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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 y
Congress Date Type Occasion Dignitary speaking 1st: April 6, 1789 Joint session Counting electoral votes for the 1789 presidential election: None April 30, 1789 Joint session Inauguration of George Washington and church service George Washington, President of the United States Samuel Provoost, Chaplain of the Senate
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
118th Congress House member pin from both the 1st and 2nd session. The 118th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Back in January, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana. invited Trump to address a joint session of Congress on March 4. The date will mark the first time Trump will make a speech of this kind ...
3. A move on taxes. One item that rises to the top of the legislative to-do list for Congress is addressing Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which expires in 2025.
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.
In the midst of six-year terms that come to the ballot again in 2026 and 2028, respectively, are Republican U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd. The House’s 220-215 majority of Republicans ...