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{{Infobox U.S. congressional committee
| name              = Senate Foreign Relations Committee
| type              = standing
| chamber            = senate
| congress          = 117th
| image              = File:United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.jpg
| image_size        = 240px
| status            = active
| formed            = 1816
| chair              = [[Bob Menendez]]
| chair_party        = D
| chair_since        = February 3, 2021
| ranking_member    = [[Jim Risch]]
| rm_party          = R
| rm_since          = February 3, 2021
| seats              = 22 members
| majority1          = D
| majority1_seats    = 11
| minority1          = R
| minority1_seats    = 11
| policy_areas      = [[Foreign policy]], [[aid]], [[diplomacy]]
| oversight          = [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]<br />[[United States Agency for International Development|Agency for International Development]]
| counterpart        = [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Committee on Foreign Affairs]]
| subcommittees      = <!--{{bulleted list|list_style=text-align:left|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Africa and Global Health Policy]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy|East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism|Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development|State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development]]|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues|Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues]]}}-->
| meeting_place      = [[Dirksen Senate Office Building|423 Dirksen Senate Office Building]]<br />[[Washington, D.C.]]
| meeting_image      =
| meeting_img_size  =
| website            = {{url|www.foreign.senate.gov}}
| chamber_rules      =
| committee_rules    = [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SFRC%20Rules_116th%20Congress.pdf Rules of the Committee on Foreign Relations]
| notes              =
}}
 
The '''United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations''' is a [[Standing committee (United States Congress)|standing committee]] of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] charged with leading [[Foreign policy of the United States|foreign-policy legislation]] and debate in the Senate. It is generally responsible for overseeing and funding [[Aid|foreign aid]] programs; funding arms sales and training for national allies; and holding [[Congressional hearing#Confirmation hearings|confirmation hearings]] for high-level positions in the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/about/history|title=Committee History & Rules &#124; United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|website=www.foreign.senate.gov}}</ref> Its sister committee in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] is the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]].<ref group="note">Renamed from Committee on International Relations by the [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]] in January 2007.</ref>
 
Along with the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]] and [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary]] committees, the Foreign Relations Committee is among the oldest in the Senate, dating to the initial creation of committees in 1816.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Committee History & Rules {{!}} United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/about/history|access-date=2021-01-22|website=www.foreign.senate.gov|language=en}}</ref> It has played a leading role in several important [[treaties]] and foreign policy initiatives, including the [[Alaska purchase]], the establishment of the [[United Nations]], and the passage of the [[Marshall Plan]].<ref name=":0" /> The committee has also produced eight [[List of presidents of the United States|U.S. presidents]]—[[Andrew Jackson]], [[James Buchanan]], [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Benjamin Harrison]], [[Warren Harding]], [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[Joe Biden]]—and 19 [[United States Secretary of State|Secretaries of State]]. Notable members include [[Arthur Vandenberg]], [[Henry Cabot Lodge]], and [[J. William Fulbright|William Fulbright]].
 
Due to its long history, influence in U.S. foreign policy, jurisdiction over all diplomatic nominations, and its being the only Senate committee to deliberate and report treaties, the Foreign Relations Committee is considered one of the most powerful and prestigious in the Senate.<ref>{{Citation|last=Publisher|first=Author removed at request of original|title=12.6 Committees|date=2016-11-16|url=https://open.lib.umn.edu/americangovernment/chapter/12-6-committees/|work=American Government and Politics in the Information Age|publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2016. This edition adapted from a work originally produced in 2011 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution.|language=en-us|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref>
 
