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If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later. [1] The current pension program, effective January 1987, is under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), which covers members and other federal employees whose federal employment began in 1984 or later.
In the 1994 U.S. elections, part of the "Contract With America" Republican platform included legislation for term limits in Congress. After winning the majority, a Republican congressman brought a constitutional amendment to the House floor that proposed limiting members of the Senate to two six-year terms and members of the House to six two ...
Congress sets members' salaries; however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA [42]) from taking effect until after the next election of the whole House. Representatives are eligible for retirement benefits after serving for five years. [43]
"The Senate Judiciary Committee should hold a hearing on his blatant attempt to turn the judicial retirement system into a partisan game, and he deserves the ethics complaints and recusal demands ...
For example, Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor in Virginia, Rep. Dan Bishop is running for attorney general in North Carolina, and about a dozen are running for a Senate seat. Of the ...
In the case of senators elected in a run-off election occurring after the commencement of a new term, or a special election, their seniority date will be the date they are sworn in and not the first day of that Congress. A senator may be simultaneously elected to fill a term in a special election and elected to the six-year term which begins on ...
Along with voting for the president, Election Day also means voting for both chambers of Congress: the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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.