House Trade Working Group
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The House Trade Working Group (HTWG) is an informal group of Congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives that is made up of members that take a skeptical view of international trade agreements. The HTWG was formed by Congressman Michael H. Michaud and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
Linda T. Sánchez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 during the 110th Congress. Members of Congress from both parties and outside organizations, who represent American workers, consumers, and businesses, are active participants in the group. The HTWG organizes press conferences, briefings, letters, and other initiatives to fight trade agreements. As of the 111th Congress
111th United States Congress
The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. It began during the last two weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of...

, the membership was as follows (based on signatures affixed to HTWG letters):

Continuing HTWG Membership for 112th Congress

  • Michael H. Michaud (Dem.-Maine) - leader

  • Jason Altmire
    Jason Altmire
    Jason Altmire is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Joe Baca
    Joe Baca
    Joseph N. "Joe" Baca is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 42nd from 1999 to 2003, is located in southwestern San Bernardino County and includes Fontana, Rialto, Ontario and parts of the city of San...

     (Dem.-California)
  • Tammy Baldwin
    Tammy Baldwin
    Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In September 2011, Baldwin announced she would be a candidate in the 2012 U.S...

     (Dem.-Wisconsin)
  • Leonard Boswell
    Leonard Boswell
    Leonard L. Boswell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Des Moines.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Iowa)
  • Bob Brady
    Bob Brady
    Robert A. "Bob" Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998, and the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on House Administration since 2007...

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Bruce Braley
    Bruce Braley
    Bruce Braley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Dubuque, and Clinton....

     (Dem.-Iowa)
  • Michael Capuano (Dem.-Massachusetts)
  • Russ Carnahan
    Russ Carnahan
    John Russell "Russ" Carnahan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the southern third of the city of St. Louis and most of the southern St. Louis suburbs including most of Jefferson County and all of Ste. Genevieve County...

     (Dem.-Missouri)
  • André Carson
    André Carson
    André D. Carson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since the special election in 2008. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-Indiana)
  • Ben Chandler
    Ben Chandler
    Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Kentucky)
  • Emanuel Cleaver
    Emanuel Cleaver
    Emanuel Cleaver II is a United Methodist pastor and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and in January 2010 became chair of the Congressional Black Caucus....

     (Dem.-Missouri)
  • Steve Cohen
    Steve Cohen
    Stephen Ira Cohen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennessee's 9th district includes almost three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman....

     (Dem.-Tennessee)
  • John Conyers Jr. (Dem.-Michigan)
  • Jerry Costello
    Jerry Costello
    Jerry Francis Costello is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1988. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the dean of Illinois's 21-member Congressional delegation. The 12th district includes the St. Louis area suburb cities and stretches to deep Southern Illinois.-Early life,...

     (Dem.-Illinois)
  • Elijah Cummings
    Elijah Cummings
    Elijah Eugene Cummings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, as well as most of Howard County...

     (Dem.-Maryland)
  • Peter DeFazio
    Peter DeFazio
    Peter Anthony DeFazio is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation...

     (Dem.-Oregon)
  • Rosa DeLauro
    Rosa DeLauro
    Rosa L. DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Connecticut)
  • John Dingell
    John Dingell
    John David Dingell, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1955 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (Dem.-Michigan)
  • Michael F. Doyle
    Michael F. Doyle
    Michael F. "Mike" Doyle is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Pittsburgh and includes most of Allegheny County....

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Donna F. Edwards (Dem.-Maryland)
  • Keith Ellison
    Keith Ellison (politician)
    Keith Maurice Ellison is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The district centers on Minneapolis. He was re-elected in 2010. Ellison is a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.He is the first Muslim to be elected to the...

     (Dem.-Minnesota)
  • Bob Filner
    Bob Filner
    Robert Earl Filner is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 50th, serving since 1993, and Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (Dem.-California)
  • Marcia Fudge (Dem.-Ohio)
  • Al Green (Dem.-Texas)
  • Gene Green
    Gene Green
    Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (Dem.-Texas)
  • Raúl Grijalva
    Raul Grijalva
    Raúl M. Grijalva is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes half of metro Tucson, all of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Arizona)
  • Luis Gutierrez
    Luis Gutiérrez
    Luis Vicente Gutiérrez is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. Gutiérrez was the first Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest. From 1986 until his election to Congress he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th ward...

