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January 3, 2025, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes.Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in. Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker on the first ballot after initially not receiving enough votes on the roll call, with the vote remaining open until enough members changed votes to support him.
Senate committees are divided, according to relative importance, into three categories: Class A, Class B, and Class C. In general, individual Senators are limited to service on two Class A committees and one Class B committee. Assignment to Class C committees is made without reference to a member's service on any other panels. [17]
April 2, 2018 66 1975 Marsha Blackburn: Republican Tennessee: January 3, 2019 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years) 67 1977 Kevin Cramer: Republican North Dakota: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years) 68 1979 Jacky Rosen: Democratic Nevada: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2 ...
The Senate on Tuesday approved its organizing resolution for the 119th Congress, officially setting the composition of committees and greenlighting nomination hearings to take place in the coming ...
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session.
In August, he won the Republican primary, defeating Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate nominee Joe Miller. Sullivan narrowly defeated Begich in the general election, 47.96% to 45.83%, a margin of 6,014 votes out of 282,400 cast. He was reelected in 2020, defeating independent challenger Al Gross by about 13 percentage ...
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project that Republicans will remain in control of the House of Representatives when the 119th United States Congress is seated in 2025. A party needs 218 seats ...