Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Writes the Senate's rules of procedure and laws on federal elections, including contested elections and the election of the President. It also handles Senate offices and services and oversees the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian and government printing.
Writes the Senate's rules and federal election laws. Also handles Senate offices and services and oversees the Library of Congress.
WHAT IT DECIDES
Senate rulesFederal electionsContested electionsSenate officesLibrary of CongressGovernment printing
Senate rulesFederal electionsContested electionsSenate officesLibrary of CongressGovernment printing
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
59 bills sent here. None came out.59 bills in. None came out.
REFERRED59
CAME OUT0%0
PASSED THE SENATE—0
BECAME LAW—0
0% came out, against a Senate average of 12%.
REFERRED
59
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
0
0% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE SENATE
0
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BECAME LAW
0
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Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full Senate passed it.
AFTER THEY LEFT COMMITTEEON THE FLOOR
None of the bills that came out has had a floor vote yet.
BILLS WAITING HERE · 54
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
S. 5505 · SENT SEP 240 COSPONSORSS. 5505SENT SEP 24Safe and Fair Elections Act of 2026TL;DR Federal election rules shape how people vote and how congressional districts are drawn. The bill would require photo identification for most voters, set a receipt deadline for most mail ballots, and let states count votes before Election Day. It would also fund faster counting, require open primaries, and set rules and timing limits for congressional maps.Bill CassidyR-LABill CassidyR-LA0 COSPONSORSS. 5481 · SENT SEP 238 COSPONSORSS. 5481SENT SEP 23Expand youth access to votingTL;DR INSUFFICIENT_DATAElizabeth WarrenD-MAElizabeth WarrenD-MA8 COSPONSORSS. 5479 · SENT SEP 230 COSPONSORSS. 5479SENT SEP 23No Chinese Seafood in Congress ActTL;DR The issue is whether seafood with certain connections to China should be allowed in congressional dining facilities. The bill would bar those facilities from buying, serving, or selling the covered products. It would also require the entities overseeing the facilities to issue rules for enforcing the restriction.Dan SullivanR-AKDan SullivanR-AK0 COSPONSORSS. 5474 · SENT SEP 231 COSPONSORSS. 5474SENT SEP 23Safe Access to the Polls ActTL;DR Eligible voters need to be able to reach their assigned voting locations. The Safe Access to the Polls Act would restrict federal funds from being used to deploy certain on-duty or uniformed federal personnel near election sites, at checkpoints along routes there, or to interfere with voter access.Tammy BaldwinD-WI2 STORIESTammy BaldwinD-WI1 COSPONSOR2 STORIESS. 5396 · SENT SEP 151 COSPONSORSS. 5396SENT SEP 15No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex ActTL;DR Decisions about Capitol fencing involve balancing perimeter security with keeping the complex open. The bill would bar federal funds from installing new permanent fencing around Capitol buildings or the Capitol Grounds, while allowing existing fencing to be repaired or replaced.Chris Van HollenD-MDChris Van HollenD-MD1 COSPONSOR
MEMBERS · 17
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS9 SEATS
1Mitch McConnellKYCHAIR2Ted CruzTX3Shelley Moore CapitoWV4Roger F. WickerMS5Deb FischerNE6Cindy Hyde-SmithMS7Bill HagertyTN8Katie Boyd BrittAL9John BoozmanARDEMOCRATS8 SEATS
1Alex PadillaCARANKING2Chuck SchumerNY3Mark R. WarnerVA4Amy KlobucharMN5Jeff MerkleyOR6Jon OssoffGA7Michael F. BennetCO8Peter WelchVTWHERE THEY’RE FROM16 STATES
AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Darker means more members. Mississippi has the most, with 2.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Mostly government operations
Government operations3966%
Congress itself915%
Arts, culture and religion35.1%
Budget and public finance11.7%
Foreign affairs11.7%
Other610%
ITS BILLS IN THE NEWSMOST COVERED
S. 3752 · WAITINGSAVE America ActS. 128 · WAITINGSAVE ActS. 3991 · WAITINGDISCLOSE Act of 2026ITS BILLS IN THE NEWSSWIPE →
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
0
hearings this Congress
2
markups
A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
ALL IN THE HEARINGS HUB →