United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox U.S. congressional committee The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, also called the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for contested elections. The committee is not as powerful as its House counterpart, the House Committee on Rules, as it does not set the terms of debate for individual legislative proposals, since the Senate has a tradition of open debate. Some members of the committee are also ex officio members of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing.

History

The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee.

On January 2, 1947, its name was changed to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and it took over the functions of the following committees:

• Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Committee on Education and Labor (functions were later transferred to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee)
• Committee on Enrolled Bills
• Committee on Privileges and Elections

Jurisdiction

In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Rules Committee:

1. Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space;
2. Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules;
3. Corrupt practices;
4. Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices;
5. Federal elections generally, including the election of the President, Vice President, and Members of the Congress;
6. Nominations to fill a vacancy in the Vice Presidency;
7. Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided for under rule XI;
8. Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members;
9. Payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referred to such committee);
10. Presidential succession;
11. Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals;
12. Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings;
13. Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant; and,
14. United States Capitol and congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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The Senate Rules Committee is also charged:

1. To make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States;
2. To identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of the Senate; and,
3. To develop, implement, and update as necessary a strategic planning process and a strategic plan for the functional and technical infrastructure support of the Senate and provide oversight over plans developed by Senate officers and others in accordance with the strategic planning process.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Members, 119th Congress

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Majority<ref>Template:USBill (119th Congress)</ref>	Minority<ref>Template:USBill (119th Congress)</ref>
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Bill Hagerty, Tennessee Katie Britt, Alabama John Boozman, Arkansas	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Alex Padilla, California, Ranking Member Chuck Schumer, New York Mark Warner, Virginia Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Jeff Merkley, Oregon Jon Ossoff, Georgia Michael Bennet, Colorado Peter Welch, Vermont

Committee leadership

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Chairs

Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate, 1867–1874

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Template:Sortname	Republican	Rhode Island	1867	1871
Template:Sortname		Kansas	1871	1873
Template:Sortname		Michigan	1873	1874

Committee on Rules, 1874–1947

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Template:Sortname	Republican	Michigan	1874	1877
Template:Sortname		Maine	1877	1879
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Alabama	1879	1881
Template:Sortname	Republican	Maine	1881	1887
Template:Sortname		Rhode Island	1887	1893
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Kentucky	1893	1895
Template:Sortname	Republican	Rhode Island	1895	1899
Template:Sortname		Wisconsin	1899	1907
Template:Sortname		Pennsylvania	1907	1909
Template:Sortname		Massachusetts	1909	1913
Template:Sortname	Democratic	North Carolina	1913	1919
Template:Sortname	Republican	Pennsylvania	1919	1921Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Kansas	1921Template:Efn	1929
Template:Sortname		New Hampshire	1929	1933
Template:Sortname	Democratic	New York	1933	1936
Template:Sortname		West Virginia	1936	1941
Template:Sortname		Virginia	1941	1947

Committee on Rules and Administration, 1947–present

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Template:Sortname	Republican	Illinois	1947	1949
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Arizona	1949	1953
Template:Sortname	Republican	Indiana	1953	1955
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Rhode Island	1955	1957
Template:Sortname		Missouri	1957	1960Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Montana	1960Template:Efn	1963
Template:Sortname		North Carolina	1963	1973
Template:Sortname		Nevada	1973	1978
Template:Sortname		Rhode Island	1978	1981
Template:Sortname	Republican	Maryland	1981	1987
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Kentucky	1987	1995
Template:Sortname	Republican	Alaska	1995Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Virginia	1995Template:Efn	1999
Template:Sortname		Kentucky	1999	2001
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Connecticut	2001Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	Republican	Kentucky	2001Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Connecticut	2001Template:Efn	2003
Template:Sortname	Republican	Mississippi	2003	2007
Template:Sortname	Democratic	California	2007	2009
Template:Sortname		New York	2009	2015
Template:Sortname	Republican	Missouri	2015	2017
Template:Sortname		Alabama	2017	2018Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Missouri	2018Template:Efn	2021
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Minnesota	2021	2025
Template:Sortname	Republican	Kentucky	2025	present

Ranking members

Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate, 1867–1874

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Vacant			1867	1871
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Delaware	1871	1873
Template:Sortname		North Carolina	1873	1874

