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For representatives elected to a regular session, the starting date is the date at which the new Congress convened. From 1789 to 1935, this is March 4 (with the previous Congress ending on March 3); from 1937 onward, this is January 3. For representatives elected in a special election, the starting date represents their swearing-in date.
Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in the country's history. He was sworn into office two days after his 20th birthday.
To be a senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U.S. Constitution. Most states in the U.S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative.[74]
Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. [1] The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) and many state associations and national invitational tournaments offer Congressional Debate as an event.
[6] If kids were given the same tests that adults whose brains are atypical must pass in order to vote, then many pre-adolescents would qualify as competent [3] (see also: ableism, neurodiversity, and Suffrage for Americans with disabilities). Additionally, ballots cast by someone (ie kids) with little understanding might simply randomly ...
The 116th United States Congress began on January 3, 2019. There were nine new senators (two Democrats, seven Republicans) and a minimum of 89 new representatives (59 Democrats, 29 Republicans, with one open seat pending), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of its first session.
Until 1995, the education of Senate pages was provided by the District of Columbia public schools at a school located in the Library of Congress. [3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the page program was suspended on March 13, 2020, for the first time in its history, until September 13, 2022, when the program began letting pages back in. [4]
U.S. House of Representatives [h] Arizona House of Representatives: 1950 [19] Arizona 5: Matt Salmon (R) No Open seat; replaced Jeff Flake (R) U.S. House of Representatives [i] Chair of the Arizona Republican Party Arizona Senate: 1958 [20] Arizona 9: Kyrsten Sinema (D) New seat: Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives: 1976 [21 ...