==History==
 
Between 1887 and 1907, Alabama Democrat [[John Tyler Morgan]] played a leading role on the committee. Morgan called for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua, enlarging the merchant marine and the Navy, and acquiring Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba. He expected Latin American and Asian markets would become a new export market for Alabama's cotton, coal, iron, and timber. The canal would make trade with the Pacific much more feasible, and an enlarged military would protect that new trade. By 1905, most of his dreams had become reality, with the canal passing through Panama instead of Nicaragua.<ref>Joseph A. Fry, "John Tyler Morgan's Southern Expansionism," ''Diplomatic History'' (1985) 9#4 pp: 329-346.</ref>
[[File:Refusing to give the lady a seat --Treaty of Versailles.jpg|thumb|Refusing to give the lady [Peace Treaty of Versailles] a seat --by Senators Borah, Lodge and Johnson]]
During [[World War II]], the committee took the lead in rejecting traditional isolationism and designing a new internationalist foreign policy based on the assumption that the United Nations would be a much more effective force than the old discredited League of Nations. Of special concern was the insistence that Congress play a central role in postwar foreign policy, as opposed to its ignorance of the main decisions made during the war.<ref>Roland Young, ''Congressional Politics in the Second World War'' (1958), pp 168–96</ref> Republican senator [[Arthur Vandenberg]] played the central role. In 1943, a confidential analysis of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was made by British scholar [[Isaiah Berlin]] for the [[Foreign Office]].<ref name="hachey1973">{{cite journal |url=http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |title=American Profiles on Capitol Hill: A Confidential Study for the British Foreign Office in 1943 |author=Hachey, Thomas E. |journal=Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=Winter 1973–1974 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=141–153 |jstor=4634869 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185357/http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>James A. Gazell, "Arthur H. Vandenberg, Internationalism, and the United Nations." ''Political Science Quarterly'' (1973) pp: 375-394. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2148990 in JSTOR]</ref><br />
On Chairman Tom Connally: ":The chairman of the Committee, Tom Connally of Texas, is a very typical, exuberant Southern figure with the appearance and mannerisms of an old-fashioned actor and a gay and hearty manner which conceals lack both of strength and of clear public principles. He is normally the spokesman of the Administration and, in particular, of the Department of State. His voting record is that of a straight interventionist. His principal point of deviation from [Secretary of State] Hull's policies is the subject to which Mr. Hull has dedicated a large portion of his life, namely, the policy of reciprocal trade. Representing as he does, a great cattle breeding State, his enthusiasm for free trade with, e.g., the Argentine, is not ardent. He has been a solid supporter of the department's policies toward, e.g., France and North Africa. His support of its economic policies is regarded as doubtful. On internal issues he shares all the beliefs and prejudices of the South.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |title=American Profiles on Capitol Hill: A Confidential Study for the British Foreign Office in 1943 |author=Hachey, Thomas E. |journal=Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=Winter 1973–1974 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=141–153 |jstor=4634869 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185357/http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref><br />
On Senator [[Hiram Johnson]]: "...is the Isolationists' elder statesman and the only surviving member of the [William E.] [[William E. Borah|Borah]]-[Henry Cabot] [[Henry Cabot Lodge|Lodge]]-Johnson combination which led the fight against the League in 1919 and 1920. He is an implacable and uncompromising Isolationist with immense prestige in California, of which he has twice been Governor. His election to the Senate has not been opposed for many years by either party. He is acutely Pacific-conscious and is a champion of a more adequate defence of the West Coast. He is a member of the Farm ''Bloc'' and is ''au fond'', against foreign affairs as such; his view of Europe as a sink of iniquity has not changed in any particular since 1912, when he founded a short-lived progressive party. His prestige in Congress is still great and his parliamentary skill should not be underestimated.<ref name="hachey1973"/><br />
On Senator Walter F George:"..an honourable but narrow Southern Conservative, who incurred the displeasure of the New Deal in 1938 when [[United States Senate elections, 1938|an unsuccessful attempt to "purge" him]] was made by its then leaders (in particular, [[Edward J. Flynn|[Edward] Flynn]], [[Harry Hopkins|[Harry] Hopkins]], and [[Thomas Gardiner Corcoran|[Thomas] Corcoran]]). This attempt increased his popularity in his State and in the Senate. He left the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee in order to head the equally important [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance Committee]], and is an exceedingly influential figure in the Senate, and the hope of the Conservatives in many parts of the United States.}}<br />
On Senator James E Murray:"..:a millionaire lawyer who tries to out-do [Burton K. ] [[Burton K. Wheeler|Wheeler]] as a champion of small business and labour against big business monopoly (e.g., the [[Anaconda Company]] which dominates his copper-producing State). An advocate of the second front and of stronger ties with Britain. A free trader except on copper issues. A Roman Catholic.<ref name="hachey1973"/><br />
On Senator Henrik Shipstead:"...a rabid Isolationist of [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]] descent, elected largely by the Scandinavian vote. A very narrow, bigoted, crotchety man, intensely antagonistic to Minnesota's Governor [[Harold Stassen]]. A member of the Farm ''Bloc'' and consistently votes against the Administration.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |title=American Profiles on Capitol Hill: A Confidential Study for the British Foreign Office in 1943 |author=Hachey, Thomas E. |journal=Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=Winter 1973–1974 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=141–153 |jstor=4634869 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185357/http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>}}<br />
 
On Senator Arthur Vandenburg:"..a member of an old Dutch family and a respectable Mid Western Isolationist. A very adroit political manipulator, and expert parliamentarian and skillful debater. He has perennial presidential ambitions, and is grooming himself into a position of elder statesman. He is something of a snob, not at all Anglophobe, and is a fairly frequent visitor at the White House and the State Department. In common with the rest of his State delegation he votes against the Administration's foreign policies, but has nothing virulent in his constitution and is anxious to convey the impression of reasonableness and moderation. He denies that he is or ever was an Isolationist, and describes himself as a Nationalist ("like Mr. Churchill").<ref name="hachey1973" />}}
 
[[File:Senator Wayne Morse with Senator William Fulbright at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1966.jpg|thumb|Committee chairman Senator [[J. William Fulbright]] (left) with Senator [[Wayne Morse]] during a hearing on the Vietnam War in 1966]]
In 1966, as tensions over the [[Vietnam War]] escalated, the committee set up hearings on possible relations with Communist China. Witnesses, especially academic specialists on East Asia, suggested to the American public that it was time to adopt a new policy of containment without isolation. The hearings Indicated that American public opinion toward China had moved away from hostility and toward cooperation. The hearings had a long-term impact when Richard Nixon became president, discarded containment, and began a policy of détente with China.<ref>Katherine Klinefelter, "The China Hearings: America's Shifting Paradigm on China," ''Congress & the Presidency'' (2011) 38#1 pp: 60-76.</ref> The problem remained of how to deal simultaneously with the Chinese government on Taiwan after formal recognition was accorded to the Beijing government. The committee drafted the Taiwan Relations Act (US, 1979) which enabled the United States both to maintain friendly relations with Taiwan and to develop fresh relations with China.<ref>Jacob K. Javits, "Congress And Foreign Relations: The Taiwan Relations Act," ''Foreign Affairs'' (1981) 60#1 pp 54-62</ref>
 
In response to conservative criticism that the state department lacked hardliners, [[President Ronald Reagan]] in 1981 nominated [[Ernest W. Lefever]] as [[Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor|Assistant Secretary of State]]. Lefever performed poorly at his confirmation hearings and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected his nomination by vote of 4-13, prompting Lefever to withdraw his name.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert David Johnson|title=Congress and the Cold War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dEYNTXxgcF8C&pg=PA254|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge UO|pages=253–54|isbn=9781139447447}}</ref> [[Elliot Abrams]] filled the position.
 
Republican senator [[Jesse Helms]], a staunch conservative, was committee chairman in the late 1990s. He pushed for reform of the UN by blocking payment of U.S. membership dues.<ref>William A. Link, ''Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism'' (2008)</ref>
 
==Members, 117th Congress==
{{Main|117th United States Congress}}
{|class=wikitable
! Majority
! Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Menendez]], New Jersey, ''Chair''
* [[Ben Cardin]], Maryland
* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], New Hampshire
* [[Chris Coons]], Delaware
* [[Chris Murphy]], Connecticut
* [[Tim Kaine]], Virginia
* [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts
* [[Jeff Merkley]], Oregon
* [[Cory Booker]], New Jersey
* [[Brian Schatz]], Hawaii
* [[Chris Van Hollen]], Maryland
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Jim Risch]], Idaho, ''Ranking Member''
* [[Marco Rubio]], Florida
* [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]], Wisconsin
* [[Mitt Romney]], Utah
* [[Rob Portman]], Ohio
* [[Rand Paul]], Kentucky
* [[Todd Young]], Indiana
* [[Ted Cruz]], Texas
* [[John Barrasso]], Wyoming
* [[Mike Rounds]], South Dakota
* [[Bill Hagerty]], Tennessee
|}
 
== Subcommittees ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Subcommittees
!Chair
!Ranking Member
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Africa and Global Health Policy]]
|[[Chris Van Hollen]] (D-MD)
|[[Mike Rounds]] (R-SD)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy|East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy]]
|[[Ed Markey]] (D-MA)
|[[Mitt Romney]] (R-UT)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]
|[[Jeanne Shaheen]] (D-NH)
|[[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]] (R-WI)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]
|[[Chris Coons]] (D-DE)
|[[Rob Portman]] (R-OH)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism|Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism]]
|[[Chris Murphy]] (D-CT)
|[[Todd Young]] (R-IN)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development|State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development]]
|[[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD)
|[[Bill Hagerty]] (R-TN)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues|Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues]]
|[[Tim Kaine]] (D-VA)
|[[Marco Rubio]] (R-FL)
|}
 
