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{{Short description|Committee responsible for the creation of new U.S. Democratic Party policy proposals}}
{{update|date=April 2015}}
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The '''United States Senate Democratic Policy Committee''' is responsible for the creation of new [[Democratic Party (United States)|United States Democratic Party]] policy proposals, supporting Democratic senators with legislative research, developing reports on legislation and policy, conducting oversight hearings, monitoring roll call votes, differentiating between Democratic and Republican positions, and building party unity.

The committee was established in 1947, by an act signed by President [[Harry S. Truman]], alongside its [[Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate|Republican counterpart]]. From 1947 to 2000, the [[List of Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate|Democratic leader]] was also the policy committee chairman. From 1989 to 1999, there was a co-chairman. Starting in 1999, the co-chairman was dropped and the position of policy committee chairman became a separate position elected by the [[Senate Democratic Caucus]]. The floor leader served as committee chair until 1989, when one of the co-chairs remained leader (Mitchell through 1995 and then Daschle until 1999).

==List of chairs==
The committee chairperson is the '''No. 3''' member of the Democratic [[party leadership of the United States Senate]], after the party leader and whip.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3 | <u>Chair of the Policy Committee</u>
|-
! align=center|Congress
!Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[80th United States Congress|80th]]
| align=center|[[Alben W. Barkley]] ([[Kentucky|KY]])
| align=center|1947–1949
|-
|[[81st United States Congress|81st]]
| align=center|[[Scott W. Lucas]] ([[Illinois|IL]])
| align=center|1949–1951
|-
|[[82nd United States Congress|82nd]]
|align=center|[[Ernest McFarland]] ([[Arizona|AZ]])
|align=center|1951–1953
|-
|[[83rd United States Congress|83rd]]
|rowspan=4 align=center|[[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Texas|TX]])
|rowspan=4 align=center|1953–1961
|-
|[[84th United States Congress|84th]]
|-
|[[85th United States Congress|85th]]
|-
|[[86th United States Congress|86th]]
|-
|[[87th United States Congress|87th]]
|rowspan=8 align=center|[[Mike Mansfield]] ([[Montana|MT]])
|rowspan=8 align=center|1961–1977
|-
|[[88th United States Congress|88th]]
|-
|[[89th United States Congress|89th]]
|-
|[[90th United States Congress|90th]]
|-
|[[91st United States Congress|91st]]
|-
|[[92nd United States Congress|92nd]]
|-
|[[93rd United States Congress|93rd]]
|-
|[[94th United States Congress|94th]]
|-
|[[95th United States Congress|95th]]
|rowspan=6 align=center|[[Robert Byrd]] ([[West Virginia|WV]])
|rowspan=6 align=center|1977–1989
|-
|[[96th United States Congress|96th]]
|-
|[[97th United States Congress|97th]]
|-
|[[98th United States Congress|98th]]
|-
|[[99th United States Congress|99th]]
|-
|[[100th United States Congress|100th]]
|-
|[[101st United States Congress|101st]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[George J. Mitchell]] ([[Maine|ME]])
|rowspan=3 align=center|1989–1995
|-
|[[102nd United States Congress|102nd]]
|-
|[[103rd United States Congress|103rd]]
|-
|[[104th United States Congress|104th]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[Tom Daschle]] ([[South Dakota|SD]])
|rowspan=2 align=center|1995-1999
|-
|[[105th United States Congress|105th]]
|-
|[[106th United States Congress|106th]]
|rowspan=6 align=center|[[Byron Dorgan]] ([[North Dakota|ND]])
|rowspan=6 align=center|1999-2011
|-
|[[107th United States Congress|107th]]
|-
|[[108th United States Congress|108th]]
|-
|[[109th United States Congress|109th]]
|-
|[[110th United States Congress|110th]]
|-
|[[111th United States Congress|111th]]
|-
|[[112th United States Congress|112th]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Chuck Schumer]] ([[New York (state)|NY]])
|rowspan=3 align=center|2011-2017
|-
|[[113th United States Congress|113th]]
|-
|[[114th United States Congress|114th]]
|-
|[[115th United States Congress|115th]]
| align=center|[[Debbie Stabenow]] ([[Michigan|MI]])
| align=center|2017-2019
|-
!colspan=3 | <u>Chair of the Policy & Communications Committee</u>
|-
!Congress
!Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[116th United States Congress|116th]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Debbie Stabenow]] ([[Michigan|MI]])
|rowspan=3 align=center|2019-2025
|-
|[[117th United States Congress|117th]]
|-
|[[118th United States Congress|118th]]
|-
!colspan=3 | <u>Chair of the Steering & Policy Committee<!--{{efn|Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee merging with the [[United States Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee|Senate Democratic Steering Committee]] to be one committee.}}--></u>
|-
!Congress
!Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[119th United States Congress|119th]]
| align=center|[[Amy Klobuchar]] ([[Minnesota|MN]])
| align=center|2025–present
|}

