“No offense to my colleagues here, but we’ve created a caucus for just about everything under the sun except creating a job.” — Republican Representative Reid Ribble, March 29 2011 This was the claim made by Reid Ribble in announcing his new Congressional Job Creators’ Caucus. But is Ribble really the first member of Congress [...]

Wars over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region have flared between Armenia and Azerbaijan for a century, and disputes over the the identity of the region simmered long before that. With a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan looming over the horizon, it is interesting to note that the United States Congress maintains congressional caucuses to represent [...]

So far, Karen Bass and David Cicilline have proven to be inconsistent in their application of liberal values. Will their new membership in the Progressive Caucus strengthen their liberal resolve, or is it merely intended to provide political cover for illiberal legislative action?

Although Representative Justin Amash was endorsed in 2010 by both Tea Party Express and the self-proclaimed “Tea Party HQ” FreedomWorks, he has not joined the Tea Party Caucus headed by Rep. Michele Bachmann. Instead (to no notice beyond the official registry of the Committee on House Administration), Rep. Amash has formed his own House Liberty [...]

In the U.S. House of Representatives, members form voluntary associations that are officially called Congressional Member Organizations and unofficially referred to as caucuses. These caucuses organize around identity or interest in order to pursue policy, signal identification, or boost a member’s public bona fides in some manner. When these caucuses are formed, members of the [...]

A month ago, the Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus was recognized as an official Congressional Member Organization of the 112th Caucus. Who are the members of the Privacy Caucus? I can’t tell you; the identity of the members of Congress’ Privacy caucus is a secret with no public document to provide disclosure. With reference to the caucus’ [...]

In the first month and a half of the 112th Congress, 187 Congressional Member Organizations — more familiarly known as “caucuses” — have registered with the Committee on House Administration in keeping with the rules of the House of Representatives. Caucuses bring together members of Congress who are focused on a subject, be it broad [...]

Rep. John Culberson, co-chair of the Republican New Media Caucus, hasn’t issued a single tweet for the past ten days.

Most members of the House Tea Party Caucus voted in favor of big government and against constitutional rights in yesterday’s vote on extending the abusive Patriot Act.

An informally assembled anti-wolf caucus in Congress is working to allow gray wolves in the United States to be hunted to the point of extinction.