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Senate Democratic Steering And Outreach Committee
The United States Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (DSOC) is a committee of the United States Senate dedicated to fostering dialogue between Senate Democrats and community leaders across the United States. The Steering Committee hosts several meetings each year with advocates, activists, policy experts, and elected officials to help the structuring of the Democrats' agenda in the United States Senate. Some of these meetings also happen annually such as with U.S. Jewish groups to discuss the U.S. Israel relations and the Jewish community in the United States. Members, 119th Congress Historical Committee Rosters 118th Congress 117th Congress 116th Congress After Bill Nelson lost his 2018 United States Senate election in Florida, 2018 reelection bid, he left the committee and his position was left unfilled. 115th Congress Leadership Chairpersons Vice Chairpersons History In November 2008, following 2008 United States presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee Of The United States Senate
Many U.S. congressional committees (Standing committee (United States Congress), standing committees and select or special committee (United States Congress), select or special committees) operate in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Standing committees , there are 88 subsidiary bodies of the US Senate: 16 standing committees with 67 subcommittees, four non-standing committies, and four joint committees. Non-standing committees There are five non-standing, select or special committee (United States Congress), select, or special committees, which are treated similarly to standing committees. Committee classes Senate committees are divided, according to relative importance, into three categories: Class A, Class B, and Class C. In general, individual Senators are limited to service on two Class A committees and one Class B committee. Assignment to Class C committees is made without reference to a member's service on any other pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Schatz
Brian Emanuel Schatz ( ; born October 20, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012. Schatz also worked as chief executive officer of Helping Hands Hawaii, an Oahu nonprofit social service agency, until he resigned to run for lieutenant governor of Hawaii in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2010 gubernatorial election as Neil Abercrombie's running mate. He served as lieutenant governor until December 26, 2012, when Abercrombie appointed him to serve the rest of Daniel Inouye's U.S. Senate term after Inouye's dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fourth-largest state by area, but the List of U.S. states and territories by population, eighth-least populous state and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, third-least densely populated state. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital is Helena, Montana, Helena, while the List of municipalities in Montana, most populous city is Billings, Montana, Billings. The western half of the state contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York (state), New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of William Penn (Royal Navy officer), the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire, Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Casey, Jr
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Casey is the son of Bob Casey Sr., a former governor of Pennsylvania. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross and the Catholic University of America, he practiced law in Scranton before beginning his political career as Pennsylvania Auditor General, a position he was elected to in 1996 and held until 2005. In 2002, Casey ran for governor of Pennsylvania, but lost the Democratic primary to Ed Rendell. After being term-limited out of his position as auditor general, Casey was elected treasurer in 2004. In 2006, Casey ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated the Republican incumbent, Rick Santorum. Casey was reelected in 2012 and in 2018. In 2024, he narrowly lost reelection to Republican nominee David McCormick by a 0.22% margin. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Menendez
Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American former politician and lawyer who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 2006 until his resignation in 2024. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2006. His political career ended after he was convicted in a political corruption case in 2024, making him the first sitting member of Congress convicted of conspiracy to act as a Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreign agent. In 1974, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District (New Jersey), Union City School District's Board of Education. He studied political science at Saint Peter's University and graduated from Rutgers Law School. In 1986, he was elected mayor of Union City, New Jersey, Union City. While continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected in 1988 to represent the state's 33rd district in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United States Senate Election In Montana
The 2024 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to List of United States senators from Montana, represent the state of Montana. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senator Jon Tester lost re-election to a fourth term, being defeated by Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee Tim Sheehy. Sheehy's swearing in on January 3, 2025 gave Republicans control of both of Montana’s Senate seats and the state’s entire congressional delegation for the first time since 1911. Primary elections took place on June 4, 2024. Although Tester outperformed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election in Montana, concurrent presidential election by 12.8 points, which was the strongest overperformance of any Democratic Senate candidate, it was still not enough to win, as Donald Trump carried Montana by nearly 20 points. Tester received about 44,000 more votes than Harris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Tester
Raymond Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an American politician and farmer who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Montana and from 2005 to 2007 as president of the Montana Senate. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide or congressional office in Montana. Tester served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007. He is currently a political analyst for MSNBC. Tester was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 United States Senate election in Montana, 2006, defeating Republican Party (United States), Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in one of the closest Senate races of that year. He narrowly won reelection in 2012 United States Senate election in Montana, 2012 and 2018 United States Senate election in Montana, 2018. He ran for reelection to a fourth term in 2024 United States Senate election in Montana, 2024, losing to Republican nominee Tim Sheehy. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United States Senate Election In Pennsylvania
The 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. lost re-election to a fourth term, being defeated by Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee Dave McCormick in what was considered a major Upset (competition), upset. Most predictions gave Casey a slight advantage, and he led in most polls. Along with Sherrod Brown in 2024 United States Senate election in Ohio, Ohio and Jon Tester in 2024 United States Senate election in Montana, Montana, Casey was one of three incumbent senators to lose re-election in 2024, all of whom were Democrats that were first elected in 2006 United States Senate elections, 2006. The primary election took place on April 23, 2024. The election was considered essential for Democrats' chances to retain their majority in 2024. The Associated Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
