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Congressional staff are employees of the United States Congress or individual members of Congress. The position first developed in the late 19th century, and it expanded significantly during the 20th century. Staffers may work with individual members of Congress, or they may be associated with committees or other organizations that support ...
Thirty-four Latinos will serve in the House and four in the Senate -- and Nevada Sen.-elect Catherine Cortez Masto will be the first-ever Latina senator.
This category should include only Employees and the office in which they are/were employed. This category should not include Congressional officers/leaders. (Unless, of course, that person served as both an employee and an elected legislator.) See Category:Leaders of the United States Congress.
During the founding of the federal government, Black Americans were consigned to a status of second-class citizenship or enslaved. [2] No African American ever held a cabinet position before the civil rights movement or the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and labor ...
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Thursday named a historically diverse top staff led by three trailblazing women. The first woman of color to serve as veep continues to break barriers, in this ...
On January 4, 2007, with the Democrats once again in the majority, the committee's name was changed back to Committee on Education and Labor. [1] After Republicans recaptured the House majority in the 2010 elections, they returned to the name, Committee on Education and the Workforce, effective with the opening of the 112th Congress in 2011. [2]
The historically diverse 117th Congress was sworn in on Sunday with more than 120 women and 124 people of color. The rare Sunday session saw a record number of women of color including the first ...
This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual sessions.. Each elected bicameral Congress (of the two chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives) lasts for two years and begins on January 3 of odd-numbered y