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January 3, 2022 – January 3, 2021
Members 100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority Republican
Senate President Mike Pence (R)
Firm Bulk Democratic
Business firm Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2022 – January 3, 2020
2nd: January 3, 2020 – Jan 3, 2021

The 116th United States Congress was the coming together of the 116th legislative branch of the United States federal regime, equanimous of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Information technology convened in Washington, D.C., on January three, 2019, and ended on Jan three, 2021, during the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency. Senators elected to regular terms in 2022 finished their terms in this Congress, and Business firm seats were apportioned based on the 2010 Census.

In the Nov 2022 midterm elections, the Democratic Party won a new bulk in the Business firm, while the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate. Consequently, this was the starting time split Congress since the 113th Congress of 2013–2015, and the first Republican Senate–Democratic House carve up since the 99th Congress of 1985–1987. This Congress was the youngest incoming class past mean historic period in the past iii cycles[ane] and the most demographically diverse always.

Upon joining the Libertarian Party on May i, 2020,[ii] Justin Amash became the first fellow member of Congress to represent a political political party other than the Democrats or the Republicans since Rep. William Carney, who served as a Conservative earlier switching to the Republican Party in 1985. Before joining the Libertarian Party, Amash had been serving equally an independent since his departure from the Republican Political party on July 4, 2019.[iii] Paul Mitchell also left the Republicans in December 2020, becoming an contained.[4] Neither incumbent ran for re-election.

Major events [edit]

  • December 22, 2022 – January 25, 2019: 2018–2019 United states federal government shutdown
  • Feb v, 2019: 2022 State of the Marriage Accost was delayed from Jan 29 due to the partial government shutdown.[v]
  • Feb xv, 2019: President Trump declared a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States.
  • Feb 27, 2019: Old Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified earlier the Business firm Oversight and Reform Committee.[six]
  • March 24, 2019: Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019): U.South. Attorney General William Barr issued a summary letter of special counsel Robert Mueller'due south written report to congress on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2022 presidential ballot.
  • July 24, 2019: Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019): Special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees.
  • September 24, 2019: First impeachment of Donald Trump: Firm opened an Impeachment enquiry confronting Donald Trump after a whistleblower alleged the President driveling his power in a call with the President of Ukraine.
  • December 13, 2019: Offset impeachment of Donald Trump: House Judiciary Commission approved two impeachment manufactures.
  • December 18, 2019: First impeachment of Donald Trump: Business firm impeached President Trump.
  • January 16, 2022 – February 5, 2020: First impeachment of Donald Trump: Impeachment trial of Donald Trump
  • Feb 4, 2020: 2022 Country of the Union Address
  • March eleven, 2022 – present: COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  • May 26, 2022 – present: Nationwide George Floyd protests
  • August 18, 2022 – present: 2022 United States Mail service crunch
  • September 30, 2022 – January xx, 2021: White Business firm COVID-nineteen outbreak
  • Oct 26, 2020: The Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court.
  • November three, 2020: 2022 Us elections were held. Joe Biden was elected the 46th President of the United states and Kamala Harris was elected the 49th Vice President of the United States, the first woman to do and so. Democrats retained control of the Usa House of Representatives, while Republicans briefly retained control of the Senate until Jan 20, 2021, because Democrats won both regular and special Senate elections in Georgia on Jan 5, 2021.

Major legislation [edit]

Enacted [edit]

President Trump signing the Dingell Act, March 12, 2019

  • February 15, 2019: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub.L. 116–half-dozen (text) (PDF), H.J.Res. 31
  • March 12, 2019: John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Pub.50. 116–nine (text) (PDF), S. 47
  • July one, 2019: Taxpayer First Act of 2019, H.R. 1957
  • July 29, 2019: Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Dominance of the September 11th Victim Bounty Fund Deed, Pub.Fifty. 116–34 (text) (PDF), H.R. 1327
  • November 27, 2019: Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Deed, Pub.L. 116–76 (text) (PDF), S. 1838
  • December 20, 2019: National Defense Authority Act for Financial Yr 2020, Pub.L. 116–92 (text) (PDF), S. 1790
  • Dec 20, 2019: Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub.L. 116–94 (text) (PDF), Southward. 1865
  • Jan 29, 2020: U.s.–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementation Act, Pub.Fifty. 116–113 (text) (PDF), H.R. 5430
  • Coronavirus relief acts:
    • March 6, 2020: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Deed, 2020, Pub.L. 116–123 (text) (PDF), H.R. 6074
    • March 18, 2020: Families Commencement Coronavirus Response Act, Pub.L. 116–127 (text) (PDF), H.R. 6201
    • March 27, 2020: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economical Security Act (CARES Deed), Pub.50. 116–136 (text) (PDF), H.R. 748
    • April 24, 2020: Paycheck Protection Program and Health Intendance Enhancement Human action, Pub.L. 116–139 (text) (PDF), H.R. 266
    • December 27, 2020: Consolidated Appropriations Human action, 2021, H.R. 133
  • March 26, 2020: Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative Act, Pub.50. 116–135 (text) (PDF), South. 1678
  • June 17, 2020: Uyghur Human Rights Policy Human activity, Pub.L. 116–145 (text) (PDF), S. 3744
  • July fourteen, 2020: Hong Kong Autonomy Human action, Pub.50. 116–149 (text) (PDF), H.R. 7440
  • Baronial 4, 2020: Great American Outdoors Human action, Pub.50. 116–152 (text) (PDF), South. 1957
  • January i, 2021: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Potency Human activity for Fiscal Year 2021, Pub.Fifty. 116–217 (text) (PDF), H.R. 6395 (passed over veto)

Proposed (merely not enacted) [edit]

  • House Bills
    • H.R. 1: For the People Act of 2019
    • H.R. 2 Moving Forward Deed
    • H.R. 3: Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019
    • H.R. 4: John Lewis Voting Rights Deed of 2019
    • H.R. 5: Equality Act of 2019
    • H.R. 6: American Dream and Hope Human activity of 2019
    • H.R. seven: Paycheck Fairness Act of 2019
    • H.R. 8: Bipartisan Background Checks Deed of 2019
    • H.R. 51: DC Admission Act of 2019
    • H.R. 1595: SAFE Banking Human activity of 2019
    • H.R. 3884: Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019
    • H.R. 6800: HEROES Act of 2019
    • H.R. 7085: Catastrophe Qualified Immunity Act of 2019
    • H.R. 7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Human activity of 2019
  • Senate Bills
  • Firm Joint Resolutions
    • H.J.Res. 77: "Opposing the conclusion to end sure U.s.a. efforts to forbid Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria"[7]
    • H.J.Res. 79: "Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights subpoena"
  • Passed, but vetoed
    • March xv, 2019: H.J.Res. 46: Relating to a national emergency alleged by the President on February 15, 2019. (Vetoed)
    • Apr 16, 2019: S.J.Res. 7: A joint resolution to direct the removal of U.s. Armed Forces from hostilities in the Commonwealth of Republic of yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. (Vetoed)

Major resolutions [edit]

Adopted [edit]

  • October 31, 2019: Formally commencing an impeachment enquiry against Donald Trump, H.Res. 660
  • December 18, 2019: "Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors", H.Res. 755

Proposed [edit]

  • H.Res. 109: "Recognizing the duty of the Federal Regime to create a Dark-green New Deal"

Party summary [edit]

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section beneath.

Senate [edit]

Amalgamation Party

(shading indicates majority caucus)

Total Vacant
Democratic Contained
(caucusing with
Democrats)
Republican
Cease of previous Congress 47 2 50 99 i
Brainstorm (Jan iii, 2019) 45 ii 52 99 1
Jan 8, 2019[a] 53 100 0
Dec 31, 2019[b] 52 99 1
January half-dozen, 2020[b] 53 100 0
December 2, 2020[c] 46 52
Final voting share 48.0% 52.0%
Beginning of the next Congress 46 2 51 99 1

House of Representatives [edit]

Amalgamation Political party

(shading indicates majority conclave)

