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{{short description|Standing committee of the United States Senate}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox U.S. congressional committee
|name=Senate Rules and Administration Committee
|type=standing
|status=active
|chamber=senate
|congress=119th
|formed=December 9, 1874
|counterparts=[[United States House Committee on Rules|Committee on Rules]], [[United States House Committee on House Administration|Committee on House Administration]]
|chair=[[Mitch McConnell]]
|chair_party= R 
|chair_since= January 3, 2025
|ranking_member=[[Alex Padilla]]
|rm_party=D
|rm_since= January 3, 2025
|majority1=R
|majority1_seats=9
|minority1_seats=8
|minority1=D
|policy_areas=Books, [[manuscripts]] and monuments to the memory of individuals, [[Congressional office buildings]], [[Congressional Record]], [[Corrupt practices]], [[Credential]]s and [[wikt:Special:Search/qualification|qualifications]] of [[List of current United States senators|members of the Senate]], [[Elections in the United States|Federal elections generally]], [[Government Publishing Office]], meetings of the [[United States Congress|Congress]] and attendance of [[Members of Congress|members]], [[United States presidential line of succession|Presidential succession]], [[United States Senate Library|Senate library]], [[statuary]] and works of art in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate]], [[United States Botanic Garden]]
|oversight=[[Architect of the Capitol]], [[Congressional Research Service]], [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]], [[Election Assistance Commission|EAC]], [[Government Publishing Office|GPO]], [[Historian of the United States Senate]], [[Library of Congress]], [[Parliamentarian of the United States Senate]], [[Secretary of the Senate]], [[Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[United States Botanic Gardens]], [[United States Senate Curator]], [[United States Senate Library]]
|counterpart        = *[[United States House Committee on House Administration|House Administration Committee]]
*[[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]] 
|website=https://www.rules.senate.gov/
|chamber_rules=[https://www.rules.senate.gov/rules-of-the-senate Rule XXV.1.(n), Standing Rules of the Senate]
}}
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 [[United States House Committee on Rules|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 [[United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library|Joint Committee on the Library]] and the [[United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing|Joint Committee on Printing]].

==History==
{{further|United States Senate Committee on Rules}}

The Committee was first created as the [[United States Senate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate|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:
*[[United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate|Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate]]
*[[United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor|Committee on Education and Labor]] (functions were later transferred to [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions|Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee]])
*[[United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills|Committee on Enrolled Bills]]
*[[United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections|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:
# Administration of the Senate Office Buildings and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space;
# Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules;
# Corrupt practices;
# Credentials and qualifications of Members of the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices;
# Federal elections generally, including the election of the President, Vice President, and Members of the Congress;
# Nominations to fill a vacancy in the Vice Presidency;
# Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided for under rule XI;
# Meetings of the Congress and attendance of Members;
# 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);
# Presidential succession;
# Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments to the memory of individuals;
# Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings;
# Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant; and,
# 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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rules.senate.gov/about/purpose-and-jurisdiction|title=Purpose and Jurisdiction &#124; U.S. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523175249/https://www.rules.senate.gov/about/purpose-and-jurisdiction|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Senate Rules Committee is also charged:
# 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;
# 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,
# 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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rules.senate.gov/about/purpose-and-jurisdiction|title=Purpose and Jurisdiction &#124; U.S. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523175249/https://www.rules.senate.gov/about/purpose-and-jurisdiction|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Members, 119th Congress==
{{main|119th United States Congress}}

{|class=wikitable
!Majority<ref>{{USBill|119|SRes|16}} (119th Congress)</ref>
!Minority<ref>{{USBill|119|SRes|17}} (119th Congress)</ref>
|-
|{{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

|{{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==
Former chairs and ranking members are listed below.<ref name="Rules History">{{cite web|author-link1=Floyd M. Riddick|last1=Riddick|first1=Floyd|last2=McPherson|first2=Louise|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-96sdoc27/pdf/CDOC-96sdoc27.pdf|title=Senate Document No. 96-27 – History of the Committee on Rules and Administration|pp=127–145|date=1979-08-02|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref><ref name="Congressional Committees">{{cite book|last1=Nelson|first1=Garrison|last2=Mitchell|first2=Mary|last3=Bensen|first3=Clark|url=https://archive.org/details/committeesinusco0001nels/page/215|title=Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947–1992|volume=1|pp=215–226|year=1993|publisher=Congressional Quarterly|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref>

