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COL Susan McMarlin  USA Retired
Legislative Committee
MOAA Mayport Chapter

MOAA awarded Best Legislative Coverage - Website 2011

The 113th United States Congress convened on January 3, 2013 and will adjourn January 3, 2015.  In the Senate there are 53 Democrats, 45 Republicans, and 2 independents that caucus with the Democrats. In the House of Representatives there are 234 Republicans, 201 Democrats, and 6 nonvoting members. The house seats are based on those apportioned from the 2010 US Census.
 
Key Personnel 113th, 1st Session: 
 
United States Senate
 
 President of the Senate: Vice President Joe Biden (D-DEL); Senate President pro tem: Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senate Majority leader and Caucus Chair: Harry Reid (D-NV); Assistant Majority Leader 
   (Majority Whip): Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Senate Minority leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip)
   John Cornyn (R-TX)?
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee: Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)   
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee: Carl Levin (D-MI)
Chair, Senate Veterans Affairs: Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
 
United States House of Representatives:
 
House Speaker: John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader: Eric Cantor (R-VA); House
   Majority Whip: Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
House Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),House Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
   Assistant Democratic Leader: Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Chair of the House Appropriation Committee: Hal Rogers, (R-KY)
Chair of the House Armed Services Committee: Buck McKeon (R-CA)
Chair, Veterans Affairs: Jeff Miller (R-FL)
 
Florida’s Members of Congress 113th, 1st Session:  Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL). Florida has 17 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the House of Representatives.  Congratulations to returning Members of Congress from our surrounding districts: Republicans Ander Crenshaw (4th) and John Mica (7th) and Democrat Corrine Brown (3rd). We are especially pleased about Mr. Crenshaw’s election because of his honorary membership in the MOAA Mayport chapter. Keep their contact information available when military-related issues arise.
 
Military Service: Only nineteen percent of the 113th Congress served in the military. This is the lowest number of veterans since WWII. Of this group of a little over 100, only 16 are veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Twelve of the 90 new House members are veterans while none the dozen new Senators have served.  Declines in congressional ranks could hold repercussions for the military and veterans.  Non-veterans run two of the four congressional committees that determine military policy--Armed Services and Appropriations, but have vigorously defended military interests. Among the most notable combat veterans are Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Hawaii’s Daniel Akaka, the last remaining World War II veteran. Senator McCain served in Vietnam as a naval aviator and regretfully was captured and tortured as a prisoner of war for six-years.