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*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Leader]]: [[Steny Hoyer]]
*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Leader]]: [[Steny Hoyer]]
*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Whip]]: TBD
*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Whip]]: [[Jim Clyburn]]
*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Assistant Leader]]: TBD
*[[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Assistant Leader]]: [[Ben Ray Luján]]
*[[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Caucus Chair]]: [[Hakeem Jeffries]]
*[[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Caucus Chair]]: [[Hakeem Jeffries]]
*[[Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Caucus Vice Chair]]: TBD
*[[Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Caucus Vice Chair]]: TBD

Revision as of 21:58, 28 November 2018

116th United States Congress
115th ←
→ 117th

January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentMike Pence (R)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTBD
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

Senate membership
     45 Democrats
     53 Republicans
     2 Independents (Democratic caucus)
Affiliation Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
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

House membership
     234 Democrats
     200 Republicans
     1 TBD
Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant/Undeclared
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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

Senate

Senate President

Majority (Republican) Leadership

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) Leadership

Minority (Republican) Leadership

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

Committee Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans' Affairs
Aging (Special)
Ethics (Select)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select)
Intelligence (Select)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus)

House of Representatives

Committee Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture
Appropriations
Armed Services
Budget
Education and the Workforce
Energy and Commerce
Ethics
Financial Services
Foreign Affairs
Homeland Security
House Administration
Judiciary
Natural Resources
Oversight and Government Reform
Rules
Science, Space and Technology
Small Business
Transportation and Infrastructure
Veterans' Affairs
Ways and Means
Human Rights (Lantos Commission)
Intelligence (Permanent Select)

Joint

Committee Chair Ranking Member Vice Chair Vice Ranking Member
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

References

  1. ^ 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.