===Chairs===

====Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate, 1867–1874====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Henry|Anthony|Henry B. Anthony}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Rhode Island]]
|1867
|1871
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Samuel|Pomeroy}}
|[[Kansas]]
|1871
|1873
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Ferry}}
|[[Michigan]]
|1873
|1874
|}

====Committee on Rules, 1874–1947====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Ferry}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Republican
|Michigan
|1874
|1877
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|James|Blaine|James G. Blaine}}
|[[Maine]]
|1877
|1879
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|John|Morgan|John Tyler Morgan}}
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1879
|1881
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|William|Frye|William P. Frye}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Republican
|Maine
|1881
|1887
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Nelson|Aldrich|Nelson W. Aldrich}}
|Rhode Island
|1887
|1893
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Joseph|Blackburn|Joseph C. S. Blackburn}}
|Democratic
|[[Kentucky]]
|1893
|1895
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Nelson|Aldrich|Nelson W. Aldrich}}
|rowspan=4 align=center |Republican
|Rhode Island
|1895
|1899
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|John|Spooner|John C. Spooner}}
|[[Wisconsin]]
|1899
|1907
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Philander|Knox|Philander C. Knox}}
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|1907
|1909
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Murray|Crane|Winthrop M. Crane}}
|[[Massachusetts]]
|1909
|1913
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Lee|Overman|Lee S. Overman}}
|Democratic
|[[North Carolina]]
|1913
|1919
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Philander|Knox|Philander C. Knox}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Republican
|Pennsylvania
|1919
|1921{{efn|name=death|Died in office.}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Charles|Curtis}}
|Kansas
|1921{{efn|name=intraselect|Selected for position intra-term.}}
|1929
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|George|Moses|George H. Moses}}
|[[New Hampshire]]
|1929
|1933
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Royal|Copeland|Royal S. Copeland}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Democratic
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|1933
|1936
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Matthew|Neely|Matthew M. Neely}}
|[[West Virginia]]
|1936
|1941
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Harry|Byrd|Harry F. Byrd}}
|[[Virginia]]
|1941
|1947
|}

====Committee on Rules and Administration, 1947–present====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Wayland|Brooks|C. Wayland Brooks}}
|Republican
|[[Illinois]]
|1947
|1949
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Carl|Hayden}}
|Democratic
|[[Arizona]]
|1949
|1953
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|William|Jenner|William E. Jenner}}
|Republican
|[[Indiana]]
|1953
|1955
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Theodore|Green|Theodore F. Green}}
|rowspan=6 align=center |Democratic
|Rhode Island
|1955
|1957
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Hennings|Thomas C. Hennings Jr.}}
|[[Missouri]]
|1957
|1960{{efn|name=death}}
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Mike|Mansfield}}
|[[Montana]]
|1960{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1963
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Everett|Jordan|B. Everett Jordan}}
|North Carolina
|1963
|1973
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Howard|Cannon}}
|[[Nevada]]
|1973
|1978
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Claiborne|Pell}}
|Rhode Island
|1978
|1981
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Charles|Mathias}}
|Republican
|[[Maryland]]
|1981
|1987
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Wendell|Ford}}
|Democratic
|Kentucky
|1987
|1995
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Ted|Stevens}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Republican
|[[Alaska]]
|colspan=2 align=center |1995{{efn|Resigned from the position intra-term to take the chairmanship of the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Senate Governmental Affairs Committee]], amid turnover caused by [[Bob Packwood]]'s resignation from the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eisman|first=Dale|url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950913/09130404.htm|title=Warner Named Chairman of Rules Panel|date=1995-09-13|access-date=2025-09-22|publisher=Landmark Communications, Inc.|location=Washington, D.C.|newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot}}</ref>}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|John|Warner}}
|Virginia
|1995{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1999
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mitch|McConnell}}
|Kentucky
|1999
|2001
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Dodd}}
|Democratic
|[[Connecticut]]
|colspan=2 align=center |2001{{efn|name=jan2001|At the beginning of the 107th Congress in January 2001 the Senate was evenly divided. With a Democratic president and vice president still serving until January 20, the vice president was available to break ties, and the Democrats thus controlled the Senate for 17 days, from January 3 to January 20. On January 3 the Senate adopted {{USBill|107|SRes|7}}, designating Democratic senators as committee chairs to serve during this period and Republican chairs to serve effective at noon on January 20, 2001.}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mitch|McConnell}}
|Republican
|Kentucky
|colspan=2 align=center |2001{{efn|name=jan2001}}
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Dodd}}
|Democratic
|Connecticut
|2001{{efn|name=june2001|On June 6, 2001, the Democrats took control of the Senate after [[Jim Jeffords]] switched from the Republican Party to Independent and announced that he would caucus with the Democrats.}}
|2003
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Trent|Lott}}
|Republican
|[[Mississippi]]
|2003
|2007
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Dianne|Feinstein}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Democratic
|[[California]]
|2007
|2009
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chuck|Schumer}}
|New York
|2009
|2015
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Roy|Blunt}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Republican
|Missouri
|2015
|2017
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Richard|Shelby}}
|Alabama
|2017
|2018{{efn|Resigned from the position intra-term to take the chairmanship of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]], after [[Thad Cochran]] resigned from the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/shelby-selected-as-senate-appropriations-chairman|title=Shelby Selected as Senate Appropriations Chairman|date=2018-04-10|access-date=2025-09-22|location=Washington, D.C.|website=United States Senate Committee on Appropriations}}</ref>}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Roy|Blunt}}
|Missouri
|2018{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|2021
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Amy|Klobuchar}}
|Democratic
|[[Minnesota]]
|2021
|2025
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mitch|McConnell}}
|Republican
|Kentucky
|2025
|present
|}

