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The Congress began with a multi-ballot election for Speaker of the House, which had not happened since the 68th Congress in 1923. Kevin McCarthy was eventually elected speaker on the 15th ballot. After relying on bipartisan votes to get out of a debt ceiling crisis and government shutdown threats , McCarthy became the first speaker to ever be ...
The 118th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2023, and will end on January 3, 2025, has enacted 209 public laws and zero private laws. [1] [2] [3]In contrast with previous Congresses, which generally enacted their first laws no later than January or February, the 118th Congress's first law was enacted on March 20. [4]
To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk. H.Res. 3: January 9, 2023: Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. H.Res. 4: January 9, 2023: Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and ...
The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House. Factbox-Important dates to watch as Republicans take control in the US Congress
The 2024 election is today, and the results will usher in the 119th Congress.. The United States Congress is comprised of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The 118th ...
More than halfway through its two-year term, the 118th Congress has enacted, and Biden has signed, 47 pieces of legislation. The last 10 Congresses averaged almost 390 bills enacted per term.
Before the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified January 23, 1933), which moved and fixed new Congressional dates, on which an American Congress began and ended, designated from the original provisions of the Constitution of 1787, was previously either March 3 or March 4, (in tandem then with dates of presidential ...
H.R.932 (118th), also known as To repeal the authorizations for use of military force (AUMF) against Iraq, is a bill in the 118th United States Congress that would have repealed the 2002 AUMF. H.R.932 was sponsored on February 9, 2023 by Barbara Lee, the lone vote against the 2001 AUMF. [1]