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Democratic Steering And Policy Committee
In the United States House of Representatives, the two major political parties maintain policy and steering committees. Their primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other House committees, and they also advise party leaders on policy. The House Democratic Caucus has a combined single steering and policy committee, while the House Republican Conference divides the duties between two groups: a policy committee and a steering committee. House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is chaired by the party leader in the House, which has been Hakeem Jeffries since 2023, in his capacities as Minority Leader. The party leader also appoints three co-chairs to assist him on the committee. For the 117th Congress, the co-chairs were Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17). The statutory members include the full caucus leadership and chief deputy whip team and the chairs or ranking memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the United States Constitution, Article One of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as Bill (United States Congress), bills. Those that are also passed by the Senate are sent to President of the United States, the president for signature or veto. The House's exclusive powers include initiating all revenue bills, Impeachment in the United States, impeaching federal officers, and Contingent election, electing the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College. Members of the House serve a Fixed-term election, fixed term of two years, with each seat up for election before the start of the next Congress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Aguilar
Peter Rey Aguilar ( ; born June 19, 1979) is an American politician who has been chair of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for California's 33rd congressional district (renumbered from the 31st after the 2020 redistricting cycle) since 2015. He served as mayor of Redlands, California, from 2010 to 2014, and as the president of the Inland Empire Division of the League of California Cities. Aguilar served on the Redlands City Council from 2006 until his election to Congress. Aguilar chairs the House Democratic Caucus and is the highest-ranking Latino in Congress. Early life and education Aguilar was born in Fontana, California, and grew up in a working-class family in San Bernardino, California. He is of Mexican descent. He graduated from the University of Redlands, where he studied government and business administration. Career Aguilar began his career in public service in 2001 when then-California Governor Gray Davis appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as the California's 33rd congressional district, 33rd until 2003, the California's 34th congressional district, 34th from 2003 to 2013, and the California's 40th congressional district, 40th from 2013 to 2023, included much of southern Los Angeles, as well as several eastern suburbs, such as Downey, California, Downey, Bell, California, Bell and Bell Gardens, California, Bell Gardens. On December 20, 2021, Roybal-Allard announced her retirement at the end of the 117th United States Congress, 117th Congress. Early life, education, and career Roybal-Allard was born in Boyle Heights, California, the daughter of Edward R. Roybal, who served in Congress from 1963 to 1993, and Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Welch
Peter Francis Welch (born May 2, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades and is only the second Democrat to represent Vermont in the Senate. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Welch graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He practiced law for several decades, first as a public defender and then as a personal injury lawyer in a law practice he founded. He was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1981 to 1989, including terms as minority leader, then was the Senate's president pro tempore from 1985 to 1989, the first Democrat to hold the position. In 1988, Welch gave up his seat to 1988 United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Deborah Wasserman Schultz ( Wasserman; ; born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , first elected to Congress in United States House of Representatives elections, 2004, 2004. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate and was a national co-chair of Hillary Clinton's Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008, 2008 campaign for president. Her district covers much of southern Broward County, including a large part of Fort Lauderdale. Wasserman Schultz was elected Chair of the DNC, chair of the Democratic National Committee in May 2011, replacing Tim Kaine. On July 28, 2016, she resigned from that position after WikiLeaks released 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak, leaked emails showing that she and other member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri Sewell
Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (; born January 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has served since 2011 as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for . The district includes most of the Black Belt (region of Alabama), Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly African American portions of Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville, Sewell studied at Princeton University, Harvard Law School, and St Hilda's College, Oxford, St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford. Before entering politics, she was a securities lawyer for Davis Polk & Wardwell and a public finance lawyer for Maynard, Cooper & Gale, where she was the first Black woman to make partner. She is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Alabama and, along with Republican Party (Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Panetta
James Varni Panetta ( ; born October 1, 1969) is an American lawyer, politician, and former Navy intelligence officer from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the U.S. representative for California's 19th congressional district. Formerly his district was numbered the 20th congressional district. His current district includes southeast San Jose and much of California's Central Coast, including Monterey, Santa Cruz, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Paso Robles to the south. Panetta was first elected in 2016, after working as a deputy district attorney for Monterey County. He is the son of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and holds the same congressional seat his father once held. Early life and career Panetta graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, California. He then attended Monterey Peninsula College and the University of California, Davis, graduating with a bachelor's degree in international relations. He then interned at the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Murphy
Stephanie Murphy (born September 16, 1978) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican John Mica in 2016. Her district included much of downtown and northern Orlando, as well as all of Winter Park, Maitland, Sanford, and Altamonte Springs. Murphy was born in 1978 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, before leaving the country with her family in 1979. After growing up in Northern Virginia, Murphy attended the College of William & Mary and Georgetown University. Before her election to Congress, she worked as a national security specialist at the United States Department of Defense, an executive at Sungate Capital, and a business professor at Rollins College. Murphy became the first Vietnamese-American woman, first Vietnamese-American Democrat, and the second Vietnamese-American overall (after South Vietnam-born Republican Joseph Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Kildee
Daniel Timothy Kildee (; born August 11, 1958) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Michigan from 2013 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as the Genesee County Treasurer from 1996 to 2013, before succeeding his uncle, Dale Kildee, in Congress. From 1977 to 2009, Kildee was a municipal elected official. On November 16, 2023, he announced he would not seek re-election in 2024. Early life and education Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan. He attended Flint Community Schools, Flint Northern High School and Central Michigan University. In 2008, he finished his coursework at CMU, earning a B.S. in community development administration. Flint local political career At age 18, Kildee became one of the nation's youngest elected officials when he was elected to the Flint Board of Education in 1977. In 1984, Kildee was elected to serve on Genesee County, Michiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee ( Jackson; January 12, 1950 – July 19, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for , from 1995 until her death in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston. She was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. She was also co-dean of United States congressional delegations from Texas, Texas's congressional delegation. Born in Queens, New York, Jackson Lee earned a scholarship for Black students at New York University before transferring to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Yale University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cuellar
Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar ( ; born September 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district extends from the Rio Grande to San Antonio's suburbs. Cuellar served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and briefly served as the Texas secretary of state in 2001, making him, as of 2025, the most recent Democrat to have held a statewide office in Texas. Cuellar was first elected to Congress in 2004, after defeating incumbent Ciro Rodriguez in a primary challenge. He is considered a centrist or conservative Democrat within the House Democratic Caucus. He has since been comfortably reelected in every general election while surviving a number of competitive primary races, most notably in 2020 and 2022. In early May 2024, Cuellar was indicted on money laundering, bribery and conspiracy charges by a federal grand jury in Houston, Texas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Schakowsky
Janice Schakowsky ( ; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from since 1999, and she previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1998). She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Her district is anchored in Chicago's North Side, Chicago, North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan. It also includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Illinois, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Illinois, Evanston, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, Glenview, Kenilworth, Illinois, Kenilworth, Mount Prospect, Illinois, Mount Prospect, Niles, Illinois, Niles, Park Ridge, Illinois, Park Ridge, Rosemont, Illinois, Rosemont, Skokie, Illinois, Skokie, Wilmette, Illinois, Wilmette, and Winnetka, Illinois, Winnetka, as of the decennial redistricting following the 2010 United States cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
