Living in Minnesota, one of the current news stories is about Michele Bachmann's new Tea Party Caucus. That got me wondering just how many individual caucuses there are in the house.
After looking at the list below, I noticed that some of these caucuses could probably be merged together to form a larger, much stronger caucus.
I'm also wondering if caucuses are really relevant or is it just a shingle for our representatives to hang their name on?
(more commentary below this list)
African Great Lakes Caucus
Afterschool Caucus
Algae Energy Caucus
American Engagement Caucus
Americans Abroad Caucus
Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus (Anti-VAT Caucus)
Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
Biomedical Research Caucus
Bi‐Partisan Coalition for Combating Anti‐Semitism
Bi‐Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
Bi‐Partisan Privacy Caucus
Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus
Bipartisan, Bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus (BDC)
Blue Dog Coalition
Building a Better America Caucus (BABAC)
California Democratic Congressional Delegation
Caucus for Congressional World Bank Dialogue
Caucus on International Religious Freedom
Children's Environmental Health Caucus
Coalition on Autism Research and Education (CARE)
Community College Caucus
Congressional 21st Century Health Care Caucus
Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
Congressional African Partnership for Economic Growth CaucusDate
Congressional Algerian Caucus
Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
Congressional Apparel Manufacturing and Fashion Business Caucus
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
Congressional Automotive Caucus
Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
Congressional Baby Caucus
Congressional Bike Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Boating Caucus
Congressional Border Caucus
Congressional Bourbon Caucus
Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
Congressional Buy American Caucus
Congressional Caribbean Caucus
Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Congressional Caucus of the Netherlands
Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Recovery and Treatment
Congressional Caucus on Albanian Issues
Congressional Caucus on Bosnia
Congressional Caucus on Brazil
Congressional Caucus on Bulgaria
Congressional Caucus on California High-Speed Rail
Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe
Congressional Caucus on Central Asia (CCCA)
Congressional Caucus on Coal
Congressional Caucus on Colombia
Congressional Caucus on Cote d' Ivoire
Congressional Caucus on Distracted Driving Awareness
Congressional Caucus on Drug Policy
Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety
Congressional Caucus on Green Jobs
Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional Caucus on Indonesia
Congressional Caucus on Infant Health and Safety
Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention
Congressional Caucus on Korea
Congressional Caucus on Literacy
Congressional Caucus on Long Range Strike
Congressional Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children
Congressional Caucus on Poland
Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse
Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense, Cultural and Educational Partnership
Congressional Caucus on Refugees
Congressional Caucus on Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy
Congressional Caucus on the European Union
Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch
Congressional Caucus on the Mississippi River
Congressional Caucus on Tibet
Congressional Caucus on Taiwan
Congressional Caucus on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Congressional Caucus on US-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
Congressional Caucus on Vietnam
Congressional Caucus on Youth Drug Prevention
Congressional Caucus on Youth Sports
Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
Congressional Caucus to Pass HJ RES 1
Congressional Children's Caucus
Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus
Congressional China Caucus
Congressional Coast Guard Caucus
Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition
Congressional Composites Caucus
Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC)
Congressional Correctional Officers Caucus
Congressional Courthouse Caucus
Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus
Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus
Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus
Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus
Congressional Ethiopian American Caucus
Congressional Everglades Caucus
Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus
Congressional Financial Markets Caucus
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Congressional Fitness Caucus
Congressional Former Mayors Caucus
Congressional French Caucus
Congressional Friends of Canada Caucus
Congressional Friends of Denmark
Congressional Friends of Jordan Caucus
Congressional Friends of Liechtenstein Caucus
Congressional Friends of Panama Caucus
Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus
Congressional Friends of Thailand Caucus
Congressional Gaming Caucus
Congressional Gateway Communities Caucus
Congressional General Aviation Caucus
Congressional Georgia Caucus
Congressional Glaucoma Caucus
Congressional Global Health Caucus
Congressional Hazards Caucus (CHC)
Congressional Health Care Reform Caucus
Congressional Healthy Forest Caucus
Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
Congressional High Technology Caucus
Congressional High-Performance Buildings Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Conference
Congressional Hockey Caucus
Congressional Horse Caucus
Congressional House Aerospace Caucus
Congressional HUBZone Caucus
Congressional Humanities Caucus
Congressional Humvee Caucus
Congressional Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
Congressional Hydropower Caucus
Congressional I‐73/74 Corridor Caucus
Congressional Integrative Medicine Caucus
Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
Congressional Internet Caucus
Congressional Invisible Wounds Caucus
Congressional Israel Allies Caucus
Congressional JOBS NOW! Caucus
Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality Caucus
Congressional Levee Caucus
Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
Congressional Long Island Sound Caucus
Congressional Media Fairness Caucus
Congressional Medical Technology Caucus
Congressional Men's Health Caucus
Congressional Mental Health Caucus
Congressional Military Families Caucus
Congressional Military Industrial Facilities Caucus
Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus
Congressional Motorcycle Caucus
Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
Congressional Musicians Caucus
Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus
Congressional Native American Caucus
Congressional Natural Gas Caucus
Congressional Navy and Marine Corps Caucus
Congressional Neuroscience Caucus
Congressional Nuclear Security Caucus
Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus
Congressional Oral Health Caucus
Congressional Osteoporosis Caucus
Congressional Pakistan Caucus
Congressional Pilot's Caucus
Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus
Congressional Port Security Caucus
Congressional Postal Caucus
Congressional Prayer Caucus
Congressional Prevention Caucus
Congressional Pro-Sports Caucus
Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)
Congressional Public Service Caucus
Congressional Real Estate Caucus
Congressional Research and Development Caucus
Congressional Romania Caucus
Congressional Rural Caucus
Congressional Rural Housing Caucus
Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus
Congressional School Health and Safety Caucus
Congressional Scouting Caucus (CSC)
Congressional Serbian Caucus
Congressional Services Caucus
Congressional Shellfish Caucus
Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Congressional Singapore Caucus
Congressional Slovak Caucus
Congressional Soccer Caucus
Congressional Soils Caucus
Congressional Songwriters Caucus
Congressional Sovereignty Caucus
Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
Congressional Steel Caucus
Congressional Stop DUI Caucus
Congressional Study Group on Public Health
Congressional Submarine Caucus (Sub Caucus)
Congressional Timber Caucus
Congressional Trails Caucus
Congressional Transparency Caucus
Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
Congressional TRIO Caucus
Congressional Tunisia Caucus
Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
Congressional United Kingdom Caucus
Congressional Urban Caucus
Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus
Congressional Vision Caucus
Congressional Western Caucus
Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
Congressional Wireless Caucus
Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
Constitutional Caucus
Democratic Israel Working Group
Diversity and Innovation Caucus
E‐911 Caucus
Electronic Warfare Working Group (EWWG)
Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
Fragile X Caucus
Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus
Friends of Kazakhstan Caucus
Friends of New Zealand Caucus
Friends of Paraguay Caucus
Friends of Scotland Caucus
Friends of Switzerland Caucus
Future of American Media (FAM) Caucus
Global Internet Freedom Caucus
Goods Movement Caucus
GOP Doctors Caucus
Green Schools Caucus
Hearing Health Caucus
Historic Preservation Caucus
Home Health Caucus
House Air Force Caucus
House Army Caucus
House Baltic Caucus
House Bangladesh Caucus
House Cancer Caucus
House Caucus for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
House Hunger Caucus
House Impact Aid Coalition
House International Conservation Caucus
House Long-Term Care Coalition (LTCC)
House Manufacturing Caucus
House Naval Mine Warfare Caucus
House Mentoring Caucus
House Missile Defense Caucus
House National Service Caucus
House Nursing Caucus
House Oceans Caucus
House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
House Rural Education Caucus
House Rural Health Care Coalition (RHCC)
House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus
House Small Brewers Caucus
House Special Operations Forces Caucus
House Trade Working Groups
Hungarian American Caucus
Immigration Reform Caucus
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus
International Workers Rights Caucus
Interstate 49 Caucus
Interstate 69 Congressional Caucus
Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
Iran Working Group
Iraqi Women's Caucus
Land Conservation CaucusDate Approved: 2/5/2009
Law Enforcement Caucus
Lyme Disease Caucus
Midwest High Speed Rail Congressional Caucus
Military Veterans Caucus
National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
National Landscape Conservation System Caucus
National Parks Caucus
New Democrat Coalition
Northeast Midwest (NEMW) Congressional Coalition
Northwest Energy Caucus
Nuclear Issues Working Group
Ohio River Basin Congressional Caucus
Oil and National Security (ONS) Caucus
Organization of American States (OAS) Caucus
Out of Afghanistan Caucus
Passenger Rail Caucus
Pediatric Cancer Caucus
Populist Caucus
Pro-Life Women's Caucus
Property Rights Action Caucus (PRAC)
Public Broadcasting Caucus
Quality Care Coalition
Rare and Neglected Disease Caucus
Reclaim American Jobs Caucus
Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus (RASCC)
Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus
Republican Study Committee (RSC)
Rural Veterans Caucus
Russia Caucus
Second Amendment Task Force
Smart Contracting Caucus
SOS Group
Spina Bifida Caucus
Sudan Caucus
Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
Task Force on Terrorism & Proliferation Financing
Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare
Textile Caucus
The Generic Drug Equity Caucus
U.S.-Afghan Caucus
U.S.-China Working Group
U.S. Mongolia Friendship Caucus
U.S.-Phillipines Friendship Caucus
Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Caucus
Upper Mississippi River Basin Congressional Task Force
US-Mexico Friendship Caucus
USO Congressional Caucus
Victory in Iraq Congressional Caucus
Water Caucus
World Economic Forum Caucus
A couple of immediate thoughts and impressions:
Funny how there is a "prayer caucus" when you most government offices won't allow any expression of faith at all...
The name of this caucus cracked me up: Congressional Submarine Caucus (Sub Caucus)
Congressional Transparency Caucus- some serious productivity issues withing this caucus if you ask me.....
Do GOP Doctors really need their own caucus?
A "House Mentoring Caucus"? Perhaps they need to mentor each other?
"Is the 'Republican Study Committee' made up of Democrats?," she wondered with a smirk on her face....
I see there is a "Second Amendment Task Force" and find myself wondering if they slept through the same history classes I did.
Hmmmm... the "SOS Group" as in "SOS! The country seems to be moving backwards through history!?"
I have no idea what the "Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Caucus" does, but it might be something we all ought to know more about....
The "Fragile X Caucus" and any caucus with an acronym as part of its name, reminds me that Google is my friend.
If you would like to know more about these caucuses, like who chairs them and contact points, that information is available here:
http://cha.house.gov/member_orgs111th.aspx
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