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House Republicans on Wednesday locked in their top leadership positions for the looming 119th Congress, as the conference readies its majority to legislate under full GOP control of Washington.
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.
Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections. She ran successfully for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress. [9] In 2014, Eric Cantor became the first House Majority Leader to lose a primary ...
Position Salary Speaker of the House of Representatives: $223,500 Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives: $193,400 President pro tempore of the Senate: $193,400 Senators and representatives: $174,000 Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives: $174,000
A growing band of younger House Democrats is challenging senior members for powerful congressional ... D-Minn., all announced challenges to more senior Democrats for committee leadership positions.
Voting was under way on Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives to determine whether Mike Johnson would retain the chamber's top job as speaker in a first test of unity for President-elect ...
The Constitution empowers the House of Representatives to impeach federal officials for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" and empowers the Senate to try such impeachments. [78] The House may approve "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority vote; however, a two-thirds vote is required for conviction in the Senate. [79]
Committees, House.gov. United States House of Representatives. Includes links to all permanent and joint committees, excepting the Helsinki Commission. Congressional Directory: Main Page, Government Printing Office Online. Detailed listings of many aspects of previous memberships and sessions of Congress.