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 [...]

The campaign website of Illinois Republican candidate for Senate Mark Kirk refers to him as “detail-orientated.” Kirk’s supposed attention to detail is a central appeal of his campaign. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mark Kirk co-founded the Congressional Kidney Caucus back in 2002. He forgot to register the Kidney Caucus for [...]

In the U.S. House of Representatives, one of the primary means by which a member of Congress can demonstrate an interest in an issue, besides the writing or supporting of a bill — is membership in a Congressional Member Organization, also known as a CMO or less formally as a “caucus.” As the 111th Congress [...]

In the House of Representatives, members have the right to form voluntary associations that are formally called Congressional Member Organizations but informally called 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 [...]

In the first eleven months of the 111th Congress, 276 Congressional Member Organizations — more familiarly known as “caucuses” — registered with the Committee on House Administration as the rules of the House require. A caucus focuses members of Congress on a subject, be it broad (the Water Caucus), narrow (the Congressional Caucus to Pass [...]

In the first seven months of the 111th Congress, 251 organizations in the House of Representatives registered formally with the Committee on House Administration as Congressional Member Organizations. Known informally as CMOs or caucuses, these organizations serve various purposes — to bring together members of Congress to work on legislation together, to hold informal hearings [...]

In the first four months of the 111th Congress, 214 caucuses in the House of Representatives registered formally with the Committee on House Administration as Congressional Membership Organizations. Since then, 21 more CMOs have followed suit, bringing the current count of caucuses in the House of Representatives to 235. Whether you call them caucuses or [...]

The scope of the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus is rather small, and the purpose of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus is not altogether clear. But these are mere runners-up. The winner of the First Annual That’s My Congress Most Specific Congressional Caucus Award for 2009 is: The Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense If this Congressional [...]

In the first three months of the 111th Congress, 196 Congressional Membership Organizations, known most compactly as CMOs and most familiarly as caucuses, formally registered with the Committee on House Administration. In the first three weeks of April 2009, 18 more CMOs have followed suit, bringing the current count of caucuses in the House of [...]

They’re a bit slow out the gate, but the following caucuses in the House of Representatives have recently finished crossing their Is and dotting their Ts, finally filling out the requisite paperwork to register as official Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) in the 111th Congress. Blue Dog Coalition: website with an out-of-date list of members Congressional [...]