (7) – 12 members total
  • 7: Michigan (7), Wisconsin (5) – 12 members total
  • 8: Arkansas (4), Louisiana (5), Mississippi (3), Puerto Rico (1) – 13 members total
  • 9: Kansas (3), Colorado (3), Nebraska (3), Oklahoma (4) – 13 members total
  • 10: American Samoa (1), Iowa (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (6), North Dakota (1), South Dakota (1) – 13 members total
  • 11: Alaska (1), Idaho (2), Montana (1), Nevada (1), Oregon (1), Utah (3), Washington (3), Wyoming (1) – 13 members total
  • 12: Arizona (4), California (7) – 11 members total
  • Small States: Alaska, America Samoa, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Wyoming – 14 members total
  • Florida Region: 14 members total
  • Ohio Region: 12 members total
  • Texas Regions I and II: 14 members total

The members of the committee for the 115th Congress were:[9]

Policy Committee Chairs:

Chair Term
Joseph William Martin Jr. 1949–1959
John W. Byrnes 1959–1965
John Jacob Rhodes 1965–1973
Barber Conable 1973–1977
Del M. Clawson 1977–1979
Bud Shuster 1979–1981
Dick Cheney 1981–1987
Jerry Lewis 1987–1989
Mickey Edwards 1989–1993
Henry Hyde 1993–1995
Christopher Cox 1995–2005
John Shadegg 2005–2006
Adam Putnam 2006–2007
Thaddeus McCotter 2007–2011
Tom Price 2011–2013
James Lankford 2013–2015
Luke Messer 2015–2019
Gary Palmer 2019–present

House Republican Steering Committee edit

For House Republicans, the steering committee is chaired by the party leader in the House, either the Speaker (if Republicans are in the majority) or the Minority (Floor) Leader (if Republicans are in the minority). Under rules adopted after the 1994 Republican Revolution, the House party leader (Speaker/Minority Leader) had five votes on the committee, the deputy leader (Majority Leader/Minority Whip) receives 2 votes, and all other members receive 1 vote for a total of 35 votes; a quorum requires 18 members. The current chairman of the Republican Steering Committee is Mike Johnson.

The Republican counterpart in the Senate is the Committee on Committees. Senate Republicans also operate a steering committee to discuss policy issues.[10]

The members of the committee for the 117th Congress (2021–2022) were:[8]

The House Republican Conference approved changes to the steering committee's structure on November 19, 2015. These changes include a reduction in the Speaker's weighted votes from five to four (while giving him the right to appoint a new at-large member) and phased membership adjustments. The six committee leaders that were all previously given standing membership (Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Rules, and Ways and Means) were removed and immediately replaced by six at-large members. Additionally, any committee leader whose committee membership is under consideration by the Steering panel will sit on a rotating basis. The committee leaders' six vacant seats are to be elected by the whole Conference at-large by the end of 2015, and they will serve until the end of the 114th Congress (January 3, 2017). Following the 2016 general election for the next Congress, these at-large elected seats will be replaced by six additional regional representatives, with the new regions to be determined at that time.[11][12][13]

See also edit

References edit

  • Wilson, James Q., and John J Diiulio Jr., American Government, Eighth edition.
  • House Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization
  1. ^ "House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures" (PDF). www.everycrsreport.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Congresswoman Bustos Nominated to Co-Chair Steering and Policy Committee for 117th Congress". Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Newsroom".
  4. ^ "Pelosi creates leadership position for Barbara Lee". Politico. November 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Strauss, Amelia (December 9, 2020). "Who Steers the Ship in the 117th Congress? An Examination of House Steering and Policy Committee Membership". Demand Progress. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Newsroom".
  7. ^ a b "House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures" (PDF). sgp.fas.org. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Steering Committee List for the 117th Congress".
  9. ^ "Leadership". house.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  10. ^ cqpolitics.com November 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Sherman, Jake (November 19, 2015). "House GOP Overhauls Steering Committee". Politico. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  12. ^ Dumain, Emma (November 19, 2015). "House Republicans OK Changes to Steering Panel". Roll Call. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  13. ^ Wong, Scott (November 19, 2015). "House GOP Approves Overhaul of Powerful Steering Panel". The Hill. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

