Reading Jodi Kasten's post,  "American Ingenuity: But Wait! There's More!", and having just heard from my Congressman, Earl Blumenauer, a member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, I was inspired to look at the Congressional caucuses, coalitions, task forces and working groups (all more or less the same thing). 

There are 224 of them, some obvious, some ... less so. 

Anyway, I thought I would highlight some of them, and leave the entire list for you to peruse. Thanks go to Wikipedia and, of course, that greatest of all deliberative bodies: The United States Congress!

There are the nationalist caucuses:

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus 
Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues 
Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus 
Congressional Caucus for Bosnia
Congressional Brazil Caucus 
Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Americans 
Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans
Congressional Caucus on Uganda 

And there are many more, though there isn't, much to my disappointment, a Caucus on the Caucasus.

The "huh?" caucuses, also know as the "WTF" caucuses:

30 Something Working Group - is this made up of people this age or people concerned about this age group or, even, people who have been in Congress 30-something years?

Afterschool Caucuses - this might belong in the "not self-aware" category. And why the plural?

Center Aisle Caucus - They go to theater together?

Congressional Battlefield Caucus - people with war injuries? Or might also go in the We Love War Caucus (see below).

Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety - This is almost straightforward, except for "global." Though, it might be a forward-thinking group for the empire.

And, finally:
Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues - Is this one of the nationalist groups or is it for the Socratic thinkers in Congress? Or maybe these are the Platonic legislators, the quintessence of Congress Critters.

There are the "If these people were more self-aware they would never have christened a Congressional group with this name" caucuses:

Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus
Bourbon Caucus  
Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
Congressional Children's Caucus

The "We Love War" caucuses, as I mentioned above: 

House Army Caucus
Electronic Warfare Working Group
Congressional Mine Warfare Caucus
Congressional Second Amendment Caucus - I don't want any arguments on this one, OK?
Navy-Marine Corps Caucus
Nuclear Issues Caucus
Special Operations Forces Caucus
Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare
Unexploded Ordnance Caucus
Victory in Iraq Caucus

The "Bring Interesting Images to Mind" caucuses: 

Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus - Dick Cheney was a member when he was in Congress
Congressional Kidney Caucus - Is this about Congressional kidneys?
Congressional Organic Caucus - though I think, contemplating many members of Congress, that Congressional Inorganic Caucus would have been more accurate
Congressional Submarine Caucus - also might be part of the "We Love War" group. Or, the "We Secretly Love the Beatles" caucus

The Animal Caucuses: 

Congressional Horse Caucus - also part of the lack of self-awareness group
Shellfish Caucus - This one, too, actually

The Oxymoron Caucuses:

Congressional Constitution Caucus
Building a Better America Caucus 

Congress's most popular caucus:

Sex and Violence in the Media Caucus

The "Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma"  caucus: 

Republican Study Committee 

And, last, but not least:
The "Most Particular, Most All-Encompassing and Longest-Named" caucus:

Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense, Cultural, and Educational Partnership Caucus
 

The others, also interesting: 

