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This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party won control of the House 222–213, taking the majority for the first time since the 115th Congress, while the Democratic Party gained one seat in the Senate, where they already had effective control, and giving them a 51–49-seat majority (with a caucus of 48 Democrats and three independents).
Unlike the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader is the second highest-ranking member of their party's House caucus, behind the Speaker of the House. [1] The Majority Leader is responsible for setting the annual legislative agenda, scheduling legislation for consideration, and coordinating committee activity. [2]
With Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., out until February for treatments related to his blood cancer diagnosis, that shrinks the majority even further. Since the House was set at 435 members ...
In fact, Republicans' current 219-seat majority is the narrowest House majority held by either party in nearly a century, giving them just one more seat than the 218 votes necessary to pass a ...
Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project that Republicans will remain in control of the House of Representatives when the 119th United States Congress is seated in 2025. A party needs 218 seats ...
April 22, 2021: House voted 216–208 on H.R. 51 to make Washington, D.C. the nation's 51st state. April 28, 2021: President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress. May 12, 2021: House Republicans vote to oust Liz Cheney as conference chair for criticizing Donald Trump and opposing his attempts to reject the results of the 2020 election. [6]
The smallest House majority is 218. Republicans had already secured a U.S. Senate majority of at least 52-46, Edison Research projected. During his first presidential term in 2017-2021, Trump's ...