March 14, 2024
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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2020 In the United States House of Representatives the two major political parties maintain policy and steering committees Their primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other House committees and they also advise party leaders on policy The House Democratic Caucus has a combined single steering and policy committee while the House Republican Conference divides the duties between two groups a policy committee and a steering committee 1 Contents 1 House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee 1 1 Membership 1 1 1 117th Congress 1 1 2 115th Congress 2 House Republican Policy Committee 3 House Republican Steering Committee 4 See also 5 ReferencesHouse Democratic Steering and Policy Committee editThe House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is chaired by the party leader in the House which has been Hakeem Jeffries since 2023 in his capacities as Minority Leader The party leader also appoints three co chairs to assist him on the committee For the 117th Congress the co chairs were Reps Eric Swalwell CA 15 Barbara Lee CA 13 and Cheri Bustos IL 17 2 The statutory members include the full caucus leadership and chief deputy whip team and the chairs or ranking members depending on a majority or minority respectively of the exclusive committees Appropriations Budget Energy Financial Services Rules and Ways and Means Additional members are either directly appointed by the caucus leader Speaker in the majority or Minority Leader in the minority elected as regional representatives and an elected representative of the freshman class On November 28 2018 Pelosi the Speaker of the 116th Congress announced that the Committee would now have three co chairs instead of two 3 4 As of the 117th Congress Democratic Representatives are grouped into the following 12 regions 1 Southern California Districts 21 53 2 Alaska American Samoa Guam Hawaii Northern California Districts 1 20 Northern Mariana Islands 3 Iowa Michigan Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin 4 Illinois Indiana Kansas Missouri Oklahoma 5 Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming 6 Arizona Texas New Mexico 7 Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee North Carolina Puerto Rico South Carolina Virgin Islands 8 Georgia Florida 9 Delaware District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey Virginia 10 Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia 11 New York 12 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Membership edit 117th Congress edit The members of the committee for the 117th Congress 2021 2022 were 5 Chair Nancy Pelosi CA 12 Co Chairs Eric Swalwell CA 15 Barbara Lee CA 13 Cheri Bustos IL 17 Caucus Co Chairs Policy and Communications Ted Lieu CA 33 Debbie Dingell MI 12 Matt Cartwright PA 8 Joe Neguse CO 2 Caucus Leadership Steny Hoyer MD 5 Jim Clyburn SC 6 Katherine Clark MA 5 Hakeem Jeffries NY 8 Pete Aguilar CA 31 Sean Patrick Maloney NY 18 Colin Allred TX 32 Mondaire Jones NY 17 Chief Deputy Whips Jan Schakowsky IL 9 G K Butterfield NC 1 Henry Cuellar TX 28 Sheila Jackson Lee TX 18 Dan Kildee MI 5 Stephanie Murphy FL 7 Jimmy Panetta CA 20 Terri Sewell AL 7 Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL 23 Peter Welch VT AL Regional Representatives Lucille Roybal Allard CA 40 Anna Eshoo CA 18 Betty McCollum MN 4 Robin Kelly IL 2 Susie Lee NV 3 Raul Grijalva AZ 3 Steve Cohen TN 9 Frederica Wilson FL 24 Anthony Brown MD 4 Joyce Beatty OH 3 Paul Tonko NY 20 Annie McLane Kuster NH 2 Committee Chairs Rosa DeLauro CT 3 John Yarmuth KY 3 Frank Pallone NJ 6 Maxine Waters CA 43 Jim McGovern MA 2 Richard Neal MA 1 Freshman Class Representative Nikema Williams GA 5 Appointed Members David Cicilline RI 1 Angie Craig MN 2 Madeleine Dean PA 4 Diana DeGette CO 1 Suzan DelBene WA 1 Mike Doyle PA 18 Veronica Escobar TX 16 Josh Harder CA 10 Sara Jacobs CA 53 Doris Matsui CA 6 Bill Pascrell NJ 9 Linda Sanchez CA 38 Lauren Underwood IL 14 115th Congress edit The members of the committee for the 115th Congress 2017 2018 were 6 7 Chair Nancy Pelosi CA 12 Co Chairs Rosa DeLauro CT 3 Eric Swalwell CA 15 Vice Chair and Parliamentarian Jared Polis CO 2 Vice Chair Barbara Lee CA 13 Caucus Leadership Steny Hoyer MD 5 Jim Clyburn SC 6 Cheri Bustos IL 17 David Cicilline RI 1 Hakeem Jeffries NY 8 Tony Cardenas CA 29 Chief Deputy Whips G K Butterfield NC 1 Joaquin Castro TX 20 Diana DeGette CO 