Reasonable Caucus

Reasonable Caucus
Senate
Established	2018

The Reasonable Caucus is a congressional caucus in the U.S. Senate that first met during the government shutdown in January 2018 to discuss bipartisan proposals on immigration policy and reopening the government.

HIGHLIGHTS

Established in the midst of the January 2018 government shutdown, the Reasonable Caucus was tasked with drafting a bill meant to address the status of immigrants residing in the country without legal permission who had previously fallen under the DACA program.

History

During the government shutdown of October 2013, a bipartisan group of senators led by Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) met to draft a proposal to reopen the government and make modifications to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Although their proposal was not adopted by Senate leadership, elements of the draft did make it into the final agreement reopening the government.

When the federal government shut down once more in January 2018, the group met again in the offices of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). In an interview with local media, Sen. Joe Donnelly] (D-IN) said that "it was one of those situations where you know it when you see it. We knew immediately when we saw this that there was a problem that we could help fix." They were joined by additional senators who had not been involved in the group's 2013 efforts, bringing the caucus' membership closer to 20. The group was first described as the "Reasonable Caucus" in an article in Roll Call date January 23, 2018.

Members

117th Congress

Ballotpedia did not identify updated information on membership in the Reasonable Caucus during the 117th Congress. It also did not appear in a list of 2021 Congressional member organizations.

116th Congress

Ballotpedia did not identify updated information on membership in the Reasonable Caucus during the 116th Congress. It also did not appear in a list of 2019 Congressional member organizations.

See also

• 115th Congress on immigration, 2017-2018
• 115th Congress on the budget, 2017-2018
• January 2018 government shutdown

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Senate homepage for Susan Collins
• Senate homepage for Joe Manchin

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