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The 2024 election is today, and the results will usher in the 119th Congress. The United States Congress is comprised of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Watch as the US House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday 31 May. Republicans control the House by a narrow 222-213 majority, meaning the ...
H.R. 1: Lower Energy Costs Act (passed House on March 30, 2023, but not yet sent to the Senate) H.R. 2: Secure the Border Act of 2023 (passed House, pending before the Senate as of May 11, 2023) H.R. 5: Parents Bill of Rights Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of March 27, 2023)
The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on the basis of population as measured by the United States census, with each district having at least a single representative, provided that that state is entitled to them. [5]
The joint session to count electoral votes is held at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 6 in the Chamber of the House of Representatives. [2] The sitting vice president is expected to preside, but in several cases the president pro tempore of the Senate has chaired the proceedings instead.
The House can elect a new speaker at any time if the person occupying that role dies, resigns or is removed from office. Barring that, a speaker is normally elected at the start of a new Congress.
The speaker is the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after Election Day) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. [1]
In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana ...