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Harry S. Truman, Vice President of the United States March 1, 1945 Joint session Yalta Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States April 16, 1945 Joint session Prosecution of the War Harry S. Truman, President of the United States May 21, 1945 Joint session Bestowal of the Medal of Honor on Jake W. Lindsey
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
On December 18, 1874, Kalākaua was the first person in history received by the United States Congress in a joint meeting. This differs from a joint session of Congress, which requires the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Joint meetings of Congress are rare, and another one was not called until the 1900 Centennial of the Capital City. [30]
Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time: Wednesday. 9:30 a.m.: Pam Bondi, Justice Department. The former Florida attorney general makes the first of two scheduled appearances before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened on January 3, 2025, during the last weeks of Joe Biden's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's second presidency.
Joint Committees are used for purposes of legislative and administrative coordination. At present there are four: the Joint Economic Committee (Class B), the Joint Committee on the Library (Class C), the Joint Committee on Printing (Class C), and the Joint Committee on Taxation (Class C). [citation needed]
Similar to a State of the Union Address, it will be delivered before the 119th United States Congress in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Presiding over this joint session will be the House speaker, Mike Johnson, accompanied by JD Vance, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford: OK: January 3, 2025: Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Tim Scott: SC: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Rick Scott: FL: January 3, 2025