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Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage as the 119th Congress convenes in Washington DC and the House of Representatives elects its speaker, with Donald Trump’s Republican ...
U.S. House of Representatives [a] Arizona House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal: 1979 [1] Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) 3rd (93rd overall) No Open seat; replacing Tom Carper (D) U.S. House of Representatives [b] Delaware Secretary of Labor 1962 [2] Indiana: Jim Banks (R) 2nd (92nd overall) No Open seat; replacing Mike ...
Here's a breakdown of the current party control in the lower chamber of Congress. 2024 U.S. House ... There are 435 voting members in the House of Representatives. Each representative is elected ...
Follow along with our live-updating results for the U.S. presidential race and congressional races across the country with maps that show the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans on ...
Without a speaker, members-elect of the House cannot be sworn in. [a] The House is unable to conduct any business other than electing the speaker. [6] [7] Because the rules of the House are adopted for each new Congress, the House will not have rules until the election is complete allowing the members to be sworn in and the House to adopt rules ...
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. [10] The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.
After three weeks of paralysis in Congress, the House has elected a new speaker, and business can resume. Lawmakers voted in U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a relatively low-profile social ...
Two states (Colorado and Minnesota) elected a split house delegation. Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender member elected to the United States Congress. [12] This was the third presidential election cycle in a row in which the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House while holding its majority.