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State delegation to the United States House of Representatives Following the 2020 Census , Pennsylvania lost one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a result, starting with the general election of 2022 , Pennsylvania sent 17 members to the house, and beginning with the general election of 2024 will have 19 electoral votes.
Both houses adjourn on November 30 in even-numbered years, when the terms of all members of the House and half the members of the Senate expire. Neither body can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other. [5] The governor may call a special session in order to press for legislation on important issues. As of 2017, only ...
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. [1] [2] It is the largest full-time state legislature in the country.
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four-year terms, staggered every two years, such that half of the seats are contested at each election. [2]
Listed below are the incumbent members of the Pennsylvania House Delegation to the 119th Congress, updated on January 3, 2023 1st district: Brian Fitzpatrick (R) (since 2017) 2nd district: Brendan Boyle (D) (since 2015) 3rd district: Dwight Evans (D) (since 2016) 4th district: Madeleine Dean (D) (since 2019)
Members of the state house serve for 2 year terms, while the term for the state senate is 4 years. There are no limits on the amount of terms that members of the state legislature can serve. Republicans controlled the state House for all but four years from 1995 until 2023, and they have controlled the state Senate uninterrupted since 1993.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Pennsylvania to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the Pennsylvania delegation is Representative Glenn Thompson , having served in the House since 2009.
Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the ...