Committee on Rules, 1874–1947

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Template:Sortname	Democratic	North Carolina	1874	1879
Template:Sortname	Republican	Maine	1879	1881
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Florida	1881	1883
Template:Sortname		Tennessee	1883	1893
Template:Sortname	Republican	Rhode Island	1893	1895
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Kentucky	1895	1897
Template:Sortname		Tennessee	1897Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Maryland	1897Template:Efn	1899
Template:Sortname		Colorado	1899	1907
Template:Sortname		Georgia	1907	1913
Template:Sortname	Republican	Wyoming	1913	1915
Template:Sortname		New Hampshire	1915	1918Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Wyoming	1918Template:Efn	1919
Template:Sortname	Democratic	North Carolina	1919	1930Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Mississippi	1930Template:Efn	1931
Template:Sortname		Arkansas	1931	1933
Template:Sortname	Republican	Maine	1933	1941
Template:Sortname		Michigan	1941	1947

Committee on Rules and Administration, 1947–present

Name	Party	State	Start	End
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Arizona	1947	1949
Template:Sortname	Republican	Nebraska	1949	1951Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Massachusetts	1951Template:Efn	1953
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Arizona	1953	1955
Template:Sortname	Republican	Indiana	1955	1957
Template:Sortname		Nebraska	1957	1971
Template:Sortname		Vermont	1971Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Alaska	1971Template:Efn	1972Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Kentucky	1972Template:Efn	1974Template:Efn
Template:Sortname		Oregon	1975	1981
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Kentucky	1981	1987
Template:Sortname	Republican	Alaska	1987	1995
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Kentucky	1995	1999
Template:Sortname		Connecticut	1999	2001
Template:Sortname	Republican	Kentucky	2001Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Connecticut	2001Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	Republican	Kentucky	2001Template:Efn	2003
Template:Sortname	Democratic	Connecticut	2003	2007
Template:Sortname	Republican	Utah	2007	2011
Template:Sortname		Tennessee	2011	2013
Template:Sortname		Kansas	2013	2015
Template:Sortname	Democratic	New York	2015	2017
Template:Sortname		Minnesota	2017	2021
Template:Sortname	Republican	Missouri	2021	2023
Template:Sortname		Nebraska	2023	2025
Template:Sortname	Democratic	California	2025	present

Historical committee rosters

118th Congress

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Majority<ref>Template:USBill (118th Congress)</ref>	Minority<ref>Template:USBill (118th Congress)</ref>
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Dianne Feinstein, California (until September 29, 2023) Chuck Schumer, New York Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Alex Padilla, California Jon Ossoff, Georgia Michael Bennet, Colorado Peter Welch, Vermont Laphonza Butler, California (from October 17, 2023) <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Deb Fischer, Nebraska, Ranking Member Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Roger Wicker, Mississippi Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Bill Hagerty, Tennessee Katie Britt, Alabama

117th Congress

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Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Dianne Feinstein, California Chuck Schumer, New York Mark Warner, Virginia Patrick Leahy, Vermont Angus King, MaineTemplate:Efn Jeff Merkley, Oregon Alex Padilla, California Jon Ossoff, Georgia	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Ranking Member Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Richard Shelby, Alabama Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Bill Hagerty, Tennessee

116th Congress

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Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Richard Shelby, Alabama Pat Roberts, Kansas Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, California Chuck Schumer, New York Dick Durbin, Illinois Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, Virginia Patrick Leahy, Vermont Angus King, MaineTemplate:Efn Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada

115th Congress

Majority

Minority

Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair (from April 10, 2018) Thad Cochran, Mississippi (until April 1, 2018) Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Richard Shelby, Alabama, Chair (until April 10, 2018) Pat Roberts, Kansas Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi

Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, California Chuck Schumer, New York Dick Durbin, Illinois Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, Virginia Patrick Leahy, Vermont Angus King, MaineTemplate:Efn Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada

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114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Thad Cochran, Mississippi Pat Roberts, Kansas Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Richard Shelby, Alabama Ted Cruz, Texas Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia John Boozman, Arkansas Roger Wicker, Mississippi	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Chuck Schumer, New York, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, California Dick Durbin, Illinois Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, Virginia Patrick Leahy, Vermont Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Angus King, MaineTemplate:Efn

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External links

• Official site (Archive)
• Senate Rules and Administration Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.

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