United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections: Difference between revisions

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The '''House Administration Subcommittee on Elections''' is the senior subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on House Administration|House Committee on House Administration]].

The subcommittee itself represents the Committee on House Administration’s status as the longest-standing committee of the House, tracing its history to the Committee on Elections in the first Congress under the Constitution. In recent years, it was extant for the 110th Congress, along with the [[United States House Administration Subcommittee on Capitol Security|Subcommittee on Capitol Security]], at the urging of then Chairwoman Rep. [[Juanita Millender-McDonald]]. While active during the 111th Congress, the subcommittee became moribund in the 112th, holding only four hearings,<ref>''Q.v.'', Monthly Reports of Activity at [https://cha.house.gov/committee-report/committee-house-administration-monthly-reports the Committee's website]</ref> the last in November 2011.<ref>[https://cha.house.gov/sites/republicans.cha.house.gov/files/11_11_house_administration.pdf November 2011 Monthly Report] of Committee on House Administration</ref> (In contrast Ranking Member [[Charlie Gonzalez]] organized minority party-led congressional fora on campaign finance<ref>[https://democrats-cha.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-democrats-urge-gop-hold-disclose-act-hearing-post-video-campaign-finance "House Democrats Urge GOP to hold DISCLOSE Act Hearing: Post Video of Campaign Finance Forum"]</ref> and voting rights.<ref>[https://democrats-cha.house.gov/news/press-releases/subcommittee-elections-ranking-member-gonzalez-applauds-federal-court-decision "Subcommittee on Elections Ranking Member Gonzalez Applauds Federal Court Decision on Texas Voter ID"]</ref>)

In 2013, the committee, then under [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] control, abolished the subcommittee.<ref>Rick Hasen, [http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46958 House Administration Committee Votes To Eliminate Subcommittee on Elections], ''Election Law Blog''</ref><ref name="Davis">Julie Hirschfeld Davis, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-marcia-fudge-house-speaker.html Pelosi's One Potential Rival Cuts Deal and Drops Speaker Challenge], ''New York Times'' (November 20, 2018).</ref> Following the 2018 elections, in which [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] retook control of the House, [[Nancy Pelosi]] announced plans to restore the subcommittee and appoint Representative [[Marcia Fudge]] as chair.<ref name="Davis"/>

==Jurisdiction==

Matters relating to federal elections and such other matters as may be referred to the subcommittee.

==Members, 118th Congress==

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* [[Laurel Lee]], Florida, ''Chair''

* [[Barry Loudermilk]], Georgia

* [[Stephanie Bice]], Oklahoma

* [[Anthony D'Esposito]], New York

* [[Terri Sewell]], Alabama, ''Ranking Member''

* [[Norma Torres]], California

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! colspan=2 | ''Ex officio''

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* [[Bryan Steil]], Wisconsin

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* [[Joseph Morelle]], New York

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==Historical membership rosters==

===117th Congress===

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! Majority

! Minority

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* [[G. K. Butterfield]], North Carolina, ''Chair''

* [[Pete Aguilar]], California

* [[Teresa Leger Fernandez]], New Mexico

* [[Bryan Steil]], Wisconsin, ''Ranking Member''

===116th Congress===

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! Majority

! Minority

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* [[Marcia Fudge]], Ohio, ''Chair''

* [[G. K. Butterfield]], North Carolina

* [[Pete Aguilar]], California

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* [[Rodney Davis (politician)|Rodney Davis]], Illinois, ''Ranking Member''

|}

===112th Congress===

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! Majority

! Minority

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* [[Gregg Harper]], Mississippi, ''Chair''

* [[Aaron Schock]], Illinois

* [[Rich Nugent]], Florida

* [[Todd Rokita]], Indiana

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* [[Charlie Gonzalez]], Texas, ''Ranking Member''

* [[Bob Brady]], Pennsylvania

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

*[http://cha.house.gov/elections.aspx Official site]

{{United States House House Administration Subcommittees}}

{{United States congressional committees}}

[[Category:Defunct subcommittees of the United States House of Representatives|Administration Elections]]