Congressional Hispanic Caucus | |
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 Hispanic Caucus meeting at the White House in 2009 | |
| Chair | Nanette Barragán |
| Founder | 5 founding members |
| Founded | December 1976[1] |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Seats in the House | 37 / 435 (plus 1 non-voting)
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| Seats in the House Democratic Caucus | 37 / 213 (plus 1 non-voting)
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| Seats in the Senate | 3 / 100
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| Website | |
Official website  | |
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent.[2][3] The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. The CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.
As of the 118th Congress, the CHC is composed entirely of Democrats, although at its founding it was a bipartisan organization. Hispanic Republican members of Congress formed the Congressional Hispanic Conference in 2003 after leaving in the late 1990s over policy differences. The CHC has refused to admit Republican members in recent years, denying admission to Carlos Curbelo in 2017 and Mayra Flores in 2022.
- ^ "About the Congressional Hispanic Caucus". United States House of Representatives.
- ^ "Congressional Hispanic Caucus". Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ Bernal, Rafael (January 2, 2019). "Hispanic Caucus boasts record membership in new Congress". The Hill. Retrieved January 7, 2019.