Ed Royce

Founded in 1916, the National Cooperative Business Association, the first national organization for cooperative businesses in the United States, was known as the Cooperative League of America until 1922 and as the Cooperative League of the USA (CLUSA) until 1985. Now known as the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International, NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector education, support, and advocacy that helps co-ops in the United States thrive. Throughout its nearly 100 year history NCBA CLUSA has consistently advanced and protected the cooperative enterprise model, highlighting the impact that cooperatives have in the economic success of communities around the world. NCBA CLUSA engages in cooperative and community development in 15 countries including the United States. Though NCBA CLUSA's name has changed over the years, its mission never has. For nearly 100 years, NCBA CLUSA remains dedicated to developing, advancing and protecting cooperatives. It is the national voice for cooperatives, helping them compete in a changing economic and political environment.

The Tea Party Caucus (TPC) is a congressional caucus of conservative members of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives. The now largely inactive Caucus is chaired by Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, and was founded and first chaired by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in July 2010. Though the primary functions of the Caucus have varied from year to year, its members have promoted budget cuts, including significant cuts in non-defense spending and adherence to the movement's interpretation of the Constitution. The caucus's members have also advocated socially conservative legislation, supported the right to keep and bear arms, and promoted limited government.

The U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus, founded in September 2003, is a bipartisan congressional organization with the conviction that “the United States of America has the opportunity, the obligation and the interests to advance the conservation of natural resources for this and future generations,” and a commitment to promote U.S. leadership in public/private conservation partnerships worldwide.