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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 2024 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2024, for 85 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states, approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
The 118th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2023, and will end on January 3, 2025, has enacted 152 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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual sessions. Each elected bicameral Congress (of the two chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives ) lasts for two years and begins on January 3 of odd-numbered years.
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023. There were seven new senators (two Democrats, five Republicans) and 74 new representatives (34 Democrats, 40 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session.