Friends in High Places

Matthew Cordell - July 8, 2009 - 1:52 pm

Following up on Mark's post yesterday on the Coup Caucus, I decided to do a little digging to see what other foreign entities (and global issues) U.S. Representatives felt needed a good caucusing. My list can be found after the jump, as can some larger maps. The most glaring ommission in my mind: Italy.  The Italian Embassy in D.C. is quite nice and frequently throws parties, if you know what I'm saying.

Full List

  1. African Great Lakes Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Brad Miller and Rep. Edward R. Royce
  2. Bi-Partisan Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eliot L. Engel and Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  3. Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Christopher Smith, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, and Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
  4. Caucus for Congressional World Bank Dialogue
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Betty McCollum and Rep. Kevin Brady
  5. Caucus on International Religious Freedom
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Trent Franks and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II
  6. Children's Environmental Health Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Rush Holt and Rep. Frank Lobiondo
  7. Congressional African Partnership for Economic Growth Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Bobby L. Rush and Rep. Donald M. Payne
  8. *Congressional Algerian Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Ed Royce
  9. *Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Solomon Ortiz and Rep. Bill Shuster
  10. Congressional Caribbean Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Donald M. Payne and Rep. Dan Burton
  11. *Congressional Caucus of the Netherlands
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Pete Hoekstra and Rep. Chris Van Hollen
  12. *Congressional Caucus on Albanian Issues
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eliot L. Engel and Rep. Mark Steven Kirk
  13. *Congressional Caucus on Bosnia
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Russ Carnahan and Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  14. *Congressional Caucus on Brazil
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eliot Engel and Rep. Devin Nunes
  15. *Congressional Caucus on Bulgaria
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Ellen Tauscher and Rep. Joe Wilson
  16. *Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Daniel Lipinski and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
  17. *Congressional Caucus on Central Asia (CCCA)
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega and Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
  18. *Congressional Caucus on Cote d' Ivoire
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. G.K. Butterfield
  19. Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Rep. Kay Granger and Rep. Robert C. Scott
  20. *Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Jim McDermott and Rep. Ed Royce
  21. *Congressional Caucus on Indonesia
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Wexler and Rep. Dan Burton
  22. *Congressional Caucus on Korea
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Ed Royce, Rep. Michael Capuano and Rep. Dan Burton
  23. *Congressional Caucus on Poland
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Daniel Lipinski and Rep. Christopher Smith
  24. Congressional Caucus on Refugees
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
  25. Congressional Caucus on Sovereignty Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter and Rep. Doug Lamborn
  26. *Congressional Caucus on Tibet
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Rep. Neil Abercrombie
  27. *Congressional Caucus on Taiwan
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Shelley Berkley, Rep. Lincoln Diaz‐Balart and Rep. Phil Gingrey
  28. *Congressional Caucus on US-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Ed Whitfield and Kay Granger
  29. *Congressional Caucus on Vietnam
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Rep. Christopher Smith, Rep. Zoe Lofgren and Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao
  30. Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dave Reichert and Rep. Kathy Castor
  31. *Congressional China Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo and Rep. J. Randy Forbes
  32. Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC) ....just kidding
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Wexler and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
  33. Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. James R. Langevin and Rep. Michael T. McCaul
  34. *Congressional French Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. James L. Oberstar, Rep. John Boozman, Sen. Mary Landrieu and Sen. Susan Collins
  35. *Congressional Friends of Canada Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Henry E. Brown, Jr., Rep. James Oberstar, Rep. Don Manzullo and Rep. Michael Michaud
  36. *Congressional Friends of Denmark
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Howard Coble
  37. *Congressional Friends of Jordan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Adam B. Schiff and Charles Boustany
  38. *Congressional Friends of Liechtenstein Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. John Sullivan and Rep. Joseph Crowley
  39. *Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Pedro R. Pierluisi and Rep. Mario Diaz Balart
    Staff Contact Name and Information:
  40. *Congressional Georgia Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz and Rep. Bill Shuster
