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Revision as of 21:58, 28 November 2018
116th United States Congress | |
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115th ← → 117th | |
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |
Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | Mike Pence (R) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | TBD |
Sessions | |
1st: TBD – TBD |
The One Hundred Sixteenth United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2021, during the third and fourth years of Donald Trump's current term as president.
In the 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic Party won the majority in the House of Representatives and will have a preponderance of voting influence in selecting the next Speaker. In the Senate, the Republican Party increased its majority, giving the U.S. a split congress.
Major events
Scheduled
- January 3, 2019: The 116th Congress could convene as early as noon (ET). The actual date and time will be set by the previous Congress.
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.
Senate
Affiliation | Party (shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic | Independent | Republican | |||
End of previous Congress | 47 | 2 | 51 | 100 | 0 |
Begin (January 3, 2019) | 45 | 2 | 53 | 100 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 47.0% | 53.0% |
House of Representatives
Party (shading indicates majority caucus)
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Democratic | Independent | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of previous Congress | 197 | 0 | 236 | 433 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Begin (January 3, 2019) | 234 | 0 | 200 | 434 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latest voting share | 53.9% | 0.0% | 46.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-voting members | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Leadership
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Senate
- President: Mike Pence (R)
- President pro tempore: TBD
- President pro tempore emeritus: TBD
Majority (Republican) Leadership
- Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell[1]
- Majority Whip: John Thune
- Conference Chair: John Barrasso
- Conference Vice Chair: Joni Ernst
- Campaign Committee Chair: Todd Young
- Policy Committee Chair: Roy Blunt
- Steering Committee Chair: Mike Lee
- Chief Deputy Whip: Mike Crapo
Minority (Democratic) Leadership
- Minority Leader/Caucus Chair: Chuck Schumer
- Minority Whip: Dick Durbin
- Assistant Leader: Patty Murray
- Policy Committee Chair: Debbie Stabenow
- Caucus Vice Chairs: Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren
- Steering Committee Chair: Amy Klobuchar
- Outreach Chair: Bernie Sanders
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Joe Manchin
- Caucus Secretary: Tammy Baldwin
- Campaign Committee Chair: Catherine Cortez Masto
- Chief Deputy Whip: Jeff Merkley
House of Representatives
- Speaker: TBD
Majority (Democratic) Leadership
- Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer
- Majority Whip: Jim Clyburn
- Assistant Leader: Ben Ray Luján
- Caucus Chair: Hakeem Jeffries
- Caucus Vice Chair: TBD
- Policy and Communications Committee Chair: TBD
- Campaign Committee Chair: TBD
- Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chairs: TBD
- Senior Chief Deputy Whip: TBD
- Chief Deputy Whips: TBD
Minority (Republican) Leadership
- Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
- Minority Whip: Steve Scalise
- Conference Chair: Liz Cheney
- Conference Vice Chair: Mark Walker
- Conference Secretary: Jason Smith
- Policy Committee Chair: Gary Palmer
- Campaign Committee Chair: Tom Emmer
- Chief Deputy Whip: Drew Ferguson
- Senior Deputy Whips: TBD
Members
Senate
The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 seats were contested in the November 2018 elections. In this Congress, Class 1 means their term ended with the previous Congress, requiring re-election in 2018; Class 2 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2020; and Class 3 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2022.
Demographics: 76 Senators are men, 24 are women; 88 Senators are white (seventy men, eighteen women), 2 are Asian (both women), 3 are black (two men, one woman) and 4 are Hispanic (three men, one woman). 2 Senators are also LGBT (both Democratic women).
House of Representatives
All 435 seats were filled by the elections on November 6, 2018, or by subsequent special elections thereafter.
Demographics: 103 are women (4 non-voting); 4 are Native Americans (two of whom are women); 3 are Muslim (two of whom are women); at least 11 are Asian; at least 48 are black ; 8 are LGBT+.
Committees
Section contents: Senate, House, Joint
Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chair and Ranking Member.
Senate
House of Representatives
Joint
Committee | Chair | Ranking Member | Vice Chair | Vice Ranking Member |
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Economic | ||||
Library | ||||
Printing | ||||
Taxation | ||||
Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (Select) | ||||
Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) | ||||
Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Select) |
Changes in membership
Senate
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House of Representatives
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See also
- United States elections, 2018 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 2020 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References
- ^ Wagner, John; DeBonis, Mike (November 14, 2018). "Congressional leadership elections: House Republicans elect Kevin McCarthy as next leader; Pelosi seeks to shore up votes for speaker". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2018.