Total Vacant
Democratic Independent Libertarian Republican
Finish of previous Congress 196 0 0 236 432 iii
Begin (January 3, 2019)[d] 235 0 0 199 434 1
Jan 23, 2019[eastward] 198 433 2
February 10, 2019[f] 197 432 three
May 21, 2019[e] 198 433 2
July 4, 2019[g] 1 197
September 10, 2019[d] [f] 199 435 0
September 23, 2019[h] 198 434 i
October 1, 2019[i] 197 433 2
October 17, 2019[j] 234 432 3
Nov 3, 2019[k] 233 431 four
Dec 19, 2019[l] 232 198
Jan 13, 2020[m] 197 430 five
March xxx, 2020[n] 196 429 6
Apr 29, 2020[j] 233 430 5
May one, 2020[g] 0 1
May 12, 2020[k] [h] 198 432 3
May 22, 2020[o] 197 431 4
June 23, 2020[i] 198 432 iii
July 17, 2020[p] 232 431 iv
October iv, 2020[q] 197 430 5
December 1, 2020[p] 233 431 4
December 7, 2020[r] 196 430 5
Dec 14, 2020[s] 1 195
Final voting share 54.two% 0.2% 0.2% 45.3%
Non-voting members 3 1 0 ii 6 0
Beginning of the next Congress 222 0 0 211 433 two

Leadership [edit]

Senate [edit]

Mike Pence

Chuck Grassley

Presiding [edit]

  • President of the Senate: Mike Pence (R)[ix]
  • President pro tempore: Chuck Grassley (R)[9]
  • President pro tempore emeritus: Patrick Leahy (D)

Majority (Republican) leadership [edit]

  • Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell[9] [x] [11]
  • Senate Majority Whip: John Thune[nine] [11]
  • Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: John Barrasso[9] [12]
  • Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Commission: Roy Blunt[9] [12]
  • Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Joni Ernst[9] [11] [12]
  • Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Commission: Todd Young[ix] [12]
  • Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee: Mike Lee[13]
  • Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip: Mike Crapo[14]
  • Senate Republican Deputy Whips: Roy Blunt, Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn, Cory Gardner, James Lankford, Martha McSally, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney, Tim Scott, Thom Tillis, and Todd Young[fourteen]

Minority (Autonomous) leadership [edit]

  • Senate Minority Leader and Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer[9] [11]
  • Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin[9] [fifteen]
  • Senate Assistant Democratic Leader: Patty Murray[9]
  • Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Debbie Stabenow[9]
  • Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Conclave: Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren[9]
  • Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee: Amy Klobuchar[nine]
  • Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach: Bernie Sanders[9]
  • Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Joe Manchin[9]
  • Secretarial assistant of the Senate Autonomous Caucus: Tammy Baldwin[9]
  • Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Catherine Cortez Masto[sixteen]
  • Senate Autonomous Principal Deputy Whips: Cory Booker, Jeff Merkley, and Brian Schatz[17]

House of Representatives [edit]

Presiding [edit]

  • Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D)

Bulk (Autonomous) leadership [edit]

  • Business firm Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer[18]
  • House Bulk Whip: Jim Clyburn[19]
  • Assistant Speaker of the House: Ben Ray Luján[20]
  • Chair of the House Democratic Caucus: Hakeem Jeffries[21]
  • Vice Chair of the Firm Autonomous Caucus: Katherine Clark[22]
  • Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Cheri Bustos[23]
  • Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Commission: David Cicilline[24]
  • Co-Chairs of the Firm Autonomous Policy and Communications Committee: Matt Cartwright, Debbie Dingell, and Ted Lieu[24]
  • Firm Autonomous Junior Conclave Leadership Representative: Jamie Raskin[24]
  • Firm Democratic Freshman Class Leadership Representatives: Katie Loma (until Nov 3, 2019), Veronica Escobar (from November 13, 2019), and Joe Neguse[24] [25]
  • Co-Chairs of the House Autonomous Steering and Policy Commission: Rosa DeLauro, Barbara Lee, and Eric Swalwell[24]
  • House Autonomous Assistant to the Majority Whip: Cedric Richmond[26]
  • House Democratic Senior Main Deputy Whips: John Lewis (until July 17, 2020) and Jan Schakowsky[26]
  • House Democratic Principal Deputy Whips: Pete Aguilar, M. M. Butterfield, Henry Cuellar, Dan Kildee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Terri Sewell, and Peter Welch[26]

Minority (Republican) leadership [edit]