==Chairmen (1816–present)==
[[Image:Senate Foreign Relations Committee 160th Anniversity cover.jpg|thumb|upright|right|1976 publication of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the occasion of its 160th anniversary]]
 
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Chairman !! Party !! State !! Years
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[James Barbour]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1816–1818
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[Nathaniel Macon]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 1818–1819
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[James Brown (Louisiana)|James Brown]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]
| 1819–1820
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[James Barbour]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1820–1821
 
|-{{Party shading/Federalist}}
| [[Rufus King]]
| [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]]
| [[List of United States Senators from New York|New York]]
| 1821–1822
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[James Barbour]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1822–1825
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[Nathaniel Macon]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 1825–1826
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[Nathan Sanford]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from New York|New York]]
| 1826–1827
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[Nathaniel Macon]]
| [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 1827–1828
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Littleton Tazewell]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1828–1832
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John Forsyth (politician)|John Forsyth]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Georgia|Georgia]]
| 1832–1833
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William Wilkins (U.S. politician)|William Wilkins]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
| 1833–1834
 
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[Henry Clay]]
| [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]
| 1834–1836
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[James Buchanan]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
| 1836–1841
 
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[William C. Rives]]
| [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1841–1842
 
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
| [[William S. Archer]]
| [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1842–1845
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William Allen (governor)|William Allen]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]]
| 1845–1846
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Ambrose H. Sevier]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]
| 1846–1848
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Edward A. Hannegan]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]]
| 1848–1849
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Thomas Hart Benton (senator)|Thomas Hart Benton]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Missouri|Missouri]]
| 1849
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William R. King]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]]
| 1849–1850
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Henry S. Foote]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]
| 1850–1851
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[James M. Mason]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Virginia|Virginia]]
| 1851–1861
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Charles Sumner]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
| 1861–1871
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Simon Cameron]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
| 1871–1877
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Hannibal Hamlin]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Maine|Maine]]
| 1877–1879
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William W. Eaton]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]
| 1879–1881
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Ambrose Burnside]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]
| 1881
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[George F. Edmunds]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Vermont|Vermont]]
| 1881
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[William Windom]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]
| 1881–1883
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[John Franklin Miller (California senator)|John F. Miller]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from California|California]]
| 1883–1886
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[John Sherman]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]]
| 1886–1893
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John T. Morgan]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]]
| 1893–1895
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[John Sherman (politician)|John Sherman]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Ohio|Ohio]]
| 1895–1897
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[William P. Frye]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Maine|Maine]]
| 1897
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Cushman Davis]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]
| 1897–1901
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Shelby M. Cullom]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Illinois|Illinois]]
| 1901–1911
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Augustus O. Bacon]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Georgia|Georgia]]
| 1913–1914
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[William J. Stone]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Missouri|Missouri]]
| 1914–1918
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Gilbert M. Hitchcock]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]
| 1918–1919
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Henry Cabot Lodge]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
| 1919–1924
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[William E. Borah]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Idaho|Idaho]]
| 1924–1933
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Key Pittman]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Nevada|Nevada]]
| 1933–1940
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Walter F. George]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Georgia|Georgia]]
| 1940–1941
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Tom Connally]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Texas|Texas]]
| 1941–1947
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Arthur H. Vandenberg]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Michigan|Michigan]]
| 1947–1949
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Tom Connally]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Texas|Texas]]
| 1949–1953
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Alexander Wiley]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]
| 1953–1955
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Walter F. George]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Georgia|Georgia]]
| 1955–1957
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Theodore F. Green]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]
| 1957–1959
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[J. William Fulbright]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]
| 1959–1975
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John J. Sparkman]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]]
| 1975–1979
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Frank Church]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Idaho|Idaho]]
| 1979–1981
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Charles H. Percy]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Illinois|Illinois]]
| 1981–1985
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Richard Lugar]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]]
| 1985–1987
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Claiborne Pell]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]
| 1987–1995
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Jesse Helms]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 1995–2001
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Joe Biden]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Delaware|Delaware]]
| 2001
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Jesse Helms]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 2001
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Joe Biden]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Delaware|Delaware]]
| 2001–2003
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Richard Lugar]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Indiana|Indiana]]
| 2003–2007
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Joe Biden]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Delaware|Delaware]]
| 2007–2009
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[John Kerry]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
| 2009–2013
 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Bob Menendez]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]
| 2013–2015
 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Bob Corker]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| [[Tennessee]]
| 2015–2019
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Jim Risch]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Idaho]]
|2019–2021
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Bob Menendez]]
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| [[List of United States Senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]
| 2021–present
|}
 
