Committee on House Administration maintains a list of official registered “Congressional Member Organizations,” more regularly known as caucuses. A caucus is a group of members of the House of Representatives who share some commonality, whether it be personal (ex. the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), related to a district (ex. the Congressional Rural Caucus) or reflective of a representative’s substantive interest (ex. the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the African Great Lakes Caucus). Members form caucuses to organize themselves, to build social ties, to coordinate and promote legislative agendas, and perhaps sometimes to look good to individual or corporate constituents.
A curious feature of caucuses in the House of Representatives is their varying degree of transparency. Some caucuses, such as the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the LGBT Equality Caucus feature member lists, portraits, news releases and details on legislative agendas. Other caucuses, like the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues are referred to indirectly through occasional news reports but appear to have no organized public presence. Yet other caucses, such as the African Great Lakes Caucus, are completely invisible except for the staff contacts referred to in the CHA caucus list.
Congressional caucuses are organizations for members of Congress, but they are also valuable indicators of congressional coalitions for the public at large. As an effort at increasing the transparency of these caucuses, I’ve put together the following list of caucus websites where available, and of the lack of caucus websites, too.
African Great Lakes Caucus: no website
Americans Abroad Caucus: no caucus website; list of members here
Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson’s Disease: no caucus website; list of members here
Biomedical Research Caucus: no dedicated caucus website; secondary website managed by the Coalition for the Life Sciences; list of members here
Bi‐Partisan Coalition for Combating Anti‐Semitism: no caucus website, no list of members available
Bi‐Partisan Congressional Pro‐Life Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
Bi‐Partisan Privacy Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
BiPartisan, BiCameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease: no caucus website, no list of members available since 2007
Building a Better America Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
California Democratic Congressional Delegation: caucus website with list of members
Caucus for Congressional World Bank Dialogue: no caucus website, no list of members available
Caucus on International Religious Freedom: no caucus website, no list of members available
Children’s Environmental Health Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
Coalition on Autism Research and Education: no caucus website, no list of members available
Community College Caucus: no caucus website; list of members here
Congressional 21st Century Health Care Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
Congressional Animal Protection Caucus: no caucus website, no list of members available
Congressional Arts Caucus: no dedicated caucus website; secondary website managed by the Arts Action Fund; no list of members available
Congressional Bike Caucus: website with list of members
Congressional Black Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Boating Caucus: no dedicated caucus website; secondary website managed by the American Boating Congress, containing list of members
Congressional Caribbean Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus of the Netherlands: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Recovery and Treatment: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Bosnia: no dedicated caucus website: secondary website managed by Bosniak American Advisory Council containing a list of members.
Congressional Caucus on Bulgaria: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Central Asia: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Green Jobs: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans: no dedicated caucus website: secondary website managed by US-India Friendship, with no current list of members
Congressional Caucus on Indonesia: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Infant Health and Safety: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch: website; list of members
Congressional Caucus on Tibet: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Trade: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus on US-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans: no website; list of members at Turkish Coalition of America
Congressional Caucus on Vietnam: no website, no list of members
Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine: website; list of members
Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition: no dedicated caucus website; list of members at the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Congressional Correctional Officers Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus: no dedicated caucus website; secondary website maintained by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation with list of members
Congressional Diabetes Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus: website; no list of members
Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Ethiopia and Ethiopian American Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Everglades Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus: no dedicated caucus website; secondary website with list of members maintained by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Congressional Fitness Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Friends of Canada Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Friends of Denmark Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Friends of Jordan Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Gaming Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Georgia Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Global Health Caucus: website; no list of members
Congressional Hazards Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Health Care Reform Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by the American Heart Association with a list of members
Congressional High Technology Caucus: website with integrated list of members
Congressional High-Performance Buildings Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by various corporations associated with the building industry, with a list of members
Congressional Hispanic Caucus: website with integrated list of members
Congressional Horse Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional House Aerospace Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Humanities Caucus: no website; list of members
Congressional I‐73/74 Corridor Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Internet Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by an alliance of telecommunications and large internet corporations, with a member list
Congressional Kidney Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus: website with integrated list of members
Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Library of Congress Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Mental Health Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Military Industrial Facilities Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website at the National MS Society with no list of members
Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Oral Health Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website at the Friends of the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, with a list of members included
Congressional Osteoporosis Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Pakistan Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website at the Pakistani American Leadership Center, with a list of members included
Congressional Prayer Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Prevention Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website at Partnership for Prevention; list of members
Congressional Progressive Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Research and Development Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by a consortium of scientific research organizations; list of members
Congressional Rural Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Rural Housing Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Serbia Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by Serbian Unity Congress with a list of members
Congressional Shellfish Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Songwriters Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by Nashville Songwriters Association International; no list of members
Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by Congressional Sportsmen Foundation with list of members
Congressional Steel Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Stop DUI Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Study Group on Public Health: no website, no list of members
Congressional Submarine Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Trails Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by the American Hiking Society with a list of members
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Ukrainian Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Victim’s Rights Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Vision Caucus: website; list of members
Congressional Western Caucus: no website, no list of members
Congressional Wireless Caucus: no website, no list of members
Democratic Israel Working Group: no website, no list of members
Diversity and Innovation Caucus: no website, no list of members
E-911 Caucus: no website, no list of members
Electronic Warfare Working Group: website; list of members
Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus: no website, no list of members
Fragile X Caucus: no website, no list of members
Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus: no dedicated web site; secondary website by National Job Corps Association with list of members
Friends of Kazakhstan Caucus: no website, no list of members
Friends of New Zealand Caucus: no website, no list of members
Friends of Scotland Caucus: website; no list of members
Friends of Switzerland Caucus: website with list of members
Future of American Media Caucus: website; list of members
Generic Drug Equity Caucus: website without list of members
Goods Movement Caucus: no website, no list of members
GOP Doctors Caucus: no website, no list of members
Green Schools Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by the U.S. Green Building Council with list of members
Historic Preservation Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Air Force Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website by the Air Force Association with list of members
House Army Caucus: no dedicated website; list of members by the Association of the United States Army
House Baltic Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Bangladesh Caucus: no dedicated website; list of members by the US-Bangladesh Advisory Council
House Cancer Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Caucus for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: no website, no list of members
House Hunger Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Impact Aid Coalition: no website, no list of members
House International Conservation Caucus: website; list of members
House Long-Term Care Coalition: no website, no list of members
House Manufacturing Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Naval Mine Warfare Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Mentoring Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Missile Defense Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Nursing Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by American Nurses Association with no list of members
House Oceans Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Rural Education Caucus: no website, no list of members
House Rural Health Care Coalition: website; list of members
House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by STEMed Caucus Steering Committee with list of members
House Small Brewers Caucus: website; no list of members
Immigration Reform Caucus: website; list of members
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: no website, no list of members
Interstate 49 Caucus: no website, no list of members
Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus: no website, no list of members
Iran Working Group: no website, no list of members
Iraqi Women’s Caucus: no website, no list of members
Land Conservation Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by the Land Trust Alliance with list of members
Law Enforcement Caucus: website; list of members
Lyme Disease Caucus: no website, no list of members
National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus: website; list of members
National Landscape Conservation System Caucus: no website, no list of members
National Parks Caucus: website with list of members
Northeast Midwest Congressional Coalition: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by the Northeast Midwest Institute with a list of members
Nuclear Issues Working Group: no website, no list of members
Passenger Rail Caucus: no website, no list of members
Populist Caucus: website with list of members
Property Rights Action Caucus: website without a list of members
Public Broadcasting Caucus: website without a list of members
Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus: no website, no list of members
Republican Study Committee: website; list of members
Second Amendment Task Force: website with list of members
Smart Contracting Caucus: no website, no list of members
Spina Bifida Caucus: no website; list of members
Sudan Caucus: no website, no list of members
Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition: website with list of members
Task Force on Terrorism & Proliferation Financing: no website, no list of members
Textile Caucus: no website, no list of members
U.S.-China Working Group: website with list of members
U.S.-Mongolia Friendship Caucus: no dedicated website; secondary website maintained by the Mongolian Embassy, with an attached list of members
U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus: no website, no list of members
Unexploded Ordinance Caucus: no website, no list of members
Water Caucus: no website, no list of members
World Economic Forum Caucus: no website, no list of members
This work is the result of my best-faith effort; surely, given the number of pieces of information involved and the passage of time, there will be inaccuracies and necessary updates. If you know of a congressional caucus or caucus website that is not featured here, please leave a note in the comments section so that we can have as complete as possible a set of links for the 111th Congress. Thanks.
