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116th United States Congress
115th ←
→ 117th

January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Members100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentMike Pence (R)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerNancy Pelosi (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2019 – TBD
2nd: TBD – TBD
Opening Day ceremony for the 116th United States Congress on the House Floor
Opening day proceedings from the Senate

The One Hundred Sixteenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2019, and will end on January 3, 2021, near the end of the fourth year of President Donald Trump's administration. Senators elected to regular terms in 2014 are finishing their terms in this Congress and House seats were apportioned based on the 2010 Census.

In the November 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic Party won a new majority in the House, while the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate. Consequently, this is the first split Congress since the 113th Congress of 2013–2015, and the first Republican Senate, Democrat House split since the 99th Congress of 1985–1987. This Congress is considered to be the most diverse ever elected, and the youngest incoming class in the past three cycles.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Proposed

Vetoed

(With official titles)

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 (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous Congress 47 2 50 99 1
Begin (January 3, 2019) 45 2 52 99 1
January 8, 2019[a] 53 100 0
Latest voting share 47.0% 53.0%

House of Representatives

Affiliation Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous Congress 196 0 236 432 3
Begin (January 3, 2019)[b] 235 0 199 434 1
January 23, 2019[c] 198 433 2
February 10, 2019[d] 197 432 3
May 21, 2019[c] 198 433 2
July 4, 2019[e] 1 197
September 10, 2019[b][d] 199 435 0
September 23, 2019[f] 198 434 1
October 1, 2019[g] 197 433 2
Latest voting share 54.1% 0.2% 45.6%  
Non-voting members 3 1 2 6 0

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
President pro tempore

Majority (Republican) Leadership

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

House of Representatives

House Speaker

Majority (Democratic) Leadership

Minority (Republican) Leadership

Demographics

Most members of this Congress are Christian (88.2%), with approximately half being Protestant and 30.5% being Catholic. Jewish membership is 6.4%. Other religions represented include Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. One senator says that she is religiously unaffiliated, while the number of members refusing to specify their religious affiliation increased.[25][26][27]

Senate

The Senate includes 75 men and 25 women — the most women to date. In 6 states, both senators are women; 13 states are represented by 1 man and 1 woman; and 31 states are represented by 2 men. There are 91 non-Hispanic white, 4 Hispanic, 3 Black, 3 Asian, and 1 multiracial senators. Additionally, 2 senators identify as LGBTQ+.[1][28]

House of Representatives

There are 102 women in the House, the largest number in history.[29] There are 313 non-Hispanic whites, 56 black, 44 Hispanic, 15 Asian, and 4 Native American. Eight identify as LGBTQ+.[30] Two Democrats — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donna Shalala — are the youngest (29) and oldest (77) freshmen women in history.[31] Freshmen women Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN) are the first two female Muslims and freshmen Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Deb Haaland (D-NM) are the first two female Native American members.[32]

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 commenced in the current Congress, requiring re-election in 2024; 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.

House of Representatives

Changes in membership

Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Florida
(1) | data-sort-value="Vacant" | Vacant | data-sort-value="January 8, 2019" | Senator-elect chose to wait until finishing term as Governor of Florida.[33] | data-sort-value="Scott Rick" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Rick Scott
(R) | data-sort-value="January 8, 2019" | January 8, 2019

|- | Georgia
(3) | data-sort-value="Isakson Johnny" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Johnny Isakson
(R) | data-sort-value="December 31, 2019" | Incumbent intends to resign December 31, 2019.[34]
A successor will be appointed to serve until a special election is held November 3, 2020.[34] | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | TBD | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | TBD

|}

House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | North Carolina 9 | data-sort-value="AAAVacant" | Vacant | data-sort-value="January 3, 2019" | Vacant from the January 3, 2019, beginning of the term as allegations of fraud in the 2018 general election prevented the results from being certified.
A special election was held September 10, 2019.[41] | data-sort-value="Bishop Dan" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Dan Bishop
(R) | September 17, 2019[42]

|- | Pennsylvania 12 | data-sort-value="Marino Tom" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Tom Marino
(R) | data-sort-value="January 23, 2019" | Resigned January 23, 2019, to take job in private sector.[38]
A special election was held May 21, 2019.[43] | data-sort-value="Keller Fred" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Fred Keller
(R) | June 3, 2019

|- | North Carolina 3 | data-sort-value="Jones Walter B. Jr." nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Walter B. Jones Jr.
(R) | data-sort-value="February 10, 2019" | Died February 10, 2019.
A special election was held September 10, 2019.[44] | data-sort-value="Murphy Greg" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Greg Murphy
(R) | September 17, 2019[45]

|- | Michigan 3 | data-sort-value="Amash Justin" nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Justin Amash
(R) | data-sort-value="July 4, 2019" | Changed party affiliation July 4, 2019.[46] | data-sort-value="Amash Justin" style="background-color:#DDDDBB" | Justin Amash (I) | July 4, 2019

|- | Wisconsin 7 | data-sort-value="Sean Duffy" nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Sean Duffy
(R) | data-sort-value="September 23, 2019" | Resigned September 23, 2019.
A special election will be held January 27, 2020.[47] | TBD | TBD

|- | New York 27 | data-sort-value="Chris Collins" nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Chris Collins
(R) | data-sort-value="October 1, 2019" | Resigned October 1, 2019.[48] | TBD | TBD |}

Committees

Section contents: Senate, House, Joint

Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chair and Ranking Member.

Senate

Committee Chair Ranking Member[49]
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Pat Roberts (R-KS) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Appropriations Richard Shelby (R-AL) Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Armed Services 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 Resources Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Environment and Public Works John Barrasso (R-WY) Tom Carper (D-DE)
Finance Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Foreign Relations Jim Risch (R-ID) Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Health, 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)
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' Affairs Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Jon Tester (D-MT)
Aging (Special) Susan Collins (R-ME) Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Ethics (Select) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Chris Coons (D-DE)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) John Hoeven (R-ND) Tom Udall (D-NM)
Intelligence (Select) Richard Burr (R-NC) Mark Warner (D-VA)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) John Cornyn (R-TX) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

House of Representatives

Committee Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture Collin Peterson (D-MN) Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Appropriations Nita Lowey (D-NY) Kay Granger (R-TX)
Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) Steve Womack (R-AR)
Education and Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
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)
Judiciary Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Doug Collins (R-GA)
Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Oversight and Reform Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Jim Jordan (R-OH)
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' Affairs Mark Takano (D-CA) Phil Roe (R-TN)
Ways and Means Richard Neal (D-MA) Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Climate Crisis (Select) Kathy Castor (D-FL) Garret Graves (R-LA)
Human Rights (Lantos Commission) Jim McGovern (D-MA) Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Modernization of Congress (Select) Derek Kilmer (D-WA) Tom Graves (R-GA)[50]

Joint

Committee Chair Vice Chair Ranking Member Vice Ranking Member
Economic Mike Lee (R-UT) Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) David Schweikert (R-AZ) Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
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[k] Rich Neal (D-MA) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Employees and legislative agency directors

Also called "elected" or "appointed" officials, there are many employees of the House and Senate whose leaders are included here.[51]

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Rick Scott (R-Florida) assumed office on January 8, 2019, after his term as Governor of Florida expired.
  2. ^ a b c In North Carolina's 9th district: the November 2018 election results were not initially certified due to a dispute over voting irregularities and Dan Bishop (R) was elected September 10, 2