2015 Caucus
21st Century Health Care Caucus
30 Something Working Group
4-H Caucus
9/11 Commission Caucus
Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
Americans Abroad Caucus
Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus, The  
Appalachian Caucus
Army Corps Reform Caucus
Bike Caucus AKA Bicycle Caucus
Biomedical Research Caucus
Bipartisan Working Group on Disaster Recovery and Response
Blue Dog Coalition  
California Democratic Congressional Delegation
Caribbean Caucus
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force
Children's Environmental Health Caucus
Coalition on Autism Research and Education
Community College Caucus
Community Solutions and Initiatives Caucus
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Automotive Caucus
Congressional Bike Caucus
Congressional Biotechnology Caucus
Congressional Bipartisan Cerebral Palsy Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Boating Caucus
Congressional Border Caucus  
Congressional Caucus on Central America
Congressional Caucus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues  
Congressional Caucus on Youth Sports
Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus
Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
Congressional China Caucus
Congressional Climate Caucus
Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Congressional Coastal Caucus
Congressional Complementary and Alternative Medicine Caucus
Congressional Correctional Officers Caucus
Congressional Croatian Caucus
Congressional Czech Caucus
Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Congressional E-911 Caucus
Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Congressional Fitness Caucus
Congressional Food Safety Caucus
Congressional Forest Task Force
Congressional Former Mayors Caucus
Congressional Fraternal Caucus
Congressional French Caucus
Congressional Friends of Denmark  
Congressional Gaming Caucus
Congressional Gulf of Mexico Caucus
Congressional Hearing Health Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Conference
Congressional HUBZone Caucus  
Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Congressional Humanities Caucus
Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
Congressional Insurance Caucus
Congressional Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus
Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
Congressional Internet Caucus
Congressional Iraqi Women's Caucus
Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
Congressional Life Science Caucus
Congressional Management Caucus
Congressional Manufacturing Caucus
Congressional Manufacturing Task Force
Congressional Medical Professionals Caucus
Congressional Men's Health Caucus
Congressional Mental Health Caucus
Congressional Mentoring Caucus
Congressional Mining Caucus
Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus
Congressional Morocco Caucus
Congressional Pakistan Caucus
Congressional Port Security Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Congressional Real Estate Caucus
Congressional Rural Caucus
Congressional Rural Housing Caucus
Congressional Scouting Caucus
Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus
Congressional Serbian Caucus
Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Congressional Ski and Snowboard Caucus
Congressional Singapore Caucus
Congressional Spina Bifida Caucus
Congressional Steel Caucus
Congressional Stop DUI Caucus
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
Congressional Taskforce on International HIV/AIDS
Congressional Tourism and Travel Caucus
Congressional TRIO Caucus
Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
Congressional United Kingdom Caucus
Congressional Victim's Rights Caucus
Congressional Waterways Caucus
Congressional Western Caucus
Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
Congressional Working Group on Parkinson's Disease
Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
Consumer Justice Caucus
Delaware River Basin Task Force
Democratic Israel Working Group
Duma - Congress Study Group
E-waste Working Group
Economic Competitiveness Caucus
Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
Flat Tax Caucus
Friends of Norway Caucus
Friends of Scotland Caucus
Friends of Switzerland Caucus
Future of American Media Caucus
Global AIDS Emergency Task Force
Great Lakes Task Force
Historic Preservation Caucus
House Aerospace Caucus
House Afterschool Caucus
House Agriculture Energy Users Caucus
House Baltic Caucus
House Beef Caucus
House Biofuels Caucus
House Democratic Caucus
House Military Depot and Industrial Facilities Caucus
House Oceans Caucus
House Reading Caucus
House Recycling Caucus
House Republican Israel Caucus
House Rural Health Care Coalition
House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Caucus
House Trails Caucus
Hudson River Caucus
Hungarian American Caucus
India Caucus
Indonesia Caucus
International Conservation Caucus
International Workers Rights Caucus
Interstate 69 Caucus
Kenya Caucus
LGBT Equality Caucus
Law Enforcement Caucus
Minor League Baseball Caucus
Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
National Landscape Conservation System Caucus
National Service Congressional Caucus
New Democrat Coalition
North America’s Supercorridor Caucus
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
Northern Border Caucus
Out of Iraq Caucus
Passenger Rail Caucus
Patriot Act Reform Caucus
Pell Grant Caucus, The
Physics Caucus, The
Public Broadcasting Caucus
Public Service Caucus
Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
Research and Development Caucus
River of Trade Corridor Congressional Caucus
Saudi Arabia Study Group, The
Senate Afterschool Caucus
Senate Taiwan Caucus
Sexual Assault Violence Elimination (SAVE) Taskforce
Silk Road Caucus
State Maritime Academy Caucus
Sudan Caucus
TEX-21 Congressional Caucus
Upper Mississippi River Basin Task Force
U.S.-Afghan Caucus
U.S.-China Working Group
U.S.-Mongolia Friendship Caucus
U.S.-New Zealand Congressional Caucus
Victim's Rights Caucus
Youth Challenge Caucus