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Roughly a dozen conservatives were tight-lipped on whether they will vote for the incumbent leader to remain in the post. The vote was scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. EST. Watch the video replay above.
Congress is gathering for a joint session to certify the results of the 2024 election, the final step before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, after some major changes to ...
PHOTO: Rep. Mike Johnson leaves the floor after the House failed to elect a Speaker of the House in the first vote on the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol, Jan ...
A two-thirds vote of either chamber is required to suspend or expel a member from that chamber. [26] Under the 1987 Constitution, "The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of all its Members, call a constitutional convention, or by a majority vote of all its Members, submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention."
An increasing percentage of the federal budget became devoted to mandatory spending. [3] In 1947, Social Security accounted for just under five percent of the federal budget and less than one-half of one percent of GDP. [8] By 1962, 13 percent of the federal budget and half of all mandatory spending was committed to Social Security. [3]
Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single ...
Biden won the election with 306 electoral votes and 51.3% of the national popular vote, compared to Trump's 232 electoral votes and 46.8% of the popular vote. Biden won every state that 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election , as well as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and ...