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As the minority party has one less leadership position after losing the speaker's chair, there may be a contest for the remaining leadership positions. Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 ...
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.
House Republicans on Wednesday locked in their top leadership positions for the looming 119th Congress, as the conference readies its majority to legislate under full GOP control of Washington.
Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...
The Constitution empowers the House of Representatives to impeach federal officials for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" and empowers the Senate to try such impeachments. [78] The House may approve "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority vote; however, a two-thirds vote is required for conviction in the Senate. [79]
These are tables of congressional delegations from Ohio to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Ohio delegation is Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) , having served in the House since 1983.
Leader Mike Johnson: Hakeem Jeffries: Party Republican: Democratic: Leader since October 25, 2023 January 3, 2023 Leader's seat Louisiana 4th: New York 8th: Last election 220 seats, 50.5% 215 seats, 47.9% Current seats 218 seats 215 seats Seats needed 3
As of 2023, Jordan, who has served in the House of Representatives for over 16 years, has never sponsored a bill that later became law. [ 60 ] On May 2, 2014, Jordan introduced House Resolution 565 , "Calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. , to appoint a special counsel to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by ...