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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.
In this Congress, Maria Cantwell is the most senior junior senator. JD Vance was the junior senior senator at the start of the Congress until his resignation on January 10, 2025, to become vice president; the distinction is now held by Bernie Moreno. Alex Padilla is the most junior senator to serve as chair or ranking member of a committee.
Before the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified January 23, 1933), which moved and fixed new Congressional dates, on which an American Congress began and ended, designated from the original provisions of the Constitution of 1787, was previously either March 3 or March 4, (in tandem then with dates of presidential ...
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 ...
Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project that Republicans will remain in control of the House of Representatives when the 119th United States Congress is seated in 2025. A party needs 218 seats ...
A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen. S.Res. 17: January 7, 2025: A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (all Republicans) have taken office in ...
Illinois's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 17 representatives: 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The current dean of the Illinois delegation is Senator Dick Durbin, having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.