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Committees, House.gov. United States House of Representatives. Includes links to all permanent and joint committees, excepting the Helsinki Commission. Congressional Directory: Main Page, Government Printing Office Online. Detailed listings of many aspects of previous memberships and sessions of Congress. Committees of the U.S. Congress ...
Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi [1] (/ ˈ r ɑː dʒ ə ˌ k r ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ m ʊər θ i / RAH-jə KRISH-nə-MOORTH-ee; born July 19, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017.
As the 15th most prolific traveler in Congress, Davis stirred up controversy by accepting a trip to Sri Lanka in 2005 on behalf of the Tamil minority there, paid for by the Tamil Tigers, a group that the U.S. government has designated as a terrorist organization for its use of suicide bombers and child soldiers. Davis said that he was unaware ...
There are a total of 535 seats in the United States Congress. With two from each state, 100 exist in the Senate. Based on its population, each state elects a varying number of people to serve in ...
Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Illinois Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1812 to 1818. These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and the United States House of ...
William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. [1] A member of the Republican Party , he served in the Louisiana State Senate from 2006 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015.
In August 2017, Underwood announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Illinois's 14th congressional district. [15] Her platform focused on improving the Affordable Care Act, expanding job opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and paid family leave . [ 11 ]
In 1922, Lottie Holman O'Neill was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly. [6] Future U.S. President Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, serving there until 2004 when he was elected to the United States Senate. [7]