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The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States
United States

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 Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing (but not administering) and funding foreign aid
AID

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 programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies. The committee is also responsible for holding confirmation hearings
Congressional hearing

Congressional hearings are the principal formal method by which Congressional committee collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking....
 for the position of Secretary of State
United States Secretary of State

The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's United States Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in United States presidential line of succession and United States order of precedence....
.






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The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing (but not administering) and funding foreign aid
AID

selfref|For the use of the acronym "AID" on Wikipedia, see...
 programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies. The committee is also responsible for holding confirmation hearings
Congressional hearing

Congressional hearings are the principal formal method by which Congressional committee collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking....
 for the position of Secretary of State
United States Secretary of State

The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's United States Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in United States presidential line of succession and United States order of precedence....
. The committee has considered, debated, and reported important treaties and legislation, ranging from the purchase
Alaska purchase

The Alaska Purchase by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William H. Seward. The territory purchased was 586,412 square miles of the modern state of Alaska....
 of Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 in 1867 to the establishment of the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 in 1945. It also holds jurisdiction over all diplomatic nominations. Along with the Finance
United States Senate Committee on Finance

File:Senate cap.PNGThe U.S. Senate Committee on Finance is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to Taxation in the United States measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions; Bond of the United States; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry an...
 and Judiciary Committees
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress....
, the Foreign Relations Committee is one of the oldest in the Senate, going back to the initial creation of committees in 1816. Its sister committee in the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 is the Committee on Foreign Affairs (renamed from International Relations by the 110th Congress
110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress of the United States Federal government of the United States, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the George W....
 in January 2007). The Committee should not be confused with the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C....
.

Members, 111th Congress

For the 111th Congress
111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
, the Committee is chaired by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 John Kerry
John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. The ranking Republican is Richard Lugar of Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
.

Majority Minority
  • John Kerry
    John Kerry

    John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
    , Chairman, Massachusetts
  • Christopher Dodd
    Christopher Dodd

    Christopher John Dodd is an United States lawyer and Democratic Party politician, who is currently serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Connecticut....
    , Connecticut
  • Russ Feingold
    Russ Feingold

    Russell Dana Feingold is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993....
    , Wisconsin
  • Barbara Boxer
    Barbara Boxer

    Barbara Levy Boxer is an United States Democratic Party politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Party California Secretary...
    , California
  • Bob Menendez, New Jersey
  • Ben Cardin
    Ben Cardin

    Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , Maryland
  • Bob Casey, Jr.
    Bob Casey, Jr.

    Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. , better known as Bob Casey, Jr. or Bob Casey is the Senate seniority United States Senate from Pennsylvania, and a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Jim Webb
    Jim Webb

    James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. is the senior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President of the United States Ronald Reagan....
    , Virginia
  • Jeanne Shaheen
    Jeanne Shaheen

    Jeanne Shaheen , an United States politician and member of the Democratic Party , is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from New Hampshire....
    , New Hampshire
  • Ted Kaufman
    Ted Kaufman

    Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party . He was appointed to replace Joe Biden, who had been United States presidential election, 2008 Vice President of the United States, and took office January 16, 2009, one day after Biden's resignation....
    , Delaware
  • Kirsten Gillibrand
    Kirsten Gillibrand

    Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from New York and a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , New York
  • Richard Lugar, Ranking Member, Indiana
  • Bob Corker
    Bob Corker

    Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr., is the junior United States Senate from Tennessee. Before his election to the Senate in 2006, he served as mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 2001 to 2005....
    , Tennessee
  • Jim DeMint
    Jim DeMint

    James Warren DeMint has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. He had previously represented South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005....
    , South Carolina
  • Johnny Isakson
    Johnny Isakson

    John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson , is an United States politician, who has been the United States Republican Party junior United States Senate from Georgia since 2005....
    , Georgia
  • John Barrasso
    John Barrasso

    John Anthony Barrasso is a Republican Party United States senator from Wyoming. He was appointed by Governor Dave Freudenthal to succeed the late Craig L....
    , Wyoming
  • Jim Risch
    Jim Risch

    James Elroy Risch is the junior United States Senate from Idaho, the former Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, and the former List of Governors of Idaho....
    , Idaho
  • Roger Wicker
    Roger Wicker

    Roger Frederick Wicker is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican Party , he is currently Mississippi's junior United States Senate....
    , Mississippi
  • TBA (1)
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    Subcommittees

    Subcommittee Chair Ranking Minority Member
    Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs Christopher Dodd
    Christopher Dodd

    Christopher John Dodd is an United States lawyer and Democratic Party politician, who is currently serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Connecticut....
     (D-CT)    		 John Barrasso
    John Barrasso

    John Anthony Barrasso is a Republican Party United States senator from Wyoming. He was appointed by Governor Dave Freudenthal to succeed the late Craig L....
     (R-WY)
    Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Bob Casey, Jr.
    Bob Casey, Jr.

    Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. , better known as Bob Casey, Jr. or Bob Casey is the Senate seniority United States Senate from Pennsylvania, and a member of the Democratic Party ....
     (D-PA)    		 Jim Risch
    Jim Risch

    James Elroy Risch is the junior United States Senate from Idaho, the former Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, and the former List of Governors of Idaho....
     (R-ID)
    African Affairs
    United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs

    The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs is one of seven United States Congressional subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations....
    		 Russ Feingold
    Russ Feingold

    Russell Dana Feingold is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993....
     (D-WI)    		 Johnny Isakson
    Johnny Isakson

    John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson , is an United States politician, who has been the United States Republican Party junior United States Senate from Georgia since 2005....
     (R-GA)
    East Asian and Pacific Affairs
    United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

    The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs is one of seven United States Congressional subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations....
    		 Jim Webb
    Jim Webb

    James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. is the senior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President of the United States Ronald Reagan....
     (D-VA)    		 TBD
    TBD

    TBD often meaning "to be documented", "to be determined", or "to be decided" may also refer to:* The three-letter code for Three Bridges railway station...
     (R-TBD)
    International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues Barbara Boxer
    Barbara Boxer

    Barbara Levy Boxer is an United States Democratic Party politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Party California Secretary...
     (D-CA)    		 Roger Wicker
    Roger Wicker

    Roger Frederick Wicker is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican Party , he is currently Mississippi's junior United States Senate....
     (R-MS)
    European Affairs
    United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs

    The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs is one of seven United States Congressional subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations....
    		 Jeanne Shaheen
    Jeanne Shaheen

    Jeanne Shaheen , an United States politician and member of the Democratic Party , is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from New Hampshire....
     (D-NH)    		 Jim DeMint
    Jim DeMint

    James Warren DeMint has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. He had previously represented South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005....
     (R-SC)
    International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Bob Corker
    Bob Corker

    Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr., is the junior United States Senate from Tennessee. Before his election to the Senate in 2006, he served as mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 2001 to 2005....
     (R-TN)


    Chairmen (1836-present)


    • James Buchanan
      James Buchanan

      James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
       (D-PA) 1836–1841
    • William C. Rives (W-VA) 1841–1842
    • William S. Archer
      William S. Archer

      William Segar Archer was a politician and lawyer from Virginia who served in the United States Senate from 1841 to 1847. He was the nephew of Joseph Eggleston....
       (W-VA) 1842–1845
    • William Allen
      William Allen (governor)

      William Allen was a United States Democratic Party United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as List of Governors of Ohio....
       (D-OH) 1845–1846
    • Ambrose H. Sevier (D-AR) 1846–1848
    • Edward A. Hannegan
      Edward A. Hannegan

      Edward Allen Hannegan was a United States Representative and United States Senate from Indiana.Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, he moved with his parents to Bourbon County, Kentucky the same year....
       (D-IN) 1848–1849
    • Thomas Hart Benton
      Thomas Hart Benton (senator)

      Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" , was a United States United States Senate from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States....
       (D-MO) 1849
    • William R. King
      William R. King

      William Rufus deVane King was a United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, a United States Senate from Alabama, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
       (D-AL) 1849–1850
    • Henry S. Foote
      Henry S. Foote

      Henry Stuart Foote was a United States Senate from Mississippi from 1847 to 1852 and List of Governors of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854. His emotional leadership on the Senate floor helped secure passage of the Compromise of 1850, which for a time averted a civil war in the United States....
       (D-MS) 1850–1851
    • James M. Mason
      James M. Mason

      James Murray Mason was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Virginia. He was a grandson of George Mason and represented the Confederate States of America as appointed commissioner of the Confederacy to Great Britain and France between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War....
       (D-VA) 1851–1861
    • Charles Sumner
      Charles Sumner

      Charles Sumner was an United States and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republican in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States along with Thaddeus Stev...
       (R-MA) 1861–1871
    • Simon Cameron
      Simon Cameron

      Simon Cameron was an United States politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War....
       (R-PA) 1871–1877
    • Hannibal Hamlin
      Hannibal Hamlin

      Hannibal Hamlin was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln from 1861-1865....
       (R-ME) 1877–1879
    • William W. Eaton
      William W. Eaton

      William Wallace Eaton was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut....
       (D-CT) 1879–1881
    • Ambrose Burnside
      Ambrose Burnside

      Ambrose Everett Burnside was an United States soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S....
       (R-RI) 1881
    • George F. Edmunds
      George F. Edmunds

      George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican Party United States United States Senate from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child....
       (R-VT) 1881
    • William Windom
      William Windom

      William Windom was an United States politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a United States Republican Party from Minnesota in the 36th United States Congress,...
       (R-MN) 1881–1883
    • John F. Miller
      John Franklin Miller (California senator)

