I've seen mention of the black caucus, but not this one. This lets you in no doubt as to why they are working together.....

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is comprised of 21 Democratic Members of the United States Congress of Hispanic descent. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. Today, the CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus aims to address national and international issues and the impact these policies have on the Hispanic community. The function of the Caucus is to serve as a forum for the Hispanic Members of Congress to coalesce around a collective legislative agenda. In addition to covering legislative action, the CHC also monitors Executive and Judicial issues.

CHC legislative priorities cover all areas that have a direct impact on the Hispanic community. In order to best address these diverse issues, members work in a smaller task force that draws on their expertise and develops priority legislation within each area. The Caucus is composed entirely of Democrats. The Cuban-American Republican delegation from Florida (Senator Mel Martinez, and Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) are not members; these congressional members are all part of the Congressional Hispanic Conference. Senator Bob Menendez, a Cuban-American Democrat from New Jersey, is a member. Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) is not a member of either of these organizations.

Current
Xavier Becerra (CA-31) (D)
Dennis Cardoza (CA-1 (D)
Jim Costa (CA-20) (D)
Henry Cuellar (TX-2 (D)
Charles A. Gonzalez (TX-20) (D)
Gene Green (TX-29) (D)
Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4) (D)
Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) (D)
Senator Bob Menendez (NJ-D)
Grace Napolitano (California's 38th District)
Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) (D)
Ed Pastor (AZ-4) (D)
Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) (D)
Ciro Rodriguez (Texas’s 23rd district)
John Salazar (CO-3) (D)
José Serrano (NY-16) (D)
Albio Sires (New Jersey’s 13th district)
Hilda Solis (CA-32) (D)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-12) (D)

Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) (D) (Resigned on January 31, 2007)
Linda T. Sánchez (CA-39) (D) (Suspended her membership on April 12, 2007)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressio ... nic_Caucus