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Senate Ukraine Caucus

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Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C.

Seats in the Senate
  
15 / 100

Senate Ukraine Caucus

Co-Chairs
  
Dick Durbin Rob Portman

Vice-Chairs
  
Kelly Ayotte Chris Murphy Sherrod Brown Mark Kirk Jeanne Shaheen Ron Johnson

Founded
  
February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)

The Senate Ukraine Caucus is a bipartisan caucus of the United States Senate that was inaugurated on February 9, 2015 in Washington, D.C.. Its mission is "to strengthen the political, military, economic, and cultural relationship between the United States and Ukraine."

Contents

Its counterpart in the House of Representatives is the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, which was established in 1997 and consists of 41 representatives.

Members

Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rob Portman (R-OH) are the caucus' two Co-Chairs. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) are the caucus' Vice-Chairs.

The Senate Ukraine Caucus consists of 15 senators (9 Democrats and 6 Republicans):

Relevant legislation

  • United States International Programming to Ukraine and Neighboring Regions (S.R. 2183), introduced on March 27, 2014
  • Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (S.R. 2828), introduced on September 16, 2014
  • References

    Senate Ukraine Caucus Wikipedia