UNITED STATES 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. 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. (Committee on Foreign Relations 2003) 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 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	Minority
★ Joe Biden, ''Chairman'', Delaware ★ Christopher Dodd, Connecticut ★ John Kerry, Massachusetts ★ Russ Feingold, Wisconsin ★ Barbara Boxer, California ★ Bill Nelson, Florida ★ Barack Obama, Illinois ★ Robert Menendez, New Jersey ★ Benjamin Cardin, Maryland ★ Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania ★ James Webb, Virginia	★ Richard Lugar, ''Ranking Member'', Indiana ★ Chuck Hagel, Nebraska ★ Norm Coleman, Minnesota ★ Bob Corker, Tennessee ★ John E. Sununu, New Hampshire ★ George Voinovich, Ohio ★ Lisa Murkowski, Alaska ★ Jim DeMint, South Carolina ★ Johnny Isakson, Georgia ★ David Vitter, Louisiana

Contents

Subcommittees

Chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-present

References

External links

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)	John E. Sununu, (R-NH)
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-

References

Committee on Foreign Relations (2003). ''The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.'' Washington, D.C. Available at http://foreign.senate.gov/history.pdf
Congresspedia (2006). ''Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.'' Available at http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations

External links

★ U.S. Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Official Website

★ U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Page for the Committee of Foreign Relations