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The 119th Congress began at 12 p.m. EST on January 3, 2025, following the adjournment of the 118th Congress. [26] The Senate began with Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in senators. [27] West Virginia Governor Jim Justice will be sworn in on January 13 due to the state's constitution creating issues of succession. [28]
The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House. The Senate majority is 53-47, well below the 60-vote threshold needed to ...
The 2025 speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2025, on the opening day of the 119th United States Congress, two months after the 2024 elections for the United States House of Representatives. This was the 130th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789.
The election was held by secret ballot, with only those who will serve as Republican senators in the 119th Congress allowed to cast a vote. Senators John Cornyn, Rick Scott and John Thune were the only official candidates on the ballot. After receiving the fewest number of votes on the first ballot, Scott was eliminated.
The presser marks the first of the 119th Congress and after Johnson was reelected Speaker earlier this month. These remarks also come a day after Trump was certified as the 2024 election winner .
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds the gavel after he was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2025.
Congress TV is a Philippine digital television channel owned and managed by state-run networks People's Television Network (until November 17, 2024) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a high-stakes leadership fight to pick the next House speaker.