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Revision as of 18:31, 12 April 2017
| 115th United States Congress | |
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114th ← → 116th | |
.jpg) United States Capitol (2016) | |
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 6 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Republican |
| Senate President | Joe Biden (D) until January 20, 2017 Mike Pence (R) since January 20, 2017 |
| House majority | Republican |
| House Speaker | Paul Ryan (R) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 3, 2017 – present | |
The One Hundred Fifteenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. It meets in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of the Obama presidency and the first two years of the Trump presidency. The November 2016 elections maintained Republican control of both the House and Senate, and they can enact legislation now with the support of their party's president.
Major events
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- January 5, 2017: House of Representatives condemned United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.[1][2]
- January 6, 2017: Joint Session counted and certified the Electoral Votes of the 2016 presidential election
- January 11–12, 2017: Senate, in an all-night session, took first steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act, (ACA).[3] The final vote was 51 to 48 to approve a budget resolution to allow "broad swaths of the Affordable Care Act to be repealed through a process known as budget reconciliation."[4]
- January 20, 2017: Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
- February 7, 2017: The Vice President cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. This was the first time in United States history that a cabinet confirmation was tied in the Senate and required a tie-breaking vote.[5][6]
- February 28, 2017: President's speech to a Joint Session
- April 6, 2017: Senate invoked the "nuclear option" to weaken Supreme Court filibusters. Nominee Neil Gorsuch was then confirmed the next day.
Major legislation
Proposed
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.
Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | |||
| Democratic | Independent | Republican | |||
| End of previous Congress | 44 | 2 | 54 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin (January 3, 2017) | 46 | 2 | 52 | 100 | 0 |
| February 8, 2017[note 1] | 51 | 99 | 1 | ||
| February 9, 2017[note 2] | 52 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Latest voting share | 48.0% | 52.0% | |||
House of Representatives
193 Democrats
4 Vacant
113 Party Democrats
11 Blue Dog Coalition
4 Vacant
48 Tuesday Group
156 Party Republicans
33 Freedom Caucus
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
| Democratic | Independent | Republican | ||||
| End of previous Congress | 187 | 0 | 246 | 433 | 2 | |
| Begin (January 3, 2017) | 194 | 0 | 241 | 435 | 0 | |
| January 23, 2017[note 3] | 240 | 434 | 1 | |||
| January 24, 2017[note 4] | 193 | 433 | 2 | |||
| February 10, 2017[note 5] | 239 | 432 | 3 | |||
| February 16, 2017[note 6] | 238 | 431 | 4 | |||
| March 1, 2017[note 7] | 237 | 430 | 5 | |||
| April 11, 2017[note 8] | 238 | 431 | 4 | |||
| Latest voting share | 44.9% | 0.0% | 55.1% | |||
| Non-voting members | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
Leadership
Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)
Senate
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Until January 20, 2017
From January 20, 2017
- President: Joe Biden (D), until January 20, 2017
- Mike Pence (R), from January 20, 2017
- President pro tempore: Orrin Hatch (R)
- President pro tempore emeritus: Patrick Leahy (D)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell
- Assistant Majority Leader: John Cornyn
- Conference Chairman: John Thune
- Conference Vice Chair: Roy Blunt
- Campaign Committee Chair: Cory Gardner
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Barrasso
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Chuck Schumer
- Minority Whip: Dick Durbin
- Assistant Minority Leader: Patty Murray
- Chief Deputy Whip: Jeff Merkley
- Caucus Chair: Chuck Schumer
- Policy Committee Chair: Debbie Stabenow[7]
- Caucus Vice Chairs: Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren[7]
- Caucus Secretary: Tammy Baldwin[8]
- Campaign Committee Chair: Chris Van Hollen[9]
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Joe Manchin[8]
- Steering Committee Chair: Amy Klobuchar[7]
- Outreach Chair: Bernie Sanders[8]
House of Representatives
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
- Majority Whip: Steve Scalise
- Conference Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Conference Vice-Chair: Doug Collins
- Conference Secretary: Jason T. Smith
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Steve Stivers
- Policy Committee Chairman: Luke Messer
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
- Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer
- Assistant Minority Leader: Jim Clyburn
- Caucus Chairman: Joseph Crowley
- Caucus Vice-Chairman: Linda Sánchez
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Ben Ray Luján
- Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chairs: Rosa DeLauro and Eric Swalwell
- Organization, Study, and Review Chairman: TBD
- Policy and Communications Chairmen: Cheri Bustos, David Cicilline, and Hakeem Jeffries
Members
Senate
The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All of the class 3 seats were contested in the November 2016 elections, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2018; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2020; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 2022.
House of Representatives
All 435 seats were filled by election on November 8, 2016.
Committees
[Section contents: Senate, House, Joint ]
Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chairman and Ranking Member.
Senate
House of Representatives
Joint
| Committee | Chairman | Ranking Member | Vice Chairman | Vice Ranking Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Economic Committee | Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) | Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) | Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) | Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) |
| Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) | Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) | Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) | Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) | Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) |
| Joint Committee on the Library | Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) | Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) | Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA) |
| Joint Committee on Printing | Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) | Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA) | Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) | Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) |
| Joint Committee on Taxation | Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) | Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) | Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) | Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) |
Changes in membership
Senate
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|-
| Alabama
(2)
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jeff Sessions
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 8, 2017, to become United States Attorney General.[11]
An interim successor was appointed February 9, 2017.
A special election will be held November 6, 2018 to finish the term.[12]
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Luther Strange
(R)
| February 9, 2017[13]
|}
House of Representatives
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| Kansas 4th
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Mike Pompeo
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 2017, to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[14]
A special election was held on April 11, 2017.[15]
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ron Estes
(R)
| April 14, 2017
|-
| California 34th
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Xavier Becerra
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 24, 2017, to become Attorney General of California.[16]
A special election was held on April 4, 2017, with a runoff scheduled for June 6, 2017.
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| Georgia 6th
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Tom Price
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 10, 2017, to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
A special election will be held on April 18, 2017.[17]
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| South Carolina 5th
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Mick Mulvaney
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 16, 2017, to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
A special election will be held on June 20, 2017.[18]
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| Montana At-large
| nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ryan Zinke
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 1, 2017, to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
A special election will be held on May 25, 2017.[19]
| TBD
| TBD
|}
See also
- United States elections, 2016 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 2018 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- List of freshman class members of the 115th United States Congress
- List of United States Representatives in the 115th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) resigned February 8, 2017.
- ^ Sen. Luther Strange (R-Alabama) was appointed February 9, 2017.
- ^ Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas's 4th district) resigned January 23, 2017. Ron Estes (R) was later elected to the seat.
- ^ Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-California's 34th district) resigned January 24, 2017.
- ^ Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia's 6th district) resigned February 10, 2017.
- ^ Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina's 5th district) resigned February 16, 2017.
- ^ Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Montana's at-large district) resigned March 1, 2017.
- ^ Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas's 4th district) was elected April 11, 2017.
References
- ^ "House Overwhelmingly Votes to Condemn UN Resolution on Israel Settlements". Fox News. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ Cortellessa, Eric (January 6, 2017). "US House Passes Motion Repudiating UN Resolution on Israel". The Times of Israel. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ Caldwell, Leigh Ann (January 12, 2017). "Senate Approves First Step Toward Repealing Obamacare in Late-Night Session". NBC News. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Kurtzleben, Danielle (January 12, 2017). "Senate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare — So What's Next?". NPR. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary, Pence Casts Historic Tie-Breaking Vote". Fox News. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ "Senate confirms DeVos as secretary of education". Politico. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ a b c "Senate Democrats elect Chuck Schumer as their new leader". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c Everett, Burgess; Schor, Elana (November 16, 2016). "Senate Democrats settle on leadership team, Sanders elevated". Politico. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Van Hollen to serve as DSCC chair". politico.com. November 18, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Committee Chair Recommendations for the 115th Congress". Speaker.gov. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ United States Congress. "Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (id: S001141)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "Gov. Bentley Sets Date for Special Election to Fill Alabama U.S. Senate Seat". February 14, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "The Latest: Strange to be sworn in as US senator Thursday". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS04) resignation letter read in House after Senate CIA Director confirmation". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Sam Brownback on Twitter". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ McDonnell, Patrick J. (January 24, 2017). "Xavier Becerra takes oath of office, is first Latino to become California attorney general". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ "Gov. Deal Calls Special Election For 6th Congressional District Seat". February 10, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Lutey, Tom. "Zinke sworn in as Interior secretary; Montana prepares for special election". Retrieved March 19, 2017.