     (Dem.-Illinois)
  • Alcee Hastings
    Alcee Hastings
    Alcee Lamar Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Florida)
  • Brian Higgins
    Brian Higgins
    Brian Higgins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the southern two-thirds of Buffalo proper, most of that city's eastern and southern suburbs, and all of Chautauqua County.-Early life, education and career:A native of...

     (Dem.-New York)
  • Maurice D. Hinchey (Dem.-New York)
  • Mazie K. Hirono (Dem.-Hawaii)
  • Tim Holden
    Tim Holden
    Thomas Timothy "Tim" Holden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Rush Holt (Dem.-New Jersey)
  • Jesse Jackson Jr. (Dem.-Illinois)
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee (Dem.-Texas)
  • Hank Johnson
    Hank Johnson
    Henry C. "Hank" Johnson Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in DeKalb County, a largely suburban county east of Atlanta. It also includes portions of Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.-Life, education and...

     (Dem.-Georgia)
  • Walter B. Jones
    Walter B. Jones
    Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound. Jones' father was Walter B. Jones, Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district...

     (Rep.-North Carolina)
  • Marcy Kaptur
    Marcy Kaptur
    Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...

     (Dem.-Ohio)
  • Dale Kildee (Dem.-Michigan)
  • Larry Kissell
    Larry Kissell
    Lawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville.-Early life, education, and early career:...

     (Dem.-North Carolina)
  • Dennis Kucinich
    Dennis Kucinich
    Dennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....

     (Dem.-Ohio)
  • James Langevin
    James Langevin
    James R. Langevin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:Langevin was born in Providence, Rhode Island...

     (Dem.-Rhode Island)
  • Barbara Lee
    Barbara Lee
    Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...

     (Dem.-California)
  • Daniel Lipinski (Dem.-Illinois)
  • David Loebsack
    David Loebsack
    David Wayne "Dave" Loebsack is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in southeastern Iowa and includes Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Ottumwa...

     (Dem.-Iowa)
  • Stephen Lynch
    Stephen Lynch (politician)
    Stephen F. Lynch is the U.S. representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party who has served since 2001. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer, and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court....

     (Dem.-Massachusetts)
  • Betty McCollum
    Betty McCollum
    Betty Louise McCollum is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ....

     (Dem.-Minnesota)
  • James P. McGovern (Dem.-Massachusetts)
  • Mike McIntyre
    Mike McIntyre
    Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-North Carolina)
  • Gwen Moore
    Gwen Moore
    Gwendolynne Sophia Moore is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Milwaukee and also includes South Milwaukee, Cudahy and St. Francis, and part of West Allis. She is the first woman to represent the district...

     (Dem.-Wisconsin)
  • Jerrold Nadler
    Jerrold Nadler
    Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood...

     (Dem.-New York)
  • Grace Napolitano
    Grace Napolitano
    Graciela Flores Napolitano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk, City Council....

     (Dem.-California)
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton
    Eleanor Holmes Norton
    Eleanor Holmes Norton is a Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia. In her position she is able to serve on and vote with committees, as well as speak from the House floor...

     (Dem.-District of Columbia)
  • Frank Pallone, Jr. (Dem.-New Jersey)
  • Donald M. Payne
    Donald M. Payne
    Donald Milford "Don" Payne is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex and Union counties...

     (Dem.-New Jersey)
  • Gary Peters
    Gary Peters (Michigan politician)
    Gary Peters is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Oakland County, a suburban county northwest of Detroit. He previously represented the 14th District in the Michigan Senate, and was a political science professor at...

     (Dem.-Michigan)
  • Collin C. Peterson (Dem.-Minnesota)
  • Chellie Pingree
    Chellie Pingree
    Rochelle M. "Chellie" Pingree is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing since 2009. The district includes most of the southern part of the state, including Portland and Augusta.Pingree was a member of the Maine Senate from...

     (Dem.-Maine)
  • Nick Rahall
    Nick Rahall
    Nick Joe Rahall II is the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1977. Rahall is currently Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of the southern portion of the state, including...

