U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing (but not administering) and funding foreign aid programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies. Along with the Finance and Judiciary committees, the Foreign Relations Committee is one of the oldest in the Senate, going back to the initial creation of committees in 1816.The members for the 108th Congress are:
- Richard Lugar of Indiana Chairman of the Committee
- Joe Biden of Delaware the ranking Democrat.
- Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
- Lincoln Chafee (R-Rhode Island)
- George Allen, Jr (R-Virginia)
- Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
- Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
- George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
- Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
- Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota)
- John E. Sununu (R-New Hampshire)
- Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
- Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut)
- John Kerry (D-Massachusetts)
- Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
- Barbara Boxer (D-California)
- Bill Nelson (D-Florida)
- Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia)
- Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy Export and Trade Promotion
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
Chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-present
- James Barbour (R-VA) 1816-1818
- Nathaniel Macon (R-NC) 1818-1819
- James Brown (R-LA) 1819-1820
- James Barbour (R-VA) 1820-1821
- Rufus King (F-NY) 1821-1822
- James Barbour (R-VA) 1822-1825
- Nathaniel Macon (D-NC) 1825-1826
- Nathan Sanford (NR-NY) 1826-1827
- Nathaniel Macon (D-NC) 1827-1828
- Littleton W. Tazewell (D-VA) 1828-1832
- John Forsyth (D-GA) 1832-1833
- William Wilkins (D-PA) 1833-1834
- Henry Clay (W-KY) 1834-1836
- James Buchanan (D-PA) 1836-1841
- William C. Rives (W-VA) 1841-1842
- William S. Archer (W-VA) 1842-1845
- William Allen (D-OH) 1845-1846
- Ambrose H. Sevier (D-AR) 1846-1848
- Edward A. Hannegan (D-IN) 1848-1849
- Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) 1849
- William R. King (D-AL) 1849-1850
- Henry S. Foote (D-MS) 1850-1851
- James M. Mason (D-VA) 1851-1861
- Charles Sumner (R-MA) 1861-1871
- Simon Cameron (R-PA) 1871-1877
- Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) 1877-1879
- William W. Eaton (D-CT) 1879-1881
- Ambrose E. Burnside (R-RI) 1881
- George F. Edmunds (R-VT) 1881
- William Windom (R-MN) 1881-1883
- John F. Miller (R-CA) 1883-1886
- John Sherman (R-OH) 1886-1893
- John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1893-1895
- John Sherman (R-OH) 1895-1897
- William P. Frye (R-ME) 1897
- Cushman K. Davis (R-MN) 1897-1901
- Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) 1901-1911
- Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA) 1913-1914
- William J. Stone (D-MO) 1914-1918
- Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D-NE) 1918-1919
- Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) 1919-1924
- William E. Borah (R-ID) 1924-1933
- Key Pittman (D-NV) 1933-1940
- Walter F. George (D-GA) 1940-1941
- Tom Connally (D-TX) 1941-1947
- Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) 1947-1949
- Tom Connally (D-TX) 1949-1953
- Alexander Wiley (R-WI) 1953-1955
- Walter F. George (D-GA) 1955-1957
- Theodore F. Green (D-RI) 1957-1959
- J. William Fulbright (D-AR) 1959-1975
- John J. Sparkman (D-AL) 1975-1979
- Frank F. Church (D-ID) 1979-1981
- Charles H. Percy (R-IL) 1981-1985
- Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) 1985-1987
- Claiborne Pell (D-RI) 1987-1995
- Jesse Helms (R-NC) 1995-2001
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr (D-DE) 2001
- Jesse Helms (R-NC) 2001
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr (D-DE) 2001-2003
- Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) 2003-
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