Judiciary Committee
U.S. Senate•Standing
Summary
Judiciary is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 7 subcommittees and 21 members. It has 2,460 bills before it this session, has held 22 hearings and has filed 1 report.
Chair
Chair: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Ranking Member: Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL). Online at www.judiciary.senate.gov.
Judiciary has 2,460 bills, 146 meetings and 1 report on the record this session.
Members
21 members sit on Judiciary, 11 in the majority and 10 in the minority; Chuck Grassley is Chair and Richard Durbin is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 7 subcommittees.
Bills
2,460 bills have been referred to Judiciary this session, and 2,376 of them are still in committee.
Nothing introduced before Judiciary this session.
Meetings
Judiciary has 124 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Judiciary has filed 1 report this Congress.
Nominations
198 nominations have been referred to Judiciary this Congress.
Communications
146 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Judiciary this Congress.
Lobbying
939 clients and 719 firms named 481 of the bills referred to Judiciary in 3,470 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 1 name since Dec 10, 1816, established by 14 Senate Journal 38.