     (Dem.-West Virginia)
  • Mike Ross (Dem.-Arkansas)
  • Steven Rothman (Dem.-New Jersey)
  • Lucille Roybal-Allard (Dem.-California)
  • Tim Ryan (Dem.-Ohio)
  • Linda Sanchez
    Linda Sánchez
    Linda T. Sánchez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

     (Dem.-California)
  • John P. Sarbanes (Dem.-Maryland)
  • Jan Schakowsky
    Jan Schakowsky
    Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Rosemont...

     (Dem.-Illinois)
  • Bobby Scott (Dem.-Virginia)
  • Heath Shuler
    Heath Shuler
    Joseph Heath Shuler is a businessman, a former NFL quarterback, and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-North Carolina)
  • Brad Sherman
    Brad Sherman
    Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing ....

     (Dem.-California)
  • Louise Slaughter (Dem.-New York)
  • Chris Smith (Rep.-New Jersey)
  • Betty Sutton
    Betty Sutton
    Betty Sue Sutton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of the western and southern suburbs of Cleveland, and includes North Royalton, Akron, Lorain, Elyria, Strongsville, Avon and Cuyahoga Falls.-Early life and...

     (Dem.-Ohio)
  • John F. Tierney
    John F. Tierney
    John F. Tierney is the United States representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate for liberal policies and government oversight. A former attorney, he has served since 1997....

     (Dem.-Massachusetts)
  • Paul Tonko
    Paul Tonko
    Paul David Tonko is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in the heart of the Capital District...

     (Dem.-New York)
  • Peter J. Visclosky (Dem.-Indiana)
  • Tim Walz
    Tim Walz
    Timothy James Walz is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party .The district comprises the state's southern end, running along the entire border with Iowa...

     (Dem.-Minnesota)
  • Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Dem.-Florida)
  • Maxine Waters
    Maxine Waters
    Maxine Waters is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 29th district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-California)
  • Peter Welch (Dem.-Vermont)
  • Lynn Woolsey
    Lynn Woolsey
    Lynn C. Woolsey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and its co-chair...

     (Dem.-California)
  • David Wu
    David Wu
    David Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...

     (Dem.-Oregon)

HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Were Defeated

  • Michael A. Arcuri (Dem.-New York)
  • John Boccieri
    John Boccieri
    John Boccieri is a one-term U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He was defeated by Republican Jim Renacci on November 2, 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.-Early life and career:Boccieri...

     (Dem.-Ohio)
  • Christopher Carney (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Travis W. Childers (Dem.-Mississippi)
  • Kathy Dahlkemper
    Kathy Dahlkemper
    Kathleen Ann "Kathy" Dahlkemper is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Erie and includes most of the northwestern portion of the state....

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Alan Grayson
    Alan Grayson
    Alan Mark Grayson is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party and loves cookies. After losing the election he moved to Austin to start stand-up comedy and a cookie business. The district Grayson represented lies in central Florida...

     (Dem.-Florida)
  • John Hall (Dem.-New York)
  • Phil Hare
    Phil Hare
    Philip G. "Phil" Hare is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-Illinois)
  • Steve Kagen
    Steve Kagen
    Steven Leslie Kagen, M.D. is a physician and was the U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (Dem.-Wisconsin)
  • Paul Kanjorski (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • Carolyn Kilpatrick (Dem.-Michigan) (lost primary bid)
  • Mary Jo Kilroy
    Mary Jo Kilroy
    Mary Jo Kilroy is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party from Ohio. In her first term she introduced a bill to lend $20 million per year to small businesses and an amendment to assign liability to credit reporting agencies. She...

     (Dem.-Ohio)
  • Dan Maffei
    Dan Maffei
    Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maffei is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011, and currently a senior adviser at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. He is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for his old seat in 2012.-Early life, education and career:Maffei was born in...