===Ranking members===

====Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate, 1867–1874====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- 
|colspan=3 align=center |''Vacant''
|1867
|1871
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Thomas|Bayard|Thomas F. Bayard}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Democratic
|[[Delaware]]
|1871
|1873
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Augustus|Merrimon|Augustus Summerfield Merrimon}}
|North Carolina
|1873
|1874
|}

====Committee on Rules, 1874–1947====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Augustus|Merrimon|Augustus Summerfield Merrimon}}
|Democratic
|North Carolina
|1874
|1879
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|James|Blaine|James G. Blaine}}
|Republican
|Maine
|1879
|1881
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Wilkinson|Call}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Democratic
|[[Florida]]
|1881
|1883
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Isham|Harris|Isham G. Harris}}
|[[Tennessee]]
|1883
|1893
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Nelson|Aldrich|Nelson W. Aldrich}}
|Republican
|Rhode Island
|1893
|1895
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Joseph|Blackburn|J. C. S. Blackburn}}
|rowspan=5 align=center |Democratic
|Kentucky
|1895
|1897
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Isham|Harris|Isham G. Harris}}
|Tennessee
|colspan=2 align=center |1897{{efn|name=death|Died in office.}}
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Arthur|Gorman|Arthur P. Gorman}}
|Maryland
|1897{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1899
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Henry|Teller|Henry M. Teller}}
|[[Colorado]]
|1899
|1907
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Augustus|Bacon|Augustus O. Bacon}}
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1907
|1913
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Francis|Warren|Francis E. Warren}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Republican
|[[Wyoming]]
|1913
|1915
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Jacob|Gallinger|Jacob H. Gallinger}}
|New Hampshire
|1915
|1918{{efn|name=death}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Francis|Warren|Francis E. Warren}}
|Wyoming
|1918{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1919
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Lee|Overman|Lee S. Overman}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Democratic
|North Carolina
|1919
|1930{{efn|name=death}}
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Pat|Harrison}}
|Mississippi
|1930{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1931
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Joseph|Robinson|Joseph T. Robinson}}
|[[Arkansas]]
|1931
|1933
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Frederick|Hale|dab=American politician}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Republican
|Maine
|1933
|1941
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Arthur|Vandenberg}}
|Michigan
|1941
|1947
|}