 
== Historical committee rosters ==
===Members, 116th Congress===
{{Main|116th United States Congress}}
{|class=wikitable
! Majority
! Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Jim Risch]], Idaho, ''Chairman''
* [[Marco Rubio]], Florida
* [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]], Wisconsin
* [[Cory Gardner]], Colorado
* [[Todd Young]], Indiana
* [[John Barrasso]], Wyoming
* [[Rob Portman]], Ohio
* [[Rand Paul]], Kentucky
* [[Lindsey Graham]], South Carolina
* [[Mitt Romney]], Utah
* [[Ted Cruz]], Texas
* [[David Perdue]], Georgia
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Menendez]], New Jersey, ''Ranking Member''
* [[Ben Cardin]], Maryland
* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], New Hampshire
* [[Chris Coons]], Delaware
* [[Tom Udall]], New Mexico
* [[Chris Murphy]], Connecticut
* [[Tim Kaine]], Virginia
* [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts
* [[Jeff Merkley]], Oregon
* [[Cory Booker]], New Jersey
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Subcommittees
!Chair
!Ranking Member
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Africa and Global Health Policy]]
|[[Lindsey Graham]] (R-SC)
|[[Tim Kaine]] (D-VA)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy|East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy]]
|[[Cory Gardner]] (R-CO)
|[[Ed Markey]] (D-MA)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]
|[[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]] (R-WI)
|[[Jeanne Shaheen]] (D-NH)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism|Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism]]
|[[Mitt Romney]] (R-UT)
|[[Chris Murphy]] (D-CT)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]
|[[Todd Young]] (R-IN)
|[[Jeff Merkley]] (D-OR)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development|State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development]]
|[[John Barrasso]] (R-WY)
|[[Cory Booker]] (D-NJ)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues|Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues]]
|[[Marco Rubio]] (R-FL)
|[[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD)
|}
 
===Members, 115th Congress===
{| class=wikitable
! Majority
! Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Corker]], [[Tennessee]], ''Chairman''
* [[Jim Risch]], [[Idaho]]
* [[Marco Rubio]], [[Florida]]
* [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]], [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Jeff Flake]], [[Arizona]]
* [[Cory Gardner]], [[Colorado]]
* [[Todd Young]], [[Indiana]]
* [[John Barrasso]], [[Wyoming]]
* [[Johnny Isakson]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
* [[Rob Portman]], [[Ohio]]
* [[Rand Paul]], [[Kentucky]]
 
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Menendez]], [[New Jersey]], ''Ranking Member''
* [[Ben Cardin]], [[Maryland]]
* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], [[New Hampshire]]
* [[Chris Coons]], [[Delaware]]
* [[Tom Udall]], [[New Mexico]]
* [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]], [[Connecticut]]
* [[Tim Kaine]], [[Virginia]]
* [[Ed Markey]], [[Massachusetts]]
* [[Jeff Merkley]], [[Oregon]]
* [[Cory Booker]], [[New Jersey]]
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Subcommittees
!Chair
!Ranking Member
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism|Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism]]
|[[Jim Risch]] (R-ID)
|[[Tim Kaine]] (D-VA)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues|Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues]]
|[[Marco Rubio]] (R-FL)
|[[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD) <small>''since February 6, 2018''</small><br />[[Bob Menendez]] (D-NJ) <small>''until February 6, 2018''</small>
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]
|[[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]] (R-WI)
|[[Chris Murphy]] (D-CT)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Africa and Global Health Policy]]
|[[Jeff Flake]] (R-AZ)
|[[Cory Booker]] (D-NJ)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy|East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy]]
|[[Cory Gardner]] (R-CO)
|[[Ed Markey]] (D-MA)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]
|[[Todd Young]] (R-IN)
|[[Jeff Merkley]] (D-OR)
|-
|[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development|State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development]]
|[[Johnny Isakson]] (R-GA)
|[[Jeanne Shaheen]] (D-NH)
|}
 
