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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, to elect representatives for all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to the 115th United States Congress. Non-voting members for the District of Columbia and territories of the United States were also elected.
Then-incumbent President Barack Obama casts his vote early in Chicago on October 7, 2016. The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress.
June 8, 2016: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a joint session of Congress. [17] June 22–23, 2016: In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Congress debated gun control reform. [18] The U.S. House recessed for the July 4 holiday during a sit-in protest held by Democrats that halted business in the chamber for more than 24 ...
Source: Associated Press. By Adam Hooper, Nicky Forster, Alissa Scheller, Raphael Eidus, Kevin Mangubat, Troy Dunham, Marc Graff, Jesse Kipp, Alexander Sapountzis and Honorata Zaklicki
In the 115th Congress, 94.1% of House members and 100% of senators had attained a bachelor's degree or a higher degree; this was a historically high level of education for a United States Congress. In addition, 167 members of the House and 55 members of the Senate had law degrees. Only 18 members of Congress had no college education. [33]
Despite Republicans retaining control of the Senate, 2016 marked the first time since 1986 where Democrats made a net gain of seats in Class 3. This is also the only election cycle since the popular-vote election of senators was mandated by the 17th Amendment in 1913 that the winning party in every Senate election mirrored the winning party for ...
In December 2016, with Trump having clinched the presidency and Republicans preparing to take control of both the House and Senate the next month, Congress decided to kick the deadline to fund the ...
Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman and Kevin Cirilli discuss the midterm election results, thin margins in the House and Senate, whether voters repudiated Trump, and the outlook for American politics.