Senate Democrats

Democratic Committee Assignments

For the 112th Congress

Updated Thursday, January 27, 2011

A Committees

Agriculture:

  • Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow
  • Patrick Leahy
  • Tom Harkin
  • Kent Conrad
  • Max Baucus
  • Ben Nelson
  • Sherrod Brown
  • Robert Casey
  • Amy Klobuchar
  • Michael Bennet
  • Kirsten Gillibrand

Appropriations:

  • Chairman Daniel Inouye
  • Patrick Leahy
  • Tom Harkin
  • Barbara Mikulski
  • Herb Kohl
  • Patty Murray
  • Dianne Feinstein
  • Richard Durbin
  • Tim Johnson
  • Mary Landrieu
  • Jack Reed
  • Frank Lautenberg
  • Ben Nelson
  • Mark Pryor
  • Jon Tester
  • Sherrod Brown

Armed Services:

  • Chairman Carl Levin
  • Joseph Lieberman
  • Jack Reed
  • Daniel Akaka
  • Ben Nelson
  • Jim Webb
  • Claire McCaskill
  • Mark Udall
  • Kay Hagan
  • Mark Begich
  • Joe Manchin
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Richard Blumenthal

Banking:

  • Chairman Tim Johnson
  • Jack Reed
  • Charles Schumer
  • Robert Menendez
  • Daniel Akaka
  • Sherrod Brown
  • Jon Tester
  • Herb Kohl
  • Mark Warner
  • Jeff Merkley
  • Michael Bennet
  • Kay Hagan

Commerce:

  • Chairman Jay Rockefeller
  • Daniel Inouye
  • John Kerry
  • Barbara Boxer
  • Bill Nelson
  • Maria Cantwell
  • Frank Lautenberg
  • Mark Pryor
  • Claire McCaskill
  • Amy Klobuchar
  • Tom Udall
  • Mark Warner
  • Mark Begich

Energy:

  • Chairman Jeff Bingaman
  • Ron Wyden
  • Tim Johnson
  • Mary Landrieu
  • Maria Cantwell
  • Bernard Sanders
  • Debbie Stabenow
  • Mark Udall
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Al Franken
  • Joe Manchin
  • Christopher Coons

Environment and Public Works:

  • Chairwoman Barbara Boxer
  • Max Baucus
  • Thomas Carper
  • Frank Lautenberg
  • Benjamin Cardin
  • Bernard Sanders
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
  • Tom Udall
  • Jeff Merkley
  • Kirsten Gillibrand

Finance:

  • Chairman Max Baucus
  • Jay Rockefeller
  • Kent Conrad
  • Jeff Bingaman
  • John Kerry
  • Ron Wyden
  • Charles Schumer
  • Debbie Stabenow
  • Maria Cantwell
  • Bill Nelson
  • Robert Menendez
  • Thomas Carper
  • Ben Cardin

Foreign Relations:

  • Chairman John Kerry
  • Barbara Boxer
  • Robert Menendez
  • Benjamin Cardin
  • Robert Casey
  • Jim Webb
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Christopher Coons
  • Richard Durbin
  • Tom Udall

Health, Education, Labor and Pension:

  • Chairman Tom Harkin
  • Barbara Mikulski
  • Jeff Bingaman
  • Patty Murray
  • Bernard Sanders
  • Robert Casey
  • Kay Hagan
  • Jeff Merkley
  • Al Franken
  • Michael Bennet
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
  • Richard Blumenthal

Homeland Security and Government Affairs:

  • Chairman Joseph Lieberman
  • Carl Levin
  • Daniel Akaka
  • Thomas Carper
  • Mark Pryor
  • Mary Landrieu
  • Claire McCaskill
  • Jon Tester
  • Mark Begich

Select Committee on Intelligence:

  • Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein
  • Jay Rockefeller
  • Ron Wyden
  • Barbara Mikulski
  • Bill Nelson
  • Kent Conrad
  • Mark Udall
  • Mark Warner

Judiciary:

  • Chairman Patrick Leahy
  • Herb Kohl
  • Dianne Feinstein
  • Charles Schumer
  • Richard Durbin
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
  • Amy Klobuchar
  • Al Franken
  • Christopher Coons
  • Ricahrd Blumenthal

B Committees

Special Committee on Aging:

  • Chairman Herb Kohl
  • Ron Wyden
  • Bill Nelson
  • Robert Casey
  • Claire McCaskill
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
  • Mark Udall
  • Michael Bennet
  • Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Joe Manchin
  • Richard Blumenthal

Budget:

  • Chairman Ken Conrad
  • Patty Murray
  • Ron Wyden
  • Bill Nelson
  • Debbie Stabenow
  • Benjamin Cardin
  • Bernard Sanders
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
  • Mark Warner
  • Jeff Merkley
  • Mark Begich
  • Christopher Coons

Joint Economic Committee:

  • Chairman Robert Casey
  • Jeff Bingaman
  • Amy Klobuchar
  • Jim Webb
  • Mark Warner
  • Bernard Sanders

Rules and Administration:

  • Chairman Charles Schumer
  • Daniel Inouye
  • Dianne Feinstein
  • Richard Durbin
  • Ben Nelson
  • Patty Murray
  • Mark Pryor
  • Tom Udall
  • Mark Warner
  • Patrick Leahy

Small Business and Entrepreneurship:

  • Chairman Mary Landrieu
  • Carl Levin
  • Tom Harkin
  • John Kerry
  • Joseph Lieberman
  • Maria Cantwell
  • Mark Pryor
  • Benjamin Cardin
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Kay Hagan

Veterans’ Affairs:

  • Chairwoman Patty Murray
  • Jay Rockefeller
  • Daniel Akaka
  • Bernard Sanders
  • Sherrod Brown
  • Jim Webb
  • Jon Tester
  • Mark Begich

Select Committee on Ethics:

  • Chairwoman Barbara Boxer
  • Mark Pryor
  • Sherrod Brown

Indian Affairs:

  • Chairman Daniel Akaka
  • Daniel Inouye
  • Kent Conrad
  • Tim Johnson
  • Maria Cantwell
  • Jon Tester
  • Tom Udall
  • Al Franken


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