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In the election years of 1966, 1974, and 1978, changes to pension laws made it advantageous for senators to resign before December 31, rather than wait until their term expired in early January, contributing to the increase in the number of appointed senators.
Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated. Aides to the California Democrat confirmed the timing ...
Several Democratic senators individually weighed in with support for Harris, including Patty Murray of Washington, Mark Warner of Virginia, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii.
Some Democratic senators and other party officials have reached out to her transition team to ask that Harris not call for the resignation of all of Biden's appointees if she wins — just in case ...
A member of the United States Senate can resign by writing a letter of resignation to the governor of the state that the senator represents. [1] Under Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, and under the Seventeenth Amendment, in case of a vacancy in the Senate resulting from resignation, the executive authority of the state (today known in every state as the governor ...