===Members, 114th Congress===
{| class=wikitable
! Majority
! Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Corker]], [[Tennessee]] ''Chairman''
* [[Jim Risch]], [[Idaho]]
* [[Marco Rubio]], [[Florida]]
* [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]], [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Jeff Flake]], [[Arizona]]
* [[Cory Gardner]], [[Colorado]]
* [[David Perdue]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
* [[Johnny Isakson]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
* [[Rand Paul]], [[Kentucky]]
* [[Rob Portman]], [[Ohio]]
* [[John Barrasso]], [[Wyoming]]
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[Ben Cardin]], [[Maryland]], ''Ranking Member''<ref>Sen. Menendez voluntarily stepped down as Ranking Member on 1 April 2015 after being indicted by the Justice Department. [http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/bob-menendez-stepping-down-foreign-relations-20150401 Menendez Gives Up Foreign Relations Post]</ref>
* [[Barbara Boxer]], [[California]]
* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], [[New Hampshire]]
* [[Chris Coons]], [[Delaware]]
* [[Tom Udall]], [[New Mexico]]
* [[Bob Menendez]], [[New Jersey]]
* [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]], [[Connecticut]]
* [[Tim Kaine]], [[Virginia]]
* [[Ed Markey]], [[Massachusetts]]
* [[Jeff Merkley]], [[Oregon]]
|}
 
Sources: {{USCongRec|2015|S297}}–297, [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2013-02-12/pdf/CREC-2013-02-12-pt1-PgS661-2.pdf 661]–662
 
{| class=wikitable
|-
! style="width:50%;"| Subcommittee
! Chair
! Ranking Member
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism|Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism]]
| [[Jim Risch]] (R-Idaho)
| [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]] (D-Conn.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues|Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues]]
| [[Marco Rubio]] (R-Fla.)
| [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]
| [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]] (R-Wisc.)
| [[Jeanne Shaheen]] (D-N.H.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Africa and Global Health Policy]]
| [[Jeff Flake]] (R-Ariz.)
| [[Ed Markey]] (D-Mass.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development|State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development]]
| [[Rand Paul]] (R-Ky.)
| [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-Calif.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy|East Asia, The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy]]
| [[Cory Gardner]] (R-Colo.)
| [[Ben Cardin]] (D-Md.)
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Multilateral Institutions and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|International Development, Multilateral Institutions and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]
| [[John Barrasso]] (R-Wyo.)
| [[Tom Udall]] (D-N.M.)
|}
 
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
 
=== Members, 113th Congress ===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Majority
! Minority
 
|-
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[John Kerry]], Massachusetts, ''Chairman'', until February 1, 2013
* [[Bob Menendez]], New Jersey ''Chairman'', from February 1, 2013
* [[Barbara Boxer]], California
* [[Ben Cardin]], Maryland
* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], New Hampshire
* [[Chris Coons]], Delaware
* [[Bob Casey, Jr.|Bob Casey]], Pennsylvania, until 2013
* [[Dick Durbin]], Illinois
* [[Tom Udall]], New Mexico
* [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]], Connecticut
* [[Tim Kaine]], Virginia
* [[Ed Markey]], Massachusetts, from 2013
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Bob Corker]], Tennessee ''Ranking Member''
* [[Jim Risch]], Idaho
* [[Marco Rubio]], Florida
* [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]], Wisconsin
* [[Jeff Flake]], Arizona
* [[John McCain]], Arizona
* [[John Barrasso]], Wyoming
* [[Rand Paul]], Kentucky
 
|}
 
Sources: {{USCongRec|2013|S297}}–297, [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2013-02-12/pdf/CREC-2013-02-12-pt1-PgS661-2.pdf 661]–662
 
[[File:US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Inspecting Burnt Down Printing Press of Uthayan Newspaper.jpg|thumb|Chris Murphy and another official from the ''US Senate Foreign Relations Committee'' inspecting burnt down printing press of [[Uthayan]] newspaper in [[Jaffna]] on December 7, 2013 while [[E. Saravanapavan]], the Managing Director of the newspaper explaining something to him.]]
{| class=wikitable
|-
! style="width:50%;"| Subcommittee
! Chair
! Ranking Member
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues|International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues]]
| [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-CA)
| [[Rand Paul]] (R-KY)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs|East Asian and Pacific Affairs]]
| [[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD)
| [[Marco Rubio]] (R-FL)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs|African Affairs]]
| [[Chris Coons]] (D-DE)
| [[Jeff Flake]] (R-AZ)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs|Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs]]
| [[Tom Udall]] (D-NM)
| [[John McCain]] (R-AZ)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs|European Affairs]]
| [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]] (D-CT)
| [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]] (R-WI)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs|Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs]]
| [[Tim Kaine]] (D-VA)
| [[Jim Risch]] (R-ID)
 
|-
| [[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps|International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps]]
| [[Tim Kaine]] (D-VA), until 2013<br />[[Ed Markey]] (D-MA), from 2013
| [[John Barrasso]] (R-WY)
 
|}
 
==See also==
*[[List of current United States Senate committees]]
 