  • House Minority Leader and Chair of the Business firm Republican Steering Committee: Kevin McCarthy[xi] [27]
  • House Minority Whip: Steve Scalise[11] [27]
  • Chair of the Firm Republican Conference: Liz Cheney[xi] [27]
  • Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference: Marking Walker[27]
  • Secretary of the Firm Republican Conference: Jason Smith[27]
  • Chair of the Business firm Republican Policy Commission: Gary Palmer[27]
  • Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee: Tom Emmer[27]
  • House Republican Chief Deputy Whip: Drew Ferguson[28]

Demographics [edit]

Most members of this Congress were Christian (88.2%), with approximately one-half beingness Protestant and thirty.5% being Catholic. Jewish membership is 6.4%. Other religions represented included Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. One senator said that she was religiously unaffiliated, while the number of members refusing to specify their religious amalgamation increased.[29] [30] [31]

Roughly 96% of members held higher degrees. All but 128 members were white and all but 131 members were men.[32]

Senate [edit]

The Senate included 74 men and 26 women, the virtually women to appointment. In 6 states, both senators were women; 14 states were represented by i man and 1 woman; and xxx states were represented by ii men. During this Congress, Johnny Isakson retired for wellness reasons and Kelly Loeffler was appointed, which increased the number of women from 25 after the 2022 elections to 26. There were 91 non-Hispanic white, iv Hispanic, 2 Black, 2 Asian, and 1 multiracial (Black/Asian) senators. Additionally, two senators were LGBTQ+.[1] [33] [ better source needed ] The average age of Senators at the beginning of this congress was 62.9 years.[32]

House of Representatives [edit]

At that place were 101 women in the Business firm, the largest number in history.[34] At that place were 313 non-Hispanic white, 56 Black, 44 Hispanic, 15 Asian, and 4 Native American congress members. Eight were LGBTQ+.[35] Ii Democrats — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donna Shalala — were the youngest (30) and oldest (78) freshmen women in history.[36] Freshmen Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN) were the first two Muslim women and freshmen Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Deb Haaland (D-NM) were the start ii Native American women elected as well.[37] The average age of Members of the Firm at the beginning of the 116th Congress was 57.6 years.[32]

With the election of Carolyn Maloney as the outset woman to chair the House Oversight Committee,[38] women chaired a tape half dozen House committees in a unmarried Congress (out of 26 women to ever chair House committees in the history of Congress), including House members Maxine Waters (Fiscal Services), Nita Lowey (Appropriations), Zoe Lofgren (Administration), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Science, Space and Engineering) and Nydia Velázquez (Pocket-size Business), as well as Kathy Castor, who chaired the Select Committee on the Climate Crunch.[38] In addition, women chaired a tape 39 House subcommittees. Lowey and Kay Granger were also the first women to serve equally chair and ranking fellow member of the same committee in the same Congress since the since-defunct Select Committee on the House Dazzler Shop, which was chaired and populated entirely by congresswomen during its existence from 1967 to 1977.

Diversity of the freshman class [edit]

The demographics of the 116th U.South. Congress freshmen were more various than any previous incoming class.[39] [forty] [41]

At least 25 new congressional representatives were Hispanic, Native American, or people of color, and the incoming grade included the starting time Native American women, the first Muslim women, and the two youngest women ever elected.[39] The 116th Congress included more women elected to the House than any previous Congress.[40] [41]

Members [edit]

Senate [edit]

The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 seats were contested in the Nov 2022 elections. In this Congress, form ane means their term commenced in the current Congress, requiring re-election in 2024; class 2 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-ballot in 2020; and class 3 ways their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2022.

House of Representatives [edit]

Caucuses [edit]

Changes in membership [edit]

Senate [edit]

State
(course)
Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor'southward
formal installation[y]
Florida
(ane)
Vacant Senator-elect chose to await until finishing term as Governor of Florida.[42] Rick Scott
(R)
January 8, 2019
Georgia
(iii)
Johnny Isakson
(R)
Incumbent resigned Dec 31, 2019.[43]
Successor was appointed the same day[t] to go along the term.[43]
Kelly Loeffler
(R)
January vi, 2020[54]
Arizona
(3)
Martha McSally
(R)
Appointee lost special ballot to end the term.
Successor elected November 3, 2020.
Marker Kelly
(D)
Dec 2, 2020[55]

House of Representatives [edit]

Commune Vacated by Reason for change Successor Engagement of successor's
formal installation[y]
North Carolina 9 Vacant Vacant from the outset of the term equally allegations of fraud in the 2022 general election prevented the results from beingness certified.
A special election was held September x, 2019.[56]
Dan Bishop
(R)
September 17, 2019[57]
Pennsylvania 12 Tom Marino
(R)
Resigned January 23, 2019, to have job in private sector.[51]
A special election was held May 21, 2019.[58]
Fred Keller
(R)
June 3, 2019
Due north Carolina 3 Walter B. Jones Jr.
(R)
Died Feb x, 2019.
A special ballot was held September 10, 2019.[59]
Greg Tater
(R)
September 17, 2019[sixty]
Michigan iii Justin Amash
(R)
Inverse party July 4, 2019.[8] Justin Amash
(I)
July iv, 2019
Wisconsin 7 Sean Duffy
(R)
Resigned September 23, 2019.
A special ballot was held May 12, 2020.[61]
Tom Tiffany
(R)
May nineteen, 2020
New York 27 Chris Collins
(R)
Resigned October 1, 2019.
A special ballot was held June 23, 2020.[62]
Chris Jacobs
(R)
July 21, 2020
Maryland seven Elijah Cummings
(D)
Died October 17, 2019.
A special election was held April 28, 2020.[48] [63]
Kweisi Mfume
(D)
May 5, 2020
California 25 Katie Hill
(D)
Resigned November 3, 2019, due to allegations of improper relationships with staffer.
A special ballot was held March three, 2020, and a runoff election was held May 12, 2020.[64] [65]
Mike Garcia
(R)
May 19, 2020
New Bailiwick of jersey 2 Jeff Van Drew
(D)
Changed party December nineteen, 2019.[66] Jeff Van Drew
(R)
December 19, 2019
California 50 Duncan D. Hunter
(R)
Resigned January 13, 2020, post-obit felony indictment.[67] Vacant until the next Congress
North Carolina 11 Mark Meadows
(R)
Resigned March xxx, 2020, to become White House Main of Staff.[68] [69] Vacant until the side by side Congress
Michigan 3 Justin Amash
(I)
Changed party May ane, 2020.[2] Justin Amash
(Fifty)
May 1, 2020
Texas 4 John Ratcliffe
(R)
Resigned May 22, 2020, to become Managing director of National Intelligence.
The seat will remain vacant until the next Congress.
Vacant until the side by side Congress
Georgia five John Lewis
(D)
Died July 17, 2020.
A special ballot runoff was held Dec 1, 2020.[lxx]
Kwanza Hall
(D)
Dec iii, 2020
Georgia 14 Tom Graves
(R)
Resigned October 4, 2020.
The seat will remain vacant until the next Congress.
Vacant until the side by side Congress
California 8 Paul Melt
(R)
Resigned Dec 7, 2020, after being elected a member of the San Bernardino County Supervisors.
The seat will remain vacant until the adjacent Congress.
Vacant until the side by side Congress
Michigan 10 Paul Mitchell
(R)
Changed party December xiv, 2020. Paul Mitchell
(I)
Dec 14, 2020

Committees [edit]

Department contents: Senate, House, Joint

Senate [edit]

Committee Chair Ranking Member[71]
Aging (Special) Tim Scott (R-SC) Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Agronomics, Nutrition and Forestry Pat Roberts (R-KS) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Appropriations Richard Shelby (R-AL) Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Armed forces Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Jack Reed (D-RI)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Mike Crapo (R-ID) Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Budget Mike Enzi (R-WY) Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Commerce, Science and Transportation Roger Wicker (R-MS) Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Energy and Natural Resource Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Environment and Public Works John Barrasso (R-WY) Tom Carper (D-DE)
Ethics (Select) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) until December 2019
James Lankford (R-OK) from January 2020[72]
Chris Coons (D-DE)
Finance Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Foreign Relations Jim Risch (R-ID) Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Wellness, Education, Labor and Pensions Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Patty Murray (D-WA)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ron Johnson (R-WI) Gary Peters (D-MI)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) John Hoeven (R-ND) Tom Udall (D-NM)
Intelligence (Select) Richard Burr (R-NC) until May 15, 2020
Marco Rubio (R-FL) Acting from May xviii, 2020
Mark Warner (D-VA)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) John Cornyn (R-TX) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Judiciary Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Rules and Administration Roy Blunt (R-MO) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Marco Rubio (R-FL) Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Veterans' Diplomacy Johnny Isakson (R-GA) until December 2019
Jerry Moran (R-KS) from Jan 2020[73]
Jon Tester (D-MT)

