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The topic of dual citizenship among members of the US Congress, including the lack of a comprehensive public roster and the calls for disclosure rules or ethics policies.
Several past members of Congress are known to have held — and in some cases renounced — foreign citizenship (notably Ted Cruz with Canada and Michele Bachmann with Switzerland), but U.S. law itself pl...
A review of the supplied reporting shows no widely documented cases in the past decade of sitting members of Congress publicly admitting they hold a current foreign citizenship; instead the public rec...
Two members of Congress who publicly renounced foreign citizenship while serving are Sen. Ted Cruz, who renounced Canadian citizenship in 2014, and Rep. Michele Bachmann, who publicly renounced Swiss ...
There is no official, public roster of sitting Members of Congress who have disclosed holding a second citizenship because federal law does not require Members to report foreign citizenship, and repor...
A clear count of members of Congress who publicly acknowledge foreign birth is available from institutional surveys: the Congressional Research Service and related congressional directories identify d...
Two prominent who publicly renounced foreign citizenship are , who gave up in 2014, and , who renounced in 2012; both moves attracted media attention and were framed by proponents and critics as measu...
Legislative activity and partisan debate in recent Congresses have amplified scrutiny of dual citizenship among federal officeholders, with multiple bills—ranging from disclosure requirements to outri...
There is no authoritative public roster of sitting members of Congress who have openly disclosed holding dual citizenship and explicitly stated they will not renounce it; available reporting instead d...
The U.S. Constitution sets only age, citizenship‑duration, and state‑residency requirements for members of Congress and does not expressly bar dual citizens from serving . Recent legislative proposals...