1 Jan Schakowsky IL 9 Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL 23 Terri Sewell AL 7 Peter Welch VT AL Committee Leadership John Yarmuth KY 3 Frank Pallone NJ 6 Maxine Waters CA 43 Jim McGovern MA 2 Rich Neal MA 1 Appointed Members Matt Cartwright PA 17 Katherine Clark MA 5 Steve Cohen TN 9 John Delaney MD 6 Mike Doyle PA 14 John Garamendi CA 3 Sheila Jackson Lee TX 18 Dan Kildee MI 5 Derek Kilmer WA 6 Raja Krishnamoorthi IL 8 Betty McCollum MN 4 Donald Norcross NJ 1 Darren Soto FL 9 Mike Thompson CA 5 Regional Representatives Judy Chu CA 27 Doris Matsui CA 6 Gwen Moore WI 4 Andre Carson IN 7 Dina Titus NV 1 Lloyd Doggett TX 35 Stacey Plaskett VI AL Lois Frankel FL 22 Bill Pascrell NJ 9 Marcy Kaptur OH 9 Gregory Meeks NY 5 Mike Capuano MA 7 Freshman Class Representative Jamie Raskin MD 8 House Republican Policy Committee editGary Palmer currently chairs the Policy Committee When the Republicans are in the majority the chair of the House Republican Policy Committee ranks fifth below the Speaker of the House Majority Leader Majority Whip and the Republican Conference Chairman When the Republicans are in the minority the Policy Committee chair ranks fourth behind the Minority Leader Minority Whip and Conference Chairman Statutory members include the full conference leadership the committee chairs or ranking members depending on a majority or minority of Appropriations Budget Energy Rules and Ways and Means and the elected leaders of the sophomore and freshman classes Appointed members include regional representatives at large members members from the standing committees and designated appointees by the sophomore 2 and freshman 1 class leaders Regional Representatives are restructured to reflect as closely as possible an equal number of Republican members from each region the small state group is an additional region composed of states that have one or two Republican members 7 As of the 116th Congress the regions are 8 1 Maryland 1 New Jersey 1 New York 6 West Virginia 3 11 members total 2 Kentucky 5 Pennsylvania 9 14 members total 3 North Carolina 10 Virginia 4 14 members total 4 Georgia 9 South Carolina 5 14 members total 5 Alabama 6 Tennessee 7 13 members total 6 Illinois 5 Indiana 7 12 members total 7 Michigan 7 Wisconsin 5 12 members total 8 Arkansas 4 Louisiana 5 Mississippi 3 Puerto Rico 1 13 members total 9 Kansas 3 Colorado 3 Nebraska 3 Oklahoma 4 13 members total 10 American Samoa 1 Iowa 1 Minnesota 3 Missouri 6 North Dakota 1 South Dakota 1 13 members total 11 Alaska 1 Idaho 2 Montana 1 Nevada 1 Oregon 1 Utah 3 Washington 3 Wyoming 1 13 members total 12 Arizona 4 California 7 11 members total Small States Alaska America Samoa Idaho Iowa Maryland Montana Nevada New Jersey North Dakota Oregon Puerto Rico South Dakota Wyoming 14 members total Florida Region 14 members total Ohio Region 12 members total Texas Regions I and II 14 members total The members of the committee for the 115th Congress were 9 Chair Luke Messer IN 6 Conference Leadership Paul Ryan WI 1 Kevin McCarthy CA 23 Steve Scalise LA 1 Cathy McMorris Rodgers WA 5 Steve Stivers OH 15 Doug Collins GA 9 Jason Smith MO 8 Patrick McHenry NC 10 Committee Leadership Rodney Frelinghuysen NJ 11 Steve Womack AR 3 Greg Walden OR 2 Pete Sessions TX 32 Kevin Brady TX 8 Sophomore and Freshman Class Leadership Mimi Walters CA 45 Paul Mitchell MI 10 Regional Members Elise Stefanik NY 21 Brett Guthrie KY 2 Vacant Region 3 Austin Scott GA 8 Gary Palmer AL 6 Jackie Walorski IN 2 Mike Gallagher WI 8 Rick Crawford AL 1 Markwayne Mullin OK 2 Don Young AK AL Mia Love UT 4 Jenniffer Gonzalez PR AL Vacant Texas Region I Randy Weber TX 14 John Rutherford FL 4 Ed Royce CA 39 Glenn Thompson PA 5 Brad Wenstrup OH 2 Sophomore and Freshman Class Members Drew Ferguson GA 3 John Katko NY 24 Martha McSally AZ 2 Committee Members Jodey Arrington TX 19 Chris Stewart UT 2 Mike Coffman CO 6 Dave Brat VA 7 Glenn Grothman WI 6 Morgan Griffith VA 9 French Hill AR 2 Joe Wilson SC 2 Brian Fitzpatrick PA 2 Raul Labrador ID 1 Bruce Westerman AR 4 Jim Jordan OH 4 Dennis Ross FL 15 Steve Knight CA 15 Jeff Denham CA 10 Randy Hultgren IL 14 Mike Bost IL 12 Dave Schweikert AZ 6 At Large Members Barbara Comstock VA 10 Keith Rothfus PA 12 Susan Brooks IN 5 Dave Reichert WA 8 Bruce Poliquin ME 2 Tom Reed NY 23 Policy Committee Chairs Chair TermJoseph William Martin Jr 1949 1959John W Byrnes 1959 1965John Jacob Rhodes 1965 1973Barber Conable 1973 1977Del M Clawson 1977 1979Bud Shuster 1979 1981Dick Cheney 1981 1987Jerry Lewis 