     (Dem.-New York)
  • Alan Mollohan
    Alan Mollohan
    Alan Bowlby Mollohan is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-West Virginia) (lost primary bid)
  • Patrick Murphy
    Patrick Murphy (politician)
    Patrick Joseph Murphy is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania)
  • James L. Oberstar (Dem.-Minnesota)
  • Tom Perriello
    Tom Perriello
    Thomas Stuart Price "Tom" Perriello is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of Southside Virginia and stretches north to Charlottesville....

     (Dem.-Virginia)
  • Mark Schauer
    Mark Schauer
    Mark Schauer is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party.He was previously a member of the Michigan Senate, where he served as the Minority Leader, and the Michigan House of Representatives....

     (Dem.-Michigan)
  • Carol Shea-Porter (Dem.-New Hampshire)
  • John Spratt (Dem.-South Carolina)
  • Charlie Wilson
    Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
    Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives...

     (Dem.-Ohio)


HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Will Not Seek Re-Election

  • William Delahunt (Dem.-Massachusetts) (Will not seek re-election)
  • Bart Gordon
    Bart Gordon
    Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon, is a lawyer and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member...

     (Dem.-Tennessee) (Will not seek re-election)
  • Bart Stupak
    Bart Stupak
    Bartholomew Thomas "Bart" Stupak is a lobbyist and American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from from 1993 to 2011....

     (Dem.-Michigan) (Will not seek re-election)


Former HTWG Members from 111th Congress

  • Neil Abercrombie
    Neil Abercrombie
    Neil Abercrombie is the 7th and current Governor of Hawaii. He was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii which comprises urban Honolulu. He served in Congress from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 when he resigned to successfully run for governor...

     (Dem.-Hawaii) (Resigned)
  • Eric Massa
    Eric Massa
    -March to the Primaries:Freshman incumbent Randy Kuhl had been elected to Congress with slightly over 50% of the popular vote in a three way race in 2004. In early 2005, former U.S. Naval officer Eric J.J. Massa, a long-time friend of 2004 presidential candidate General Wesley Clark filed to run...

     (Dem.-New York) (Resigned)
  • John Murtha
    John Murtha
    John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....

     (Dem.-Pennsylvania) (Deceased)

Although the membership is somewhat fluid, there were at least 100 members, almost all of them from the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

. This constituted more than one-third of the Democratic membership of the 111th Congress
111th United States Congress
The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011. It began during the last two weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of...

. Note that the two Republicans in the HTWG, Walter B. Jones
Walter B. Jones
Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound. Jones' father was Walter B. Jones, Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district...

 of North Carolina and Chris Smith of New Jersey, began their careers as Democrats. Twenty-one HTWG members were defeated in the 2010 Congressional elections
United States elections, 2010
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial...

 and another three members declined to seek re-election.

Ways and Means Committee Members

Only two of the HTWG members are also members of the House of Representative's Ways and Means Committee
United States House Committee on Ways and Means
The Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committees unless they apply for a waiver from their party's congressional leadership...

, the committee responsible for trade agreements. Democrats Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the southern two-thirds of Buffalo proper, most of that city's eastern and southern suburbs, and all of Chautauqua County.-Early life, education and career:A native of...

 and Linda Sanchez
Linda Sánchez
Linda T. Sánchez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 were the only two Democrats (out of the 26) on the Ways and Means Committee that also caucus with the HTWG.

See also

  • Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus
    Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus
    The Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus , founded by Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar in 2009, during the 111th Congress. Congressman Cuellar, a member of the coalition of Blue Dog Democrats, characterizes the group as Democrats and Republicans from all across the country, united by the belief that...

  • United States – Colombia Free Trade Agreement
  • Panama – United States Trade Promotion Agreement
  • South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement
  • Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
    Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
    The Trans-Pacific Partnership , also known as the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement, is a multilateral free trade agreement that aims to further liberalise the economies of the Asia-Pacific region; specifically, Article 1.1.3 notes: “The Parties seek to support the wider...

  • United States Trade Representative
  • Caucuses of the United States Congress
    Caucuses of the United States Congress
    This is a list of every congressional caucus of the United States Congress listed by the U.S. House Committee on House Administration, showing the years each caucus was active...

  • Congressional caucus
    Congressional caucus
    A congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives. Formally, caucuses are formed as congressional member organizations through the United States House of Representatives and governed under the rules of that chamber...


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