U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
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The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee, and becaming a permanent committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare and Social Security.
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Members
The chairman of the committee is Republican Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon. The ranking Democratic member is Herb Kohl of Wisconsin. The members of the Committee are:
- Gordon Smith (R-Oregon), chairman
- Richard Shelby (R-Alabama)
- Susan Collins (R-Maine)
- Jim Talent (R-Missouri)
- Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina)
- Mel Martinez (R-Florida)
- Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
- Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania)
- Conrad Burns (R-Montana)
- Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
- Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina)
- Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), ranking minority member
- Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
- Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
- Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
- Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas)
- Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)
- Thomas Carper (D-Delaware)
- Bill Nelson (D-Florida)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York)
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