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Following the 2024 elections, the Republican Party retained its slim majority in the House, won the majority in the Senate, and with Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, have an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 115th Congress in 2017, which was in session during Trump's first term. The 119th Congress ...
The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House. Factbox-Important dates to watch as Republicans take control in the US Congress
Now that Donald Trump is back for a second presidential term, another big political shift will happen simultaneously happen post-inauguration. The Republicans now fully control Congress, which ...
Democrats in Congress have proposed a measure to clarify that the 22nd Amendment expressly forbids a third term in office, and 78-year-old Trump, soon to be the oldest president in history, has at ...
Donald Trump assumed office as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017, and his first term ended on January 20, 2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution .
The 118th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C. , on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025, during the final two years of Joe Biden's presidency .
Vice President-elect JD Vance waves as he attends a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2025.
A term starts on January 3 following the election in November. The U.S. Constitution requires that vacancies in the House be filled with a special election. The term of the replacement member expires on the date that the original member's would have expired. The Constitution permits the House to expel a member with a two-thirds vote.