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The 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature.It began on January 21, 2025. [2] [3] [4] Democrats netted one seat in both the House and the Senate to win a three-fifths supermajority in both chambers, which is required to pass new taxes or update existing taxes. [5]
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.
On May 22, the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, by a 57–1 vote. [6] As passed by the Committee, the bill included the Pentagon's controversial "Legislative Proposal 480", transferring Air National Guard space units to the Space Force; however, the Committee accepted an amendment proposed by Joe Wilson (R‑SC), watering down ...
Incumbent resigned January 15, 2025, to lead the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families. [75] New member to be elected November 4, 2025. [j] TBD: House 48 Position 1: Vandana Slatter: Democratic 2017 (appointed) Incumbent resigned January 7, 2025, after being appointed to the State Senate. [77] New member to be elected November ...
January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of the Senate Republican ...
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S. 686: RESTRICT Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 7, 2023) S. 701: Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 (placed on Legislative Calendar on March 9, 2023) S. 870: Fire Grants and Safety Act (pending before the House as of April 24, 2023) S. 916: Junk Fee Prevention Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 22, 2023)
Under the United States budget process established in 1921, the US government is funded by twelve appropriations bills formed in response to the presidential budget request submitted to Congress in the first few months of the calendar year. The various legislators in the two chambers of Congress negotiate over the precise details of the various ...