==Vice chairs==

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3 | <u>Co-Chair of Policy</u>
|-
!Congress
!Co-Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[101st United States Congress|101st]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Tom Daschle]] ([[South Dakota|SD]])
|rowspan=3 align=center|1989-1995
|-
|[[102nd United States Congress|102nd]]
|-
|[[103rd United States Congress|103rd]]
|-
|[[104th United States Congress|104th]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[Harry Reid]] ([[Nevada|NV]])
|rowspan=2 align=center|1995-1999
|-
|[[105th United States Congress|105th]]
|-
!colspan=3|<u>Vice Chair of Policy Committee</u>
|-
!Congress
!Vice Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[112th United States Congress|112th]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Debbie Stabenow]] ([[Michigan|MI]])
|rowspan=3 align=center|2011–2017
|-
|[[113th United States Congress|113th]]
|-
|[[114th United States Congress|114th]]
|-
|[[115th United States Congress|115th]]
| align=center|[[Joe Manchin]] ([[West Virginia|WV]])
| align=center|2017-2019
|-
!colspan=3 | <u>Vice Chair of Policy & Communications Committee</u>
|-
!Congress
!Vice Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[116th United States Congress|116th]]
|align=center|[[Joe Manchin]] ([[West Virginia|WV]])
|align=center|2019–2021
|-
|[[117th United States Congress|117th]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|Joe Manchin (WV)<br>[[Cory Booker]] ([[New Jersey|NJ]])
|rowspan=2 align=center|2021–2025
|-

|[[118th United States Congress|118th]]
|-
!colspan=3 | <u>Vice Chair of Steering & Policy Committee<!--{{efn|Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee merging with the [[United States Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee|Senate Democratic Steering Committee]] to be one committee.}}--></u>
|-
!Congress
!Vice Chair(s)
!Term
|-
|[[119th United States Congress|119th]]
| align=center|[[Jeanne Shaheen]] ([[New Hampshire|NH]])
| align=center|2025–present
|-
|}

== Historical Committee Rosters ==
{{expand section|date=January 2025}}

=== 113th Congress members ===

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=3 | Members
|-
! colspan=2 | Senator
! State
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Chuck Schumer]], ''Chairman''
| New York
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)|Jack Reed]], ''Regional Chair''
| Rhode Island
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Mary Landrieu]], ''Regional Chair''
| Louisiana
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Patty Murray]], ''Regional Chair''
| Washington
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Harry Reid]]
| Nevada
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Dianne Feinstein]]
| California
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Ron Wyden]]
| Oregon
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Tim Johnson (U.S. Senator)|Tim Johnson]]
| South Dakota
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]]
| Florida
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Tom Carper]]
| Delaware
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Barbara Mikulski]]
| Maryland
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Sherrod Brown]]
| Ohio
|-
! colspan=3 | ''ex officio''
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Dick Durbin]], ''Democratic Whip''
| Illinois
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Patty Murray]], ''Assistant Democratic Leader''
| Washington
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://dpc.senate.gov/index.cfm Official Senate Democratic Policy Committee Website]

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