U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
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The United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is responsible for dealing with the rules of the Senate, with administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections. It is important to note that the Senate Rules Committee does not hold the sway that its House counterpart does, as it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals, since the Senate has a tradition of open debate.
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Members
The Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi. The ranking Democrat is Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. The members of the Committee are:
- Trent Lott (R-Mississippi), chairman
- Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
- Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
- Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi)
- Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania)
- Bill Frist (R-Tennessee)
- Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
- Robert Bennett (R-Utah)
- Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
- Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut), ranking minority member
- Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
- Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-California)
- Charles Schumer (D-New York)
- Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
- Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska)
Chairmen
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947
- Thomas Ferry (R-MI) 1874-1877
- James G. Blaine (R-ME) 1877-1879
- J. T. Morgan (D-AL) 1879-1881
- William P. Frye (R-ME) 1881-1887
- Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1887-1893
- Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) 1893-1895
- Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899
- John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1899-1907
- Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1907-1909
- W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913
- Lee S. Overman (D-NC) 1913-1919
- Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1919-1921
- Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1921-1929
- George H. Moses (R-NH) 1929-1933
- Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) 1933-1936
- Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) 1936-1941
- Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) 1947-1949
- Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ) 1949-1953
- William E. Jenner (R-IN) 1953-1955
- Theodore F. Green (D-RI) 1955-1957
- Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D-MO) 1957-1960
- Mike Mansfield (D-MT) 1960-1963
- B. Everett Jordan (D-NC) 1963-1973
- Howard W. Cannon (D-NV) 1973-1978
- Claiborne Pell (D-RI) 1978-1981
- Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (R-MD) 1981-1987
- Wendell H. Ford (D-KY) 1987-1995
- Ted Stevens (R-AK) 1995
- John W. Warner (R-VA) 1995-1999
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 1999-2001
- Christopher Dodd (D-CT) 2001
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 2001
- Christopher Dodd (D-CT) 2001-2003
- Trent Lott (R-MS) 2003-present