Talk:List of United States Senate committees

Updating for the 111th Congress
Updated the Section for the 111th Congress. These are the changes that I've made, but none to the Subcommittees. John Kerry is taking over Foreign Relations from Joe Biden, who will resign to become Vice President. Mary Landrieu will take over for John Kerry on Small Business. Daniel Inouye will be the Appropriations Committee Chairman, which chain-reacts to the following: Jay Rockefeller taking over Commerce, Dianne Feinstein taking over Intelligence, and Chuck Schumer taking over Rules. All other committee chairmen will be staying the same.

The big unknown is how the 2-chairman rule that Reid is implementing will affect subcommittee chairmenships. This rule is that no one person can have more than 2 gavels on either committee or subcommittees total.Dunstvangeet (talk) 06:58, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Indian Affairs
We list the Committee on Indian Affairs as a standing committee, but the Senate's Daily Calendar lists it under "Other, Select, and Special Committees", and not under "Standing Committees". Is there a specific reason we do it differently? -Rrius (talk) 06:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * In fact, the Indian Affairs Committee appears to put the "Other" in "Other, Select, and Special Committees" (search for "Indian Affairs" in the PDF). -Rrius (talk) 06:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe it's a standing committee in all but name. It's jurisdiction does not expire with the Congress.  Why isn't actually called a "Standing" committee is unknown to me.—Markles 14:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Indian Affairs was the Select Committee on Indian Affairs until 1993, §25 of . The name select was removed, but it officially remains a "select" committee that continues from Congress to Congress, similar to Ethics and Intelligence. See the footnote on page 7 of this CRS report. It is not a standing committee officially because its authority extends from a resolution of the Senate, rather than from Senate Rule 25 which lays out the formal jurisdictions of Standing Committees. Rule changes require 3/5 vote and a 2/3 vote to break a filibuster, while resolutions require just 51 votes. That's probably why it hasn't been added to the standing committee roles.
 * We probably should move it down next to Ethics and Intelligence and add the appropriate footnote.DCmacnut &lt; &gt; 14:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of United States House of Representatives committees#Format
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Seniory in committee membership
If two Senators begin serving in the same committee on the same day, who would have greater seniority in that committee? For example, Senators Rubio and Kennedy began serving on Appropriations Committee on the same date- Jannuary 3, 2017. Who has greater seniority in that Committee? נריה לוי (talk) 16:52, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Creation of Multiple Articles
Can we create multiple articles of this page that have the information from each congress, 1 - 115. I will be willing to create these. User:Aricmfergie User talk:Aricmferige — Preceding undated comment added 19:18, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Leaders of committees
The leadership of the senate committees have changed Bigfoot7822 (talk) 22:11, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't think these changes should be made just yet. Various news sources are stating that both Senate caucuses are still negotiating terms regarding the assignment of committees and still have not reached a consensus on the issue, and as such the old committees are still in effect, including the Republicans in charge of them. JadeEditor (talk) 06:04, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Committees not decided yet.
I noticed that this page has already started on changing the committee chairs to reflect the Democrats' new majority in the Senate. Under previous circumstances that would make sense. That being said, I don't think these changes should be made just yet. Various news sources are stating that both Senate caucuses are still negotiating terms regarding the assignment of committees and still have not reached a consensus on the issue, and as such the old committees are still in effect, including the Republicans in charge of them. Hence, as of right now when I am writing this (1:02:36 AM ETC, 1/23/2021), until an agreement is formally made, I propose the page be reverted to reflect the current Republican hold on all Senate committees.

JadeEditor (talk) 06:03, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree. Changes in Chairmanships are not finalized until after an organizing resolution, otherwise known as a power-sharing agreement, is passed, which as of 2/2/2021 12:14 CST, has not been voted on. Senator Bernie Sanders mentioned on All In with Chris Hayes on Feb. 1, 2021, that the resolution may happen on February 2, 2021. I cannot find the full video on this, but he mentions the OR minutes after this video ended. I will be more than happy to link the full video, if it can be found: https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-sanders-on-covid-relief-bill-now-is-not-the-time-to-count-pennies-100374597763.PartedHeadache (talk) 06:29, 2 February 2021 (UTC)