====Committee on Rules and Administration, 1947–present====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Party
!State
!Start
!End
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Carl|Hayden}}
|Democratic
|Arizona
|1947
|1949
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Kenneth|Wherry|Kenneth S. Wherry}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Republican
|[[Nebraska]]
|1949
|1951{{efn|name=death}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Henry|Lodge|Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.}}
|Massachusetts
|1951{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1953
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Carl|Hayden}}
|Democratic
|Arizona
|1953
|1955
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|William|Jenner|William E. Jenner}}
|rowspan=6 align=center |Republican
|Indiana
|1955
|1957
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Carl|Curtis}}
|Nebraska
|1957
|1971
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Winston|Prouty|Winston L. Prouty}}
|[[Vermont]]
|colspan=2 align=center |1971{{efn|name=death}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Ted|Stevens}}
|Alaska
|1971{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1972{{efn|Resigned from the committee intra-term to fill a seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee.{{sfn|Nelson|Mitchell|Bensen|1993|p=221}}}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Marlow|Cook}}
|Kentucky
|1972{{efn|name=intraselect}}
|1974{{efn|name=resignation|Resigned from the Senate.}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mark|Hatfield}}
|[[Oregon]]
|1975
|1981
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Wendell|Ford}}
|Democratic
|Kentucky
|1981
|1987
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Ted|Stevens}}
|Republican
|Alaska
|1987
|1995
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Wendell|Ford}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Democratic
|Kentucky
|1995
|1999
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Dodd}}
|Connecticut
|1999
|2001
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mitch|McConnell}}
|Republican
|Kentucky
|colspan=2 align=center |2001{{efn|name=jan2001}}
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Dodd}}
|Democratic
|Connecticut
|colspan=2 align=center |2001{{efn|name=jan2001}}
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Mitch|McConnell}}
|Republican
|Kentucky
|2001{{efn|name=june2001}}
|2003
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Dodd}}
|Democratic
|Connecticut
|2003
|2007
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Bob|Bennett|dab=politician}}
|rowspan=3 align=center |Republican
|[[Utah]]
|2007
|2011
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Lamar|Alexander}}
|Tennessee
|2011
|2013
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Pat|Roberts}}
|Kansas
|2013
|2015
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Chuck|Schumer}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Democratic
|New York
|2015
|2017
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Amy|Klobuchar}}
|Minnesota
|2017
|2021
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Roy|Blunt}}
|rowspan=2 align=center |Republican
|Missouri
|2021
|2023
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|{{sortname|Deb|Fischer}}
|Nebraska
|2023
|2025
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|{{sortname|Alex|Padilla}}
|Democratic
|California
|2025
|present
|}

== Historical committee rosters ==
===118th Congress===
{{Main|118th United States Congress}}

{|class=wikitable
!Majority<ref>{{USBill|118|SRes|30}} (118th Congress)</ref>
!Minority<ref>{{USBill|118|SRes|31}} (118th Congress)</ref>
|-
|{{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>{{cite web |title=Majority Leader Schumer Announces New Senate Democratic Committee Assignments |url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-announces-new-senate-democratic-committee-assignments |website=Senate Democrats |date=October 17, 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
|{{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===
{{Main|117th United States Congress}}

{|class=wikitable
!Majority
!Minority
|-
|{{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
*[[Amy Klobuchar]], Minnesota, ''Chair''
*[[Dianne Feinstein]], California
*[[Chuck Schumer]], New York
*[[Mark Warner]], Virginia
*[[Patrick Leahy]], Vermont
*<span {{party shading/Independent}}>[[Angus King]], Maine{{efn |name=King|[[Angus King]] is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.}}</span>
*[[Jeff Merkley]], Oregon
*[[Alex Padilla]], California
*[[Jon Ossoff]], Georgia
|{{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===
{{Main|116th United States Congress}}

{|class=wikitable
!Majority
!Minority
|-
|{{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
|{{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
*<span {{party shading/Independent}}>[[Angus King]], Maine{{efn|name=King}}</span>
*[[Catherine Cortez Masto]], Nevada
|}

===115th Congress===
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Majority
!Minority
|-
|{{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
|{{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
*<span {{party shading/Independent}}>[[Angus King]], Maine{{efn|name=King}}</span>
*[[Catherine Cortez Masto]], Nevada
|}

Source: {{Cite web|url=https://www.rules.senate.gov/about/members|title=U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration|website=Senate rules committee website|access-date=April 11, 2018}}
===114th Congress===
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Majority
!Minority
|-
|{{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
*[[Roy Blunt]], Missouri, ''Chair''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/09/roy-blunt-senate-rules-committee-piper/21497209/ |title=Blunt to chair US Senate rules committee |publisher=Ksdk.com |date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2015}}</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
|{{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
*<span {{party shading/Independent}}>[[Angus King]], Maine{{efn|name=King}}</span>
|}

Source: {{USCongRec|2013|S296}} to 297

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://rules.senate.gov Official site] ([https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00ssra00/ Archive])
*[https://www.congress.gov/committee/senate-rules-and-administration/ssra00 Senate Rules and Administration Committee]. Legislation activity and reports, [[Congress.gov]].

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