1987 1989Mickey Edwards 1989 1993Henry Hyde 1993 1995Christopher Cox 1995 2005John Shadegg 2005 2006Adam Putnam 2006 2007Thaddeus McCotter 2007 2011Tom Price 2011 2013James Lankford 2013 2015Luke Messer 2015 2019Gary Palmer 2019 presentHouse Republican Steering Committee editFor House Republicans the steering committee is chaired by the party leader in the House either the Speaker if Republicans are in the majority or the Minority Floor Leader if Republicans are in the minority Under rules adopted after the 1994 Republican Revolution the House party leader Speaker Minority Leader had five votes on the committee the deputy leader Majority Leader Minority Whip receives 2 votes and all other members receive 1 vote for a total of 35 votes a quorum requires 18 members The current chairman of the Republican Steering Committee is Mike Johnson The Republican counterpart in the Senate is the Committee on Committees Senate Republicans also operate a steering committee to discuss policy issues 10 The members of the committee for the 117th Congress 2021 2022 were 8 Conference Leadership Kevin McCarthy CA 23 Steve Scalise LA 1 Elise Stefanik NY 21 Gary Palmer AL 6 Mike Johnson LA 4 Richard Hudson NC 8 Drew Ferguson GA 3 Tom Emmer MN 6 Steve Stivers OH 15 Don Young AK AL Regional Members Elise Stefanik NY 21 Mike Kelly PA 16 Barry Loudermilk GA 11 Mike Rogers AL 3 Jim Banks IN 3 Fred Upton MI 6 Steve Womack AR 3 Tom Cole OK 4 Blaine Luetkemeyer MO 3 Cathy McMorris Rodgers WA 5 Devin Nunes CA 22 Patrick McHenry NC 10 Vern Buchanan FL 16 David Joyce OH 14 Kevin Brady TX 8 John Carter TX 31 and Kelly Armstrong ND AL as small state representative Junior Class Representatives William Timmons SC 4 August Pfluger TX 11 Appointed Member Debbie Lesko AZ 8 Relevant Committee Leader RotatingThe House Republican Conference approved changes to the steering committee s structure on November 19 2015 These changes include a reduction in the Speaker s weighted votes from five to four while giving him the right to appoint a new at large member and phased membership adjustments The six committee leaders that were all previously given standing membership Appropriations Budget Energy and Commerce Financial Services Rules and Ways and Means were removed and immediately replaced by six at large members Additionally any committee leader whose committee membership is under consideration by the Steering panel will sit on a rotating basis The committee leaders six vacant seats are to be elected by the whole Conference at large by the end of 2015 and they will serve until the end of the 114th Congress January 3 2017 Following the 2016 general election for the next Congress these at large elected seats will be replaced by six additional regional representatives with the new regions to be determined at that time 11 12 13 See also editStanding committee United States Congress References editWilson James Q and John J Diiulio Jr American Government Eighth edition https web archive org web 20061129223815 http www rules house gov archives RS20930 pdf House Leadership Structure Overview of Party Organization House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members Rules Governing Selection Procedures PDF www everycrsreport com Retrieved September 22 2023 Congresswoman Bustos Nominated to Co Chair Steering and Policy Committee for 117th Congress Congresswoman Cheri Bustos November 12 2020 Retrieved August 24 2022 Newsroom Pelosi creates leadership position for Barbara Lee Politico November 30 2018 Strauss Amelia December 9 2020 Who Steers the Ship in the 117th Congress An Examination of House Steering and Policy Committee Membership Demand Progress Retrieved August 24 2022 Newsroom a b House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members Rules Governing Selection Procedures PDF sgp fas org Retrieved September 22 2023 a b Steering Committee List for the 117th Congress Leadership house gov Retrieved September 22 2023 cqpolitics com Archived November 4 2008 at the Wayback Machine Sherman Jake November 19 2015 House GOP Overhauls Steering Committee Politico Retrieved November 21 2015 Dumain Emma November 19 2015 House Republicans OK Changes to Steering Panel Roll Call Retrieved November 21 2015 Wong Scott November 19 2015 House GOP Approves Overhaul of Powerful Steering Panel The Hill Retrieved November 21 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives amp oldid 1189091255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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