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The same day that UK officials announced that Putin poisoned Sergei Skirpal and the Senate Intelligence Committees Mark Warner affirmed the Russian interference, 8 Republicans went to Moscow.

“As numerous intelligence and national security officials in the Trump administration have since unanimously re-affirmed, the (Intelligence Community Assessment’s) findings were accurate and on point,” said committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, a Democrat.

“The Russian effort was extensive and sophisticated, and its goals were to undermine public faith in the democratic process, to hurt Secretary Clinton (Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton) and to help Donald Trump,” Warner said.

Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 Washington Post Dana Milbank July 6, 2018 “So, what do we call these Red Square Republicans? My interlocutors on Twitter suggest “Moscow Mules.” Or, given the position they put themselves in before our masters in Moscow, perhaps they should be called the Prostrate Eight: Sens. Richard C. Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Mont.), John Hoeven (N.D.), John Neely Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), John Thune (S.D.) and Johnson, plus Rep. Kay Granger (Tex.). Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov said that of the many meetings he has had with American lawmakers, this “was one of the easiest ones in my life,” The Post’s Anton Troianovski reports. The Post’s Karoun Demirjian reports that state television in Russia mocked the meek Americans. One Russian military expert said, “We need to look down at them and say: You came because you needed to, not because we did.” Sergey Kislyak, Russian legislator and former ambassador to Washington, dismissed the Prostrate Eight’s message as “things we’d heard before,” and said “our guests heard rather clearly and distinctly” Russia’s denial that it interfered in U.S. elections. They hardly needed to go to Moscow for that, though, because Trump himself tweeted last week: “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!” This came after Trump pushed for Russia to be readmitted to the Group of Seven [G7], and in advance of the July 16 Putin-Trump meeting in Helsinki that an Esquire writer called Trump’s “annual performance review.”

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)

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Committees

There are 20 main committees and 68 subcommittees in the U.S. Senate. There are also several joint committees with the U.S. House of Representative. In general, the committees have legislative jurisdiction, with specific topics dealt out to the subcommittees. The majority party chairs and receives the most seats on committees. However, senators are limited to the number of committees they may take part in.

Legislation goes through committees before it reaches the full Senate for debate and approval.[11]

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Senate

This is a list of the current members of the U.S. Senate including when they assumed office, their political party and their district:

