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A major role for members of Congress is providing services to constituents. [179] Constituents request assistance with problems. [180] Providing services helps members of Congress win votes and elections [145] [181] [182] and can make a difference in close races. [183] Congressional staff can help citizens navigate government bureaucracies. [5]
April 22, 2021: House voted 216–208 on H.R. 51 to make Washington, D.C. the nation's 51st state. April 28, 2021: President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress. May 12, 2021: House Republicans vote to oust Liz Cheney as conference chair for criticizing Donald Trump and opposing his attempts to reject the results of the 2020 election. [6]
On contentious matters, many members may wish to speak; thus, a member may receive as little as one minute, or even thirty seconds, to make their point. [66] When debate concludes, the motion is put to a vote. [67] In many cases, the House votes by voice vote; the presiding officer puts the question, and members respond either "yea!" or "aye!"
There are 538 total electoral votes given to each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. based on how many members of Congress it has in Washington. Candidates need 270 votes to win. Candidates ...
Representatives were elected from all 435 U.S. congressional districts across each of the 50 states to serve in the 118th United States Congress, as well as 5 non-voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited insular areas.
January 3, 2023, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes. Members-elect of the United States Senate are sworn in, but members-elect of the United States House of Representatives cannot be sworn as the House adjourns for the day without electing a speaker. [21] January 3–7, 2023: The election for the House speakership takes 15 ballots.
For many of the 114 who voted against expelling Santos, the argument came down to due process. ... said he believed the precedent for expelling a member of Congress was a criminal conviction, not ...
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to the 117th United States Congress, as well as six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories.