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The number of physicians serving and running for Congress has risen over the last 50 years from 5 in 1960, down to 3 in 1970 and a low of 2 in 1990 up to 10 (in 2000) [3] to a maximum of 21, including one female physician, in 2013, [4] as of 2015, there were 18, and as of 2017 a small decrease to 15 physicians.
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. It convened in Washington, D.C. , on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025, during the final two years of Joe Biden's presidency .
The Office of Attending Physician (OAP) was established by congressional resolution in 1928 to meet the medical needs of Members of Congress. [1] The OAP began serving the medical needs of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1929 and the following year, in 1930, began serving the U.S. Senate.
Still, the 118th Congress hasn't done well on either count. Of the 27 bills passed in 2023, two renamed medical centers and one approved the minting of a commemorative coin.
This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities ) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children.
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. Additionally, five senators (four Democrats, one Republican) and nine representatives ...
Larry Dean Bucshon (/ b uː ˈ ʃ ɔː n / boo-SHAWN; born May 31, 1962) is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district from 2011 to 2025.
The Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act is a proposed United States congressional bill introduced in the 118th United States Congress.Introduced in response to the national opioid epidemic, the legislation would expand access to methadone, an approved medication for treating opioid use disorder (OUD).