==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}
 
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
 
==Further reading==
* Carter, Ralph G. and James Scott, eds. ''Choosing to Lead : Understanding Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs'' (Duke University Press, 2009)
* Crabb, Cecil Van Meter, and Pat M. Holt. ''Invitation to struggle: Congress, the president, and foreign policy'' (CQ Press, 1992)
* Dahl, Robert A. ''Congress and Foreign Policy'' (1950)
* Farnsworth, David Nelson. ''The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations'' (University of Illinois Press, 1961), a topical survey of the Committee's activity from 1947 to 1956.
*  Frye, Alton. "'Gobble'uns' and foreign policy: a review," ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' (1964) 8#3 pp: 314-321. Historiographical review of major books
* Gagnon, Frédérick. "Dynamic Men: Vandenberg, Fulbright, Helms and the Activity of the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Since 1945." [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&hl=en&as_sdt=5,27&sciodt=0,27&cites=14213313388660504227&scipsc=# online (2013)]
* Gazell, James A. "Arthur H. Vandenberg, Internationalism, and the United Nations." ''Political Science Quarterly'' (1973): 375-394. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2148990 in JSTOR]
* Gould, Lewis. ''The Most Exclusive Club : A History of the Modern United States Senate'' (2006)
* Hewes, James E. Jr. "Henry Cabot Lodge and the League of Nations". ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'' (1970) 114#4 pp: 245–255.
*Hitchens, Harold L., "Influences of the Congressional Decision to Pass the Marshall Plan" ''Western Political Science Quarterly'' (1968) 21#1 pp: 51-68. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/446512 in JSTOR]
* Jewell, Malcolm E. ''Senatorial Politics and Foreign Policy'' (U. of Kentucky Press, 1962)
* Kaplan, Lawrence S. ''The Conversion of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg: From Isolation to International Engagement'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2015)
* Link, William A.  ''Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism'' (2008)
* McCormick, James M. "Decision making in the foreign affairs and foreign relations committees." in Randall B. Ripley and James M. Lindsay, eds.. ''Congress resurgent: foreign and defense policy on Capitol Hill'' (University of Michigan press, 1993)  pp: 115-153
* Maguire, Lori. "The US Congress and the politics of Afghanistan: an analysis of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees during George W Bush's second term." ''Cambridge Review of International Affairs'' (2013) 26#2 pp: 430-452.
* {{cite book|author=Shaw, John T. |title=Richard G. Lugar, Statesman of the Senate: Crafting Foreign Policy from Capitol Hill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSTnhz3fpswC&pg=PT73|year=2012|publisher=Indiana UP|page=73|isbn=978-0253007117}}
* Robinson, James A. ''Congress and Foreign Policy-Making'' (1962), statistical study of roll calls emphasizing the importance of the Committee
* Spanier, John, and Joseph Nogee, eds. ''Congress, the Presidency and American Foreign Policy'' (Elsevier, 2013)
* Warburg, Gerald Felix. ''Conflict and consensus: The struggle between Congress and the president over foreign policymaking'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 1989)
* Woods, Randall Bennett. ''Fulbright : A Biography'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
* Young, Roland. ''Congressional Politics in the Second World War'' (1958), pp 168–96
 
===Primary sources===
* Vandenberg, Arthur Hendrick, and Joe Alex Morris, eds. ''The private papers of Senator Vandenberg.'' (1952)
 
==External links==
{{commonscat|United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee}}
*[http://foreign.senate.gov/ U.S. Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Official Website] ([https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00ssfr00/ Archive])
*[https://www.congress.gov/committee/senate-foreign-relations/ssfr00 Senate Foreign Relations Committee]. Legislation activity and reports, [[Congress.gov]].
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/committee.action?chamber=senate&committee=foreignrelations U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Page for the Committee of Foreign Relations]
 
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