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Since 1947, the Democratic members of the United States Senate have elected a policy committee chairman. From 1947 to 2000, the Democratic leader was also the policy committee chairman. From 1989 to 1999, there was a co-chairman. Starting in 1999, the co-chairman was dropped and the position of policy committee chairman became a separate elected position.

List of Democratic Policy Committee Chairmen in the United States Senate

Dates	Name	State	Notes
1947-1949	Alben W. Barkley	Kentucky	Also Democratic floor leader
1949-1951	Scott W. Lucas	Illinois	Also Democratic floor leader
1951-1953	Ernest W. McFarland	Arizona	Also Democratic floor leader
1953-1961	Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	Also Democratic floor leader
1961-1977	Michael J. Mansfield	Montana	Also Democratic floor leader
1977-1989	Robert C. Byrd	West Virginia	Also Democratic floor leader
1989-1995	George J. Mitchell	Maine	Also Democratic floor leader
1989-1995	Thomas A. Daschle	South Dakota	co-chairman
1995-1999	Thomas A. Daschle	South Dakota	Also Democratic floor leader
1995-1999	Harry Reid	Nevada	co-chairman
1999-present	Byron L. Dorgan	North Dakota

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	Chairman, I was down there to the veterans' camp yesterday and saw the New York group and I would like to say I am very proud of the deportment and general attitude of the group.
	Senator Javits had to go to the floor on important business, and he asked me to express his regret that he couldn't stay and also that if he had stayed he would have limited his participation to agreement with everything Senator Symington said.
	Senator Javits has introduced a bill with regard to the war powers in an effort to reestablish what we believe to be the constitutional system in which you say you have confidence.

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List of Democratic Policy Committee Chairmen in the United States Senate