United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a select committee of the United States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, no matter who controls the Senate, although the chairman always comes from the majority party.

Members, 114th Congress

Pursuant to Senate Rule 25, the committee is limited to six members, and is equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. This effectively means that either party can veto any action taken by the committee.

Majority	Minority
Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho	Barbara Boxer, California, Vice Chair Chris Coons, Delaware Brian Schatz, Hawaii

Source: 2013 Congressional Record, Vol. 159, Page S296

Chairmen

(incomplete list)

John C. Stennis (D-MS), 1965–1975
Howard Cannon (D-NV), 1975–1977
Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL), 1977–1980
Howell Heflin (D-AL), 1980–1981
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY), 1981–1983
Ted Stevens (R-AK), 1983–1987
Howell Heflin (D-AL), 1987–1992
Terry Sanford (D-NC), 1992–1993
Richard Bryan (D-NV), 1993–1995
Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 1995–1997
Bob Smith (R-NH), 1997–1999
Pat Roberts (R-KS), 1999 – January 3, 2001
Vacant, January 3–20, 2001
Pat Roberts (R-KS), January 20 – June 6, 2001
Harry Reid (D-NV), June 6, 2001 – 2003
George Voinovich (R-OH), 2003–2007
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), 2007–2015
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) 2015-present

External links

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics Official Website
Senate Select Ethics Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

References

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees

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