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The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction also extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas, as defined by Senate rules.
Under the United States budget process established in 1921, the US government is funded by twelve appropriations bills formed in response to the presidential budget request submitted to Congress in the first few months of the calendar year. The various legislators in the two chambers of Congress negotiate over the precise details of the various ...
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
On May 22, the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, by a 57–1 vote. [6] As passed by the Committee, the bill included the Pentagon's controversial "Legislative Proposal 480", transferring Air National Guard space units to the Space Force; however, the Committee accepted an amendment proposed by Joe Wilson (R‑SC), watering down ...
January 3, 2025, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes.Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in. Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker on the first ballot after initially not receiving enough votes on the roll call, with the vote remaining open until enough members changed votes to support him.
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session.
S. 686: RESTRICT Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 7, 2023) S. 701: Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 (placed on Legislative Calendar on March 9, 2023) S. 870: Fire Grants and Safety Act (pending before the House as of April 24, 2023) S. 916: Junk Fee Prevention Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 22, 2023)
The original Senate bill was passed by the House and signed into law by President Obama as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Subsequently, the House and Senate used reconciliation to pass the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which contained several alterations to the ACA. [31]