      John Franklin Miller was a lawyer, businessman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He represented California in the United States Senate from 1881 until his death....
       (R-CA) 1883–1886
    • John Sherman
      John Sherman (politician)

      John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late nineteenth century....
       (R-OH) 1886–1893
    • John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1893–1895
    • John Sherman
      John Sherman (politician)

      John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late nineteenth century....
       (R-OH) 1895–1897
    • William P. Frye
      William P. Frye

      William Pierce Frye was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a Legislature, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives before being elected to the United States Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in office....
       (R-ME) 1897
    • Cushman Davis
      Cushman Davis

      Cushman Kellogg Davis was an United States politician who served as the 7th Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876 and as a United States Senate in the 50th United States Congress, 51st United States Congress, 52nd United States Congress, 53rd United States Congress, 54th United States Congress, 55th United States Cong...
       (R-MN) 1897–1901
    • Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) 1901–1911
    • Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) 1913–1914
    • William J. Stone
      William J. Stone

      William Joel Stone was a United States Democratic Party politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S....
       (D-MO) 1914–1918
    • Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D-NE) 1918–1919
    • Henry Cabot Lodge
      Henry Cabot Lodge

      This article is about Henry Cabot Lodge , a U.S. politician in the early twentieth century.Henry Cabot Lodge was an United States statesman, a United States Republican Party politician, and a noted historian....
       (R-MA) 1919–1924
    • William Edgar Borah
      William Edgar Borah

      William Edgar Borah was a prominent Republican Party Lawyer and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and United States non-interventionism views....
       (R-ID) 1924–1933
    • Key Pittman
      Key Pittman

      Key Pittman was a United States Senator from Nevada. He was a United States Democratic Party.Pittman was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872 and was educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee....
       (D-NV) 1933–1940
    • Walter F. George
      Walter F. George

      Walter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia . He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore of the United States Senate....
       (D-GA) 1940–1941
    • Tom Connally
      Tom Connally

      Thomas Terry Connally was an United States politician, who represented Texas in both the U.S. Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party ....
       (D-TX) 1941–1947
    • Arthur H. Vandenberg
      Arthur H. Vandenberg

      Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg was a Republican Party United States Senate from the U.S. state of Michigan who United Nations Conference on International Organization in the creation of the United Nations....
       (R-MI) 1947–1949
    • Tom Connally
      Tom Connally

      Thomas Terry Connally was an United States politician, who represented Texas in both the U.S. Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party ....
       (D-TX) 1949–1953
    • Alexander Wiley
      Alexander Wiley

      Alexander Wiley was a member of the United States Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963....
       (R-WI) 1953–1955
    • Walter F. George
      Walter F. George

      Walter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia . He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore of the United States Senate....
       (D-GA) 1955–1957
    • Theodore F. Green
      Theodore F. Green

      Theodore Francis Green was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A Democratic Party , Green served as governor of Rhode Island and in the United States Senate ....
       (D-RI) 1957–1959
    • J. William Fulbright
      J. William Fulbright

      James William Fulbright was a United States Senate representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist, supported the creation of the United Nations and opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee....
       (D-AR) 1959–1975
    • John Sparkman
      John Sparkman

      John Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama. A Conservative Democrat Southern Democrats, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from 1937 until 1979....
       (D-AL) 1975–1979
    • Frank Church
      Frank Church

      Frank Forrester Church III was a United States Senate from Idaho, serving four terms from 1957 to 1981. Church was a member of the Idaho Democratic Party....
       (D-ID) 1979–1981
    • Charles H. Percy
      Charles H. Percy

      Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy was chairman of the B?we Bell & Howell from 1949 to 1964 and United States Senate from Illinois from 1967 to 1985....
       (R-IL) 1981–1985
    • Richard Lugar (R-IN) 1985–1987
    • Claiborne Pell
      Claiborne Pell

      Claiborne de Borda Pell was a United States Senate from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and was best known as the sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides student financial aid funding to U.S....
       (D-RI) 1987–1995
    • Jesse Helms
      Jesse Helms

      Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican Party United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001....
       (R-NC) 1995–2001
    • Joe Biden
      Joe Biden

      Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the List of Vice Presidents of the United States and current Vice President of the United States of the United States....
       (D-DE) 2001
    • Jesse Helms
      Jesse Helms

      Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican Party United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001....
       (R-NC) 2001
    • Joe Biden
      Joe Biden

      Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the List of Vice Presidents of the United States and current Vice President of the United States of the United States....
       (D-DE) 2001–2003
    • Richard Lugar (R-IN) 2003–2007
    • Joe Biden
      Joe Biden

      Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the List of Vice Presidents of the United States and current Vice President of the United States of the United States....
       (D-DE) 2007–2009
    • John Kerry
      John Kerry

      John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
       (D-MA) 2009-


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