Firm of Representatives [edit]

Commission Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture Collin Peterson (D-MN) Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Appropriations Nita Lowey (D-NY) Kay Granger (R-TX)
Military Adam Smith (D-WA) Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) Steve Womack (R-AR)
Climate Crisis (Select) Kathy Castor (D-FL) Garret Graves (R-LA)
Education and Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Free energy and Commerce Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Greg Walden (R-OR)
Ethics Ted Deutch (D-FL) Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Foreign Affairs Eliot Engel (D-NY) Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Mike Rogers (R-AL)
House Administration Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Judiciary Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Doug Collins (R-GA) (until March 12, 2020)
Jim Jordan (R-OH) (from March 12, 2020)
Modernization of Congress (Select) Derek Kilmer (D-WA) Tom Graves (R-GA) (until October iv, 2020) [74]
Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Oversight and Reform Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (until October 17, 2019)[48]
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (from Oct 17, 2019)
Jim Jordan (R-OH) (until March 12, 2020, from March 31, 2022 – June 29, 2020)
Mark Meadows (R-NC) (March 12, 2022 – March xxx, 2020)
James Comer (from June 29, 2020)
Rules Jim McGovern (D-MA) Tom Cole (R-OK)
Science, Space and Technology Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Small Business Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Sam Graves (R-MO)
Veterans' Diplomacy Mark Takano (D-CA) Phil Roe (R-TN)
Ways and Means Richard Neal (D-MA) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Joint [edit]

Committee Chair Vice Chair Ranking Fellow member Vice Ranking Fellow member
Economic Mike Lee (R-UT) Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (until January xvi, 2020)
Don Beyer (D-VA) (from January 16, 2020)
David Schweikert (R-AZ) Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Library Roy Blunt (R-MO) Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rodney Davis (R-IL) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Printing Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Taxation[z] Richard Neal (D-MA) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Employees and legislative agency directors [edit]

Besides chosen "elected" or "appointed" officials, at that place are many employees of the House and Senate whose leaders are included here.[75]

Senate [edit]

  • Chaplain: Barry C. Blackness[9] (Seventh-day Adventist)
  • Historian: Betty Koed
  • Parliamentarian: Elizabeth MacDonough[9]
  • Secretary: Julie E. Adams[nine]
  • Sergeant at Artillery: Michael C. Stenger[9]
  • Secretary for the Majority:
    • until February 2020: Laura Dove[9]
    • starting February 2020: Robert Duncan[9]
  • Secretarial assistant for the Minority: Gary B. Myrick[9]

Firm of Representatives [edit]

  • Clergyman: Patrick J. Conroy[76] (Roman Catholic)
  • Chief Administrative Officer: Phil Kiko[77]
  • Clerk:
    • until February 26, 2019: Karen 50. Haas
    • starting Feb 26, 2019: Cheryl L. Johnson
  • Historian: Matthew Wasniewski
  • Inspector General: Michael Ptasienski
  • Parliamentarian:
    • until September 30, 2020: Thomas J. Wickham Jr.[78]
    • starting September 30, 2020: Jason A. Smith
  • Reading Clerks: Susan Cole and Joseph Novotny
  • Sergeant at Arms: Paul D. Irving[79]

Legislative branch agency directors [edit]

  • Architect of the Capitol:
    • until August 17, 2019: Christine A. Merdon (interim)
    • August 17, 2022 – January sixteen, 2020: Thomas J. Carroll 3 (acting)
    • starting January xvi, 2020: Brett Blanton[80]
  • Attending Physician of the Us Congress: Brian P. Monahan
  • Comptroller General of the United States: Gene Dodaro[81]
  • Director of the Congressional Upkeep Part:
    • until May 31, 2019: Keith Hall
    • starting June iii, 2019: Phillip Swagel[82]
  • Librarian of Congress: Carla Diane Hayden[83]
  • Director of the U.South. Government Publishing Office: Vacant[84]
  • Counselor of the Part of the Law Revision Counsel: Ralph V. Seep[85]
  • Advisor of the Function of House Legislative Counsel: Ernest Wade Ballou Jr.[86]
  • Public Printer of the The states: Hugh North. Halpern