  41. Congressional Global Health Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Betty McCollum, Rep. Vic Snyder, Rep. David Reichert, Rep. Michael Simpson, Rep. Joe Wilson and Rep. Donna Christensen
  42. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Adam B. Schiff, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Senator Orrin Hatch
  43. *Congressional Israel Allies Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eliot L. Engel and Rep. Mike Pence
  44. *Congressional Nuclear Security Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
  45. *Congressional Pakistan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dan Burton, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee and Rep. Mike Conaway
  46. Congressional Port Security Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. C. A. Ruppersberger and Rep. Henry Brown
  47. Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Henry Cuellar
  48. *Congressional Romania Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Solomon Ortiz and Joe Wilson
  49. *Congressional Serbian Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Melissa L. Bean and Rep. Dan Burton
  50. *Congressional Singapore Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Solomon Ortiz and Rep. Cliff Stearns
  51. Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Sam Farr and Rep. Roy Blunt
  52. *Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, Rep. Sander Levin and Rep. Jim Gerlach
  53. *Congressional United Kingdom Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. John Campbell and Rep. Diane Watson
  54. Democratic Israel Working Group
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Gene Green, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings and Rep. Linda T. Sanchez
  55. *Friends of Kazakhstan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Shelley Berkley and Rep. Robert Aderholt
  56. *Friends of New Zealand Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher and Rep. Kevin Brady
  57. *Friends of Paraguay Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Wexler and Rep. Dan Burton
  58. *Friends of Scotland Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Mike McIntyre and Rep. John Duncan
  59. *Friends of Switzerland Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Wally Herger
  60. Green Schools Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Michael T. McCaul and Rep. Jim Matheson
  61. House Baltic Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich and Rep. John Shimkus
  62. *House Bangladesh Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Joseph Crowley, Rep. Peter T. King, Rep. Gary Ackerman and Rep. Mark Steven Kirk
  63. House Caucus for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Joseph Crowley, Rep. Kevin Brady, Rep. Wally Herger and Rep. Rick Larsen
  64. House Missile Defense Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Trent Franks, Rep. Jim Marshall, Rep. Pete Sessions, Rep. Parker
  65. House Oceans Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Sam Farr, Rep. Vernon Ehlers and Rep. Jay Inslee
  66. House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
  67. *Hungarian American Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich and Rep. Steven C. LaTourette
  68. *Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Bob Filner and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
  69. *Iran Working Group
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Robert Andrews and Rep. Mark Steven Kirk
  70. Iraqi Women's Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher and Rep. Kay Granger
  71. Nuclear Issues Working Group
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. John Spratt and Rep. Zach Wamp
  72. Organization of American States (OAS) Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Albio Sires, and Rep. Joe Wilson
  73. Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Anna G. Eshoo and Rep. Frank Wolf
  74. *Russia Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Rep. Tom Price
  75. *Sudan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Michael E. Capuano, Rep. Donald M. Payne, Rep. Michael T. McCaul and Rep. Frank R. Wolf
  76. Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Jay Inslee and Rep. Steve Israel
  77. Task Force on Terrorism & Proliferation Financing
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Rep. Ed Royce
  78. Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Eric Cantor
  79. *U.S.-Afghan Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Joe Wilson
  80. *U.S.-China Working Group
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Rick Larsen and Rep. Mark Steven Kirk
  81. *U.S. Mongolia Friendship Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Joseph R. Pitts
  82. *U.S.-Phillipines Friendship Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Bob Filner and Rep. Brian Bilbray
  83. Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Rep. Sam Farr and Rep. Donald Manzullo
  84. Victory in Iraq Congressional Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Joe Wilson and Rep. Jeff Miller
  85. Water Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. John Linder, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. George Radanovich, Rep. Bart Stupak and Rep. Grace Napolitano
  86. World Economic Forum Caucus
    Chairs & Co-Chairs: Rep. Brian Baird and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry

* denotes representation on the map. As most of these Caucuses don't maintain a website. I had to do some guessing work on some of the regions. And, no, I'm not being lazy. The vast majority don't maintain Web sites.

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