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Questions about the House Committee on Rules

Who sits on the House Rules Committee, and who chairs it?

Virginia Foxx chairs the House Committee on Rules and James P. McGovern is the ranking member; its 13 members are 9 Republicans and 4 Democrats, as of Nov 2, 2026.

Members of the House Committee on Rules
MemberSeatRole
RVirginia FoxxNC-5Chair
DJames P. McGovernMA-2Ranking Member
RMichelle FischbachMN-7Majority
RRalph NormanSC-5Majority
RChip RoyTX-21Majority
RErin HouchinIN-9Majority
RNicholas A. LangworthyNY-23Majority
RAustin ScottGA-8Majority
RH. Morgan GriffithVA-9Majority
RBrian JackGA-3Majority
DMary Gay ScanlonPA-5Minority
DJoe NeguseCO-2Minority
DTeresa Leger FernandezNM-3Minority

Source: House Clerk’s committee rosters · congress-legislators · Updated Nov 2, 2026

How does the House Rules Committee vote compared to the full House?

The committee’s members voted with their party on a median 99% of party-line votes (House median 98%) and the same way as the other party on a median 11% of contested votes (House median 12%) in the 119th Congress, as of Nov 1, 2026.

13 of the committee’s members have a long enough record to compare; each figure is the middle value among them, beside the middle value for the whole House.

Committee against the chamber
MeasureCommittee medianHouse median
With own party, party-line votes99%98%
Same vote as the other party11%12%
Attendance99%98%
Republicans: with own party98%98%
Democrats: with own party100%98%

Source: Voteview roll calls (UCLA) · How we measure · Updated Nov 1, 2026

Which members of the House Rules Committee are up for reelection?

11 of the committee’s 13 members are running for re-election on Nov 3, 2026; 2 are not running for their seats again, as of Nov 1, 2026.

“Filed for re-election” means registered with the FEC for the seat; for races outside the open-or-close list Oathstar has not compiled who won the primaries.

House Rules Committee: 2026 seats
MemberSeat2026
RVirginia Foxx NC-5Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RMichelle Fischbach MN-7Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RErin Houchin IN-9Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RNicholas A. Langworthy NY-23Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RAustin Scott GA-8Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RH. Morgan Griffith VA-9Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RBrian Jack GA-3Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
DJames P. McGovern MA-2Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
DMary Gay Scanlon PA-5Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
DJoe Neguse CO-2Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
DTeresa Leger Fernandez NM-3Filed for re-election · ballot not yet checked
RRalph Norman SC-5Not on the ballot
RChip Roy TX-21Not on the ballot

Source: FEC candidate filings · state ballot lists (linked per race) · Who is retiring · Updated Nov 1, 2026