See besides [edit]

Elections [edit]

  • 2018 United states of america elections (elections leading to this Congress)
    • 2018 U.s.a. Senate elections
    • 2018 Us House of Representatives elections
  • 2019 United States elections (elections during this Congress)
    • 2019 United states House of Representatives elections
  • 2020 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the adjacent Congress)
    • 2020 United states presidential election
    • 2020 United states Senate elections
    • 2020 Usa House of Representatives elections
  • 2010s in U.s. political history

Membership lists [edit]

  • List of new members of the 116th United States Congress

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ In Florida: Rick Scott (R) assumed office belatedly January 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b In Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R) resigned December 31, 2019; Kelly Loeffler (R) was appointed Jan 6, 2020, to continue the term.
  3. ^ a b In Arizona: Marker Kelly (D) replaced acting appointee Martha McSally (R) in a special ballot.
  4. ^ a b c In N Carolina's 9th district: the November 2022 ballot results were non certified due to a dispute over voting irregularities. Dan Bishop (R) was elected September 10, 2019.
  5. ^ a b In Pennsylvania'southward 12th district: Tom Marino (R) resigned January 23, 2019, and Fred Keller (R) was elected May 21, 2019.
  6. ^ a b In North Carolina's 3rd district: Walter Jones (R) died February x, 2019, and Greg Potato (R) was elected September 10, 2019.
  7. ^ a b In Michigan's third district: Justin Amash changed parties from Republican to Independent July 4, 2019,[8] and so changed to Libertarian May 1, 2020.[2]
  8. ^ a b In Wisconsin's 7th district: Sean Duffy (R) resigned September 23, 2019, and Tom Tiffany (R) was elected May 12, 2020.
  9. ^ a b In New York'southward 27th commune: Chris Collins (R) resigned October 1, 2019, and Chris Jacobs (R) was elected June 23, 2020.
  10. ^ a b In Maryland'southward 7th commune: Elijah Cummings (D) died October 17, 2019, and Kweisi Mfume (D) was elected April 29, 2020.
  11. ^ a b In California's 25th district: Katie Hill (D) resigned November three, 2019, and Mike Garcia (R) was elected May 12, 2020.
  12. ^ In New Jersey's 2nd district: Jeff Van Drew inverse parties from Democratic to Republican December 19, 2019.
  13. ^ In California'south 50th commune: Duncan D. Hunter (R) resigned January 13, 2020.
  14. ^ In Northward Carolina's 11th commune: Mark Meadows (R) resigned March 30, 2020.
  15. ^ In Texas'southward 4th district: John Ratcliffe (R) resigned May 22, 2020.
  16. ^ a b In Georgia's 5th district: John Lewis (D) died July 17, 2020, and Kwanza Hall (D) was elected December i, 2020.
  17. ^ In Georgia's 14th district: Tom Graves (R) resigned Oct 4, 2020.
  18. ^ In California's 8th district: Paul Cook (R) resigned Dec 7, 2020.
  19. ^ In Michigan'south 10th district: Paul Mitchell inverse from Republican to Contained.
  20. ^ a b Loeffler'southward engagement was "effective December 31, 2019."[44]
  21. ^ a b c d eastward f m The Minnesota Autonomous–Farmer–Labor Political party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
  22. ^ Although Sanders ran for U.Due south. President in the Democratic primary and claimed to be a "bona fide Democrat" in accordance to DNC rules, he is officially an Independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats.[45]
  23. ^ In Michigan'south tertiary district: Justin Amash changed from Republican to Contained, July iv, 2019.[8] He became a Libertarian on May 1, 2020.[2]
  24. ^ In New Jersey'due south second commune: Jeff Van Drew changed from Democratic to Republican, December 19, 2019.
  25. ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
  26. ^ The Joint Tax Committee leadership rotate the chair and vice chair and the ranking members between the Firm and Senate at the offset of each session (calendar year) in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown hither.

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External links [edit]

  • Official website , via Congress.gov
  • Videos of House of Representatives Sessions for the 116th Congress from C-Span
  • Videos of Senate Sessions for the 116th Congress from C-Span
  • Videos of Committees from the Business firm and Senate for the 116th Congress C-SPAN
  • Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 116th Congress
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 116th Congress

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