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Members of the Committee on Financial Services sit in the tiers of raised chairs (R), while those testifying and audience members sit below (L). There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are selected by whichever party is in the ...
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, to elect representatives for all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to the 115th United States Congress. Non-voting members for the District of Columbia and territories of the United States were also elected.
The U.S. House recessed for the July 4 holiday during a sit-in protest held by Democrats that halted business in the chamber for more than 24 hours. November 8, 2016: Donald Trump and Mike Pence elected as president and vice-president in presidential elections, while the Republicans retain majority at both Senate and House of Representatives.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
2016 Senate results Democratic hold Republican hold Democratic gain: House elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: All 435 voting-members and 6 non-voting delegates: Popular vote margin: Republican +1.1%: Net seat change: Democratic +6: Map of the 2016 House races (delegate races not shown)
More Democrats vote to raise the debt limit than Republicans as the bill heads to the Senate
With the election of Carolyn Maloney as the first woman to chair the House Oversight Committee, [38] women chaired a record six House committees in a single Congress (out of 26 women to ever chair House committees in the history of Congress), including House members Maxine Waters (Financial Services), Nita Lowey (Appropriations), Zoe Lofgren ...
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and for other purposes. H.Res. 9: January 4, 2021: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. H.Res. 10: January 4, 2021: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. H.Res. 11 ...