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- Sen. Mitch McConnell-Senate Majority Leader
- Sen. Lindsey Graham
- Sen. Marco Rubio– Acting Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Fmr. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Orange County, CA), Putin’s Favorite Congressman
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)-House Intelligence Committee. His winery has sold to a Russian distributor
- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
The same day that UK officials announced that Putin poisoned Sergei Skirpal and the Senate Intelligence Committee‘s Mark Warner affirmed the Russian interference, 8 Republicans went to Moscow.
“As numerous intelligence and national security officials in the Trump administration have since unanimously re-affirmed, the (Intelligence Community Assessment’s) findings were accurate and on point,” said committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, a Democrat.
“The Russian effort was extensive and sophisticated, and its goals were to undermine public faith in the democratic process, to hurt Secretary Clinton (Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton) and to help Donald Trump,” Warner said.
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 Washington Post Dana Milbank July 6, 2018 “So, what do we call these Red Square Republicans? My interlocutors on Twitter suggest “Moscow Mules.” Or, given the position they put themselves in before our masters in Moscow, perhaps they should be called the Prostrate Eight: Sens. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Mont.), John Hoeven (N.D.), John Neely Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), John Thune (S.D.) and Johnson, plus Rep. Kay Granger (Tex.). Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov said that of the many meetings he has had with American lawmakers, this “was one of the easiest ones in my life,” The Post’s Anton Troianovski reports. The Post’s Karoun Demirjian reports that state television in Russia mocked the meek Americans. One Russian military expert said, “We need to look down at them and say: You came because you needed to, not because we did.” Sergey Kislyak, Russian legislator and former ambassador to Washington, dismissed the Prostrate Eight’s message as “things we’d heard before,” and said “our guests heard rather clearly and distinctly” Russia’s denial that it interfered in U.S. elections. They hardly needed to go to Moscow for that, though, because Trump himself tweeted last week: “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!” This came after Trump pushed for Russia to be readmitted to the Group of Seven [G7], and in advance of the July 16 Putin-Trump meeting in Helsinki that an Esquire writer called Trump’s “annual performance review.”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Committees
There are 20 main committees and 68 subcommittees in the U.S. Senate. There are also several joint committees with the U.S. House of Representative. In general, the committees have legislative jurisdiction, with specific topics dealt out to the subcommittees. The majority party chairs and receives the most seats on committees. However, senators are limited to the number of committees they may take part in.
Legislation goes through committees before it reaches the full Senate for debate and approval.[11]
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Senate
This is a list of the current members of the U.S. Senate including when they assumed office, their political party and their district:
| Name: | Years in office: | Party: | State: | Term ends: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Franken, Resigned from Sexual Harrassment allegations | 8 |  Democratic |
Minnesota | January 3, 2021 |
| Amy Klobuchar | Began 2007 | Democratic |
Minnesota | January 3, 2025 |
| Angus King | Began 2013 |  Independent |
Maine | January 3, 2025 |
| Ben Cardin | Began 2007 | Democratic |
Maryland | January 3, 2025 |
| Ben Sasse | Began 2015 |  Republican |
Nebraska | January 3, 2021 |
| Bernie Sanders | Began 2007 | Independent |
Vermont | January 3, 2025 |
| Bill Cassidy | Began 2015 | Republican |
Louisiana | January 3, 2021 |
| Bill Nelson | Began 2000 | Democratic |
Florida | January 3, 2019 |
| Bob Casey, Jr. | Began 2007 | Democratic |
Pennsylvania | January 3, 2025 |
| Bob Corker | Began 2007 | Republican |
Tennessee | January 3, 2019 |
| Bob Menendez Gang of Eight | Began 2005 | Democratic |
New Jersey | January 3, 2025 |
| Brian E. Schatz | Began 2012 | Democratic |
Hawaii | January 3, 2023 |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | Began 2017 | Democratic |
Nevada | January 3, 2023 |
| Chris Coons | 7 | Democratic |
Delaware | January 3, 2021 |
| Christopher S. Murphy | 4 | Democratic |
Connecticut | January 3, 2019 |
| Chris Van Hollen | 0 | Democratic |
Maryland | January 3, 2023 |
| Chuck Grassley | Began 1981 | Republican |
Iowa | January 3, 2023 |
| Chuck Schumer | 18 | Democratic |
New York | January 3, 2023 |
| Claire McCaskill | 10 | Democratic |
Missouri | January 3, 2019 |
| Cory Booker | 4 | Democratic |
New Jersey | January 3, 2021 |
| Cory Gardner | Began 2015 | Republican |
Colorado | January 3, 2021 |
| Daniel S. Sullivan | Began 2015 | Republican |
