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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.
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 Senate on Tuesday approved its organizing resolution for the 119th Congress, officially setting the composition of committees and greenlighting nomination hearings to take place in the coming ...
(The Center Square) – Five North Carolina newcomers, all Republicans, took their seats and cast first votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday in Washington as the 119th Congress was ...
A new Republican-controlled Congress will be sworn in on Friday. The latest updates on deadly incidents in Las Vegas and New Orleans this week. The College Football Playoff semifinals are set.
Congress.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. (see also Biographical Directory of the United States Congress) "Committee Assignments / Standing Committees". GPO Access. pp. 6– 8 "Committees of the U.S. Congress". Congress.gov.
The bills of the 119th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 119th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.