United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Totally Explained

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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. The committee has considered, debated, and reported important treaties and legislation, ranging from the purchase of Alaska in 1867 to the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It also holds jurisdiction over all diplomatic nominations. 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. Its "sister" committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (renamed from International Relations by the 110th Congress in January 2007).

Members, 110th Congress

For the 110th Congress, the Committee is chaired by Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware. The ranking Republican is Dick Lugar of Indiana.

Majority
Member		State	Joe Biden, Chairman	Delaware	Christopher Dodd	Connecticut	John F. Kerry	Massachusetts	Russ Feingold	Wisconsin	Barbara Boxer	California	Bill Nelson	Florida	Barack Obama	Illinois	Robert Menendez	New Jersey	Benjamin Cardin	Maryland	Robert P. Casey, Jr.	Pennsylvania	Jim Webb	Virginia

Minority
Member		State	Richard Lugar, Ranking Member	Indiana	Chuck Hagel	Nebraska	Norm Coleman	Minnesota	Bob Corker	Tennessee	George Voinovich	Ohio	Lisa Murkowski	Alaska	Jim DeMint	South Carolina	Johnny Isakson	Georgia	David Vitter	Louisiana	John Barrasso	Wyoming

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs	Christopher Dodd, (D-CT)	Bob Corker, (R-TN)
Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs	John Kerry, (D-MA)	Norm Coleman, (R-MN)
African Affairs	Russ Feingold, (D-WI)	Johnny Isakson, (R-GA)
East Asian and Pacific Affairs	Barbara Boxer, (D-CA)	Lisa Murkowski, (R-AK)
International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights	Bill Nelson, (D-FL)	David Vitter, (R-LA)
European Affairs	Barack Obama, (D-IL)	Jim DeMint, (R-SC)
International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection	Bob Menendez, (D-NJ)	Chuck Hagel, (R-NE)

Chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-present

James Barbour (R-Va.) 1816–1818
Nathaniel Macon (R-N.C.) 1818–1819
James Brown (R-La.) 1819–1820
James Barbour (R-Va.) 1820–1821
Rufus King (F-N.Y.) 1821–1822
James Barbour (R-Va.) 1822–1825
Nathaniel Macon (D-N.C.) 1825–1826
Nathan Sanford (NR-N.Y.) 1826–1827
Nathaniel Macon (D-N.C.) 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-Ohio) 1845–1846
Ambrose H. Sevier (D-Ark.) 1846–1848
Edward A. Hannegan (D-Ind.) 1848–1849
Thomas Hart Benton (D-Mo.) 1849
William R. King (D-Ala.) 1849–1850
Henry S. Foote (D-Miss.) 1850–1851
James M. Mason (D-Va.) 1851–1861
Charles Sumner (R-Mass.) 1861–1871
Simon Cameron (R-Pa.) 1871–1877
Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) 1877–1879
William W. Eaton (D-Conn.) 1879–1881
Ambrose Burnside (R-R.I.) 1881
George F. Edmunds (R-Vt.) 1881
William Windom (R-Minn.) 1881–1883
John F. Miller (R-Calif.) 1883–1886
John Sherman (R-Ohio) 1886–1893
John T. Morgan (D-Ala.) 1893–1895
John Sherman (R-Ohio) 1895–1897
William P. Frye (R-Maine) 1897
Cushman Davis (R-Minn.) 1897–1901
Shelby M. Cullom (R-Ill.) 1901–1911
Augustus O. Bacon (D-Ga.) 1913–1914
William J. Stone (D-Mo.) 1914–1918
Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D-Neb.) 1918–1919
Henry Cabot Lodge (R-Mass.) 1919–1924
William Edgar Borah (R-Idaho) 1924–1933
Key Pittman (D-Nev.) 1933–1940
Walter F. George (D-Ga.) 1940–1941
Tom Connally (D-Texas) 1941–1947
Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-Mich.) 1947–1949
Tom Connally (D-Texas) 1949–1953
Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.) 1953–1955
Walter F. George (D-Ga.) 1955–1957
Theodore F. Green (D-R.I.) 1957–1959
J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) 1959–1975
John Sparkman (D-Ala.) 1975–1979
Frank Church (D-Idaho) 1979–1981
Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.) 1981–1985
Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) 1985–1987
Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) 1987–1995
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) 1995–2001
Joe Biden (D-Del.) 2001
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) 2001
Joe Biden (D-Del.) 2001–2003
Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) 2003–2007
Joe Biden (D-Del.) 2007–

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