Alaska | January 3, 2021 |
| David Perdue | Began 2015 | Republican |
Georgia | January 3, 2021 |
| Dean Heller | Began 2011 | Republican |
Nevada | January 3, 2019 |
| Deb Fischer | Began 2013 | Republican |
Nebraska | January 3, 2019 |
| Debbie Stabenow | 16 | Democratic |
Michigan | January 3, 2019 |
| Dianne Feinstein | 24 | Democratic |
California | January 3, 2019 |
| Dick Durbin | 20 | Democratic |
Illinois | January 3, 2021 |
| Ed Markey | 4 | Democratic |
Massachusetts | January 3, 2021 |
| Elizabeth Warren | 4 | Democratic |
Massachusetts | January 3, 2019 |
| Gary Peters | 2 | Democratic |
Michigan | January 3, 2021 |
| Heidi Heitkamp | 4 | Democratic |
North Dakota | January 3, 2019 |
| Jack Reed | 20 | Democratic |
Rhode Island | January 3, 2021 |
| James Lankford | Began 2015 | Republican |
Oklahoma | January 3, 2023 |
| Jeanne Shaheen | 8 | Democratic |
New Hampshire | January 3, 2021 |
| Jeff Flake | Began 2013 | Republican |
Arizona | January 3, 2019 |
| Jeff Merkley | 8 | Democratic |
Oregon | January 3, 2021 |
| Jerry Moran | Began 2010 | Republican |
Kansas | January 3, 2023 |
| Jim Inhofe | Began 1995 | Republican |
Oklahoma | January 3, 2021 |
| Jim Risch | Began 2009 | Republican |
Idaho | January 3, 2021 |
| Joe Donnelly | 4 | Democratic |
Indiana | January 3, 2019 |
| Joe Manchin III | 7 | Democratic |
West Virginia | January 3, 2019 |
| John Barrasso | Began 2007 | Republican |
Wyoming | January 3, 2019 |
| John Boozman | Began 2011 | Republican |
Arkansas | January 3, 2023 |
| John Cornyn | Began 2002 | Republican |
Texas | January 3, 2021 |
| John Hoeven | Began 2011 | Republican |
North Dakota | January 3, 2023 |
| John McCain, Deceased 2018 | 30 | Republican |
Arizona | January 3, 2023 |
| John Neely Kennedy | Began 2017 | Republican |
Louisiana | January 3, 2023 |
| John Thune | Began 2005 | Republican |
South Dakota | January 3, 2023 |
| Johnny Isakson | Began 2005 | Republican |
Georgia | January 3, 2023 |
| Jon Tester | Began 2003 | Democratic |
Montana | January 3, 2025 |
| Joni Ernst | Began 2015 | Republican |
Iowa | January 3, 2021 |
| Kamala D. Harris | 0 | Democratic |
California | January 3, 2023 |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | Began 2009 | Democratic |
New York | January 3, 2025 |
| Lamar Alexander | Began 2003 | Republican |
Tennessee | January 3, 2021 |
| Lindsey Graham | Began 2003 | Republican |
South Carolina | January 3, 2021 |
| Lisa Murkowski | 14 | Republican |
Alaska | January 3, 2023 |
| Luther J. Strange, III | 0 | Republican |
Alabama | January 3, 2019 |
| Maggie Hassan | 0 | Democratic |
New Hampshire | January 3, 2023 |
| Marco Rubio | 6 | Republican |
Florida | January 3, 2023 |
| Maria Cantwell | 16 | Democratic |
Washington | January 3, 2019 |
| Mark Warner | 8 | Democratic |
Virginia | January 3, 2021 |
| Martin Heinrich | 4 | Democratic |
New Mexico | January 3, 2019 |
| Mazie K. Hirono | 4 | Democratic |
Hawaii | January 3, 2019 |
| Michael Bennet | 8 | Democratic |
Colorado | January 3, 2023 |
| Mike Crapo | 18 | Republican |
Idaho | January 3, 2023 |
| Mike Enzi | 20 | Republican |
Wyoming | January 3, 2021 |
| Mike Lee | 6 | Republican |
Utah | January 3, 2023 |
| Mike Rounds | 2 | Republican |
South Dakota | January 3, 2021 |
| Mitch McConnell | 32 | Republican |
Kentucky | January 3, 2021 |
| Orrin Hatch | 40 | Republican |
Utah | January 3, 2019 |
| Pat Roberts | 20 | Republican |
Kansas | January 3, 2021 |
| Pat Toomey | 6 | Republican |
Pennsylvania | January 3, 2023 |
| Patrick Leahy | 42 | Democratic |
Vermont | January 3, 2023 |
| Patty Murray | 24 | Democratic |
Washington | January 3, 2023 |
| Rand Paul | 6 | Republican |
Kentucky | January 3, 2023 |
| Richard Blumenthal | 6 | Democratic |
Connecticut | January 3, 2023 |
| Richard Burr | 12 | Republican |
North Carolina | January 3, 2023 |
| Richard Shelby | 30 | Republican |
Alabama | January 3, 2023 |
| Rob Portman | 6 | Republican |
Ohio | January 3, 2023 |
| Roger Wicker | 10 | Republican |
Mississippi | January 3, 2019 |
| Ron Johnson | 6 | Republican |
Wisconsin | January 3, 2023 |
| Ron Wyden | 21 | Democratic |
Oregon | January 3, 2023 |
| Roy Blunt | 6 | Republican |
Missouri | January 3, 2023 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | 10 | Democratic |
Rhode Island | January 3, 2019 |
| Shelley Moore Capito | 2 | Republican |
West Virginia | January 3, 2021 |
| Sherrod Brown | 10 | Democratic |
Ohio | January 3, 2019 |
| Steve Daines | 2 | Republican |
Montana | January 3, 2021 |
| Susan Collins | 20 | Republican |
Maine | January 3, 2021 |
| Tammy Baldwin | 4 | Democratic |
Wisconsin | January 3, 2019 |
| Tammy Duckworth | 0 | Democratic |
Illinois | January 3, 2023 |
| Ted Cruz | 4 | Republican |
Texas | January 3, 2019 |
| Thad Cochran | 39 | Republican |
Mississippi | January 3, 2021 |
| Thom Tillis | 2 | Republican |
North Carolina | January 3, 2021 |
| Tim Kaine | 4 | Democratic |
Virginia | January 3, 2019 |
| Tim Scott | 4 | Republican |
South Carolina | January 3, 2023 |
| Todd C. Young | 0 | Republican |
Indiana | January 3, 2023 |
| Tom Carper | 16 | Democratic |
Delaware | January 3, 2019 |
| Tom Cotton | 2 | Republican |
Arkansas | January 3, 2021 |
| Tom Udall | 8 | Democratic |
New Mexico | January 3, 2021 |
