United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (also called the Senate Rules Committee) is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, with administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections.

The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart, the House Committee on Rules: it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals, since the Senate has a tradition of open debate.

Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of the Joint Committee on Printing.

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[edit] History

The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee: Committee on Rules.

On January 2, 1947, its name was changed to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and it took over the functions of the following committees:

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

Majority
Member State
Dianne Feinstein, Chairman California
Robert Byrd West Virginia
Daniel Inouye Hawaii
Christopher J. Dodd Connecticut
Charles Schumer New York
Richard Durbin Illinois
Ben Nelson Nebraska
Harry Reid Nevada
Patty Murray Washington
Mark Pryor Arkansas
Minority
Member State
Robert Bennett, Ranking Minority Member Utah
Ted Stevens Alaska
Mitch McConnell Kentucky
Thad Cochran Mississippi
Trent Lott Mississippi
Saxby Chambliss Georgia
Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas
Chuck Hagel Nebraska
Lamar Alexander Tennessee


[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate, 1867-1874

[edit] Committee on Rules, 1874-1947

[edit] Committee on Rules and Administration, 1947-present

[edit] External link

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