Name: Years in office: Party: State: Term ends:
Al Franken, Resigned from Sexual Harrassment allegations 8 Electiondot.png Democratic Minnesota January 3, 2021
Amy Klobuchar Began 2007 Electiondot.png Democratic Minnesota January 3, 2025
Angus King Began 2013 Grey.png Independent Maine January 3, 2025
Ben Cardin Began 2007 Electiondot.png Democratic Maryland January 3, 2025
Ben Sasse Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Nebraska January 3, 2021
Bernie Sanders Began 2007 Grey.png Independent Vermont January 3, 2025
Bill Cassidy Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Louisiana January 3, 2021
Bill Nelson Began 2000 Electiondot.png Democratic Florida January 3, 2019
Bob Casey, Jr. Began 2007 Electiondot.png Democratic Pennsylvania January 3, 2025
Bob Corker Began 2007 Ends.png Republican Tennessee January 3, 2019
Bob Menendez Gang of Eight Began 2005 Electiondot.png Democratic New Jersey January 3, 2025
Brian E. Schatz Began 2012 Electiondot.png Democratic Hawaii January 3, 2023
Catherine Cortez Masto Began 2017 Electiondot.png Democratic Nevada January 3, 2023
Chris Coons 7 Electiondot.png Democratic Delaware January 3, 2021
Christopher S. Murphy 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Connecticut January 3, 2019
Chris Van Hollen 0 Electiondot.png Democratic Maryland January 3, 2023
Chuck Grassley Began 1981 Ends.png Republican Iowa January 3, 2023
Chuck Schumer 18 Electiondot.png Democratic New York January 3, 2023
Claire McCaskill 10 Electiondot.png Democratic Missouri January 3, 2019
Cory Booker 4 Electiondot.png Democratic New Jersey January 3, 2021
Cory Gardner Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Colorado January 3, 2021
Daniel S. Sullivan Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Alaska January 3, 2021
David Perdue Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Georgia January 3, 2021
Dean Heller Began 2011 Ends.png Republican Nevada January 3, 2019
Deb Fischer Began 2013 Ends.png Republican Nebraska January 3, 2019
Debbie Stabenow 16 Electiondot.png Democratic Michigan January 3, 2019
Dianne Feinstein 24 Electiondot.png Democratic California January 3, 2019
Dick Durbin 20 Electiondot.png Democratic Illinois January 3, 2021
Ed Markey 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Massachusetts January 3, 2021
Elizabeth Warren 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Massachusetts January 3, 2019
Gary Peters 2 Electiondot.png Democratic Michigan January 3, 2021
Heidi Heitkamp 4 Electiondot.png Democratic North Dakota January 3, 2019
Jack Reed 20 Electiondot.png Democratic Rhode Island January 3, 2021
James Lankford Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Oklahoma January 3, 2023
Jeanne Shaheen 8 Electiondot.png Democratic New Hampshire January 3, 2021
Jeff Flake Began 2013 Ends.png Republican Arizona January 3, 2019
Jeff Merkley 8 Electiondot.png Democratic Oregon January 3, 2021
Jerry Moran Began 2010 Ends.png Republican Kansas January 3, 2023
Jim Inhofe Began 1995 Ends.png Republican Oklahoma January 3, 2021
Jim Risch Began 2009 Ends.png Republican Idaho January 3, 2021
Joe Donnelly 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Indiana January 3, 2019
Joe Manchin III 7 Electiondot.png Democratic West Virginia January 3, 2019
John Barrasso Began 2007 Ends.png Republican Wyoming January 3, 2019
John Boozman Began 2011 Ends.png Republican Arkansas January 3, 2023
John Cornyn Began 2002 Ends.png Republican Texas January 3, 2021
John Hoeven Began 2011 Ends.png Republican North Dakota January 3, 2023
John McCain, Deceased 2018 30 Ends.png Republican Arizona January 3, 2023
John Neely Kennedy Began 2017 Ends.png Republican Louisiana January 3, 2023
John Thune Began 2005 Ends.png Republican South Dakota January 3, 2023
Johnny Isakson Began 2005 Ends.png Republican Georgia January 3, 2023
Jon Tester Began 2003 Electiondot.png Democratic Montana January 3, 2025
Joni Ernst Began 2015 Ends.png Republican Iowa January 3, 2021
Kamala D. Harris 0 Electiondot.png Democratic California January 3, 2023
Kirsten Gillibrand Began 2009 Electiondot.png Democratic New York January 3, 2025
Lamar Alexander Began 2003 Ends.png Republican Tennessee January 3, 2021
Lindsey Graham Began 2003 Ends.png Republican South Carolina January 3, 2021
Lisa Murkowski 14 Ends.png Republican Alaska January 3, 2023
Luther J. Strange, III 0 Ends.png Republican Alabama January 3, 2019
Maggie Hassan 0 Electiondot.png Democratic New Hampshire January 3, 2023
Marco Rubio 6 Ends.png Republican Florida January 3, 2023
Maria Cantwell 16 Electiondot.png Democratic Washington January 3, 2019
Mark Warner 8 Electiondot.png Democratic Virginia January 3, 2021
Martin Heinrich 4 Electiondot.png Democratic New Mexico January 3, 2019
Mazie K. Hirono 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Hawaii January 3, 2019
Michael Bennet 8 Electiondot.png Democratic Colorado January 3, 2023
Mike Crapo 18 Ends.png Republican Idaho January 3, 2023
Mike Enzi 20 Ends.png Republican Wyoming January 3, 2021
Mike Lee 6 Ends.png Republican Utah January 3, 2023
Mike Rounds 2 Ends.png Republican South Dakota January 3, 2021
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32 Ends.png Republican Kentucky January 3, 2021
Orrin Hatch 40 Ends.png Republican Utah January 3, 2019
Pat Roberts 20 Ends.png Republican Kansas January 3, 2021
Pat Toomey 6 Ends.png Republican Pennsylvania January 3, 2023
Patrick Leahy 42 Electiondot.png Democratic Vermont January 3, 2023
Patty Murray 24 Electiondot.png Democratic Washington January 3, 2023
Rand Paul 6 Ends.png Republican Kentucky January 3, 2023
Richard Blumenthal 6 Electiondot.png Democratic Connecticut January 3, 2023
Richard Burr 12 Ends.png Republican North Carolina January 3, 2023
Richard Shelby 30 Ends.png Republican Alabama January 3, 2023
Rob Portman 6 Ends.png Republican Ohio January 3, 2023
Roger Wicker 10 Ends.png Republican Mississippi January 3, 2019
Ron Johnson 6 Ends.png Republican Wisconsin January 3, 2023
Ron Wyden 21 Electiondot.png Democratic Oregon January 3, 2023
Roy Blunt 6 Ends.png Republican Missouri January 3, 2023
Sheldon Whitehouse 10 Electiondot.png Democratic Rhode Island January 3, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito 2 Ends.png Republican West Virginia January 3, 2021
Sherrod Brown 10 Electiondot.png Democratic Ohio January 3, 2019
Steve Daines 2 Ends.png Republican Montana January 3, 2021
Susan Collins 20 Ends.png Republican Maine January 3, 2021
Tammy Baldwin 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Wisconsin January 3, 2019
Tammy Duckworth 0 Electiondot.png Democratic Illinois January 3, 2023
Ted Cruz 4 Ends.png Republican Texas January 3, 2019
Thad Cochran 39 Ends.png Republican Mississippi January 3, 2021
Thom Tillis 2 Ends.png Republican North Carolina January 3, 2021
Tim Kaine 4 Electiondot.png Democratic Virginia January 3, 2019
Tim Scott 4 Ends.png Republican South Carolina January 3, 2023
Todd C. Young 0 Ends.png Republican Indiana January 3, 2023
Tom Carper 16 Electiondot.png Democratic Delaware January 3, 2019
Tom Cotton 2 Ends.png Republican Arkansas January 3, 2021
Tom Udall 8 Electiondot.png Democratic New Mexico January 3, 2021