United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a select committee of the United States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, no matter who controls the Senate. However, the chairman always comes from the majority party. The leading committee member of the minority party is referred to as the Vice Chairman rather than the more common Ranking Member.

History

The Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct was first convened in the 89th Congress (1965–66) and later replaced by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics in the 95th Congress (1977–78).

Membership

Pursuant to Senate Rule 25, the committee is limited to six members, and is equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. This effectively means that either party can veto any action taken by the committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Members, 119th Congress

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Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | James Lankford, Oklahoma, Chair Jim Risch, Idaho Deb Fischer, Nebraska	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Chris Coons, Delaware, Vice Chair Brian Schatz, Hawaii Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire

Chairs

List of chairs of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Chair	Party	State	Term
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Stennis" | John C. Stennis	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Mississippi	1965–1975
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Cannon" | Howard Cannon	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Nevada	1975–1977
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Stevenson III" | Adlai Stevenson III	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Illinois	1977–1980
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Heflin" | Howell Heflin	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Alabama	1980–1981
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Wallop" | Malcolm Wallop	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Wyoming	1981–1983
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Stevens" | Ted Stevens	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Alaska	1983–1985
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Rudman" | Warren Rudman	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	New Hampshire	1985–1987
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Heflin" | Howell Heflin	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Alabama	1987–1992
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Sanford" | Terry Sanford	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	North Carolina	1992–1993
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Bryan" | Richard Bryan	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Nevada	1993–1995
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="McConnell" | Mitch McConnell	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Kentucky	1995–1997
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Smith, Bob" | Bob Smith	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	New Hampshire	1997–1999
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Roberts" | Pat Roberts	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Kansas	1999–2001 (ended January 3)
Vacant	—	—	2001 (January 3–20)
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Roberts" | Pat Roberts	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Kansas	2001 (January 20 – June 6)
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Reid" | Harry Reid	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Nevada	2001–2003 (started June 6, 2001)
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Voinovich" | George Voinovich	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Ohio	2003–2007
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Boxer" | Barbara Boxer	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	California	2007–2015
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Isakson" | Johnny Isakson	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Georgia	2015–2019
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Lankford" | James Lankford	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Oklahoma	2019–2021
Template:Party shading/Democratic data-sort-value="Coons" | Chris Coons	Template:Party shading/Democratic | D	Delaware	2021–2025
Template:Party shading/Republican data-sort-value="Lankford" | James Lankford	Template:Party shading/Republican | R	Oklahoma	2025–present

Historical committee rosters

110th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Barbara Boxer, California, Chairwoman Mark Pryor, Arkansas Ken Salazar, Colorado	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | John Cornyn, Texas, Vice Chairman Pat Roberts, Kansas Johnny Isakson, Georgia

111th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Barbara Boxer, California, Chairwoman Mark Pryor, Arkansas Sherrod Brown, Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Vice Chairman Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho

112th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Barbara Boxer, California, Chair Mark Pryor, Arkansas Sherrod Brown, Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho

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113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Barbara Boxer, California, Chair Mark Pryor, Arkansas Sherrod Brown, Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Vice Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho

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114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Barbara Boxer, California, Vice Chair Chris Coons, Delaware Brian Schatz, Hawaii

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115th Congress

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Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Chris Coons, Delaware, Vice Chair Brian Schatz, Hawaii Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | James Lankford, Oklahoma, Chair Johnny Isakson, Georgia, Chair Template:Small Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho	Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Chris Coons, Delaware, Vice Chair Brian Schatz, Hawaii Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Template:Party shading/Democratic valign=top | Chris Coons, Delaware, Chair Brian Schatz, Hawaii Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire	Template:Party shading/Republican valign=top | James Lankford, Oklahoma, Vice Chair Jim Risch, Idaho Deb Fischer, Nebraska

See also

• List of current United States Senate committees
• United States House Committee on Ethics

External links

• U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics Official Website (Archive)
• Senate Ethics Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.

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