Subcommittee on the Constitution

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Key Offices

The Subcommittee on the Constitution is led by the following people
Russ Feingold - (D)
Chairman
Elected to the Senate in 1992 for Wisconsin, Feingold has been tied with Sen. Boxer for "most liberal" in the Senate, according to Americans for Democratic Action. He's a staunch advocate of campaign finance reform, outlined in the 2003 McCain-Feingold Act
Sam Brownback - (R)
Ranking Member
Sam Brownback has been a Kansas senior Senator since 1996. A self-proclaimed social conservative, Brownback holds staunch far right views on issues from immigration to evolution. He is currently campaigning for the 2008 Republican nomination for president.

Members of Subcommittee on the Constitution

Name Served Since
Ben Cardin - (D)

In 1986 Cardin was elected to the House representing Maryland's 3rd District. Re-elected nine times to the House, he later won his Senate bid in 2006. He is pro-India and, unlike most Democrats, is against net neutrality.
John Cornyn - (R)

Once the Texas Attorney General (1998-2002) and considered as a replacement for the 2005 and 2006 U.S. Supreme Court seats, Cornyn currently represents Texas in the U.S. Senate. Serving since 2002, he's ranked as the 3rd most conservative Senator.
Dianne Feinstein - (D)

Dianne Feinstein served as the first and only female mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1998 and in 1992 became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate from California.
Lindsey Graham - (R)

After serving in the US Air Force from 1982-88 and again as a JAG during the Gulf War, Graham won a seat in the House for South Carolina's 3rd District in 1994. A conservative elected in 2002 to the Senate, he's often broken from party in McCain style.
Ted Kennedy - (D)

Ted Kennedy has been serving in the U.S. Senate for Massachusetts since 1962. He is the patriarch of the ill-fated Kennedy family and is more or less the leader of the Democratic Party.
Arlen Specter - (R)

Dubbed "Republican in Name Only," Specter entered the Senate for Pennsylvania in 1980, making him the longest-serving senator in the State's history. He often breaks from the GOP and in 2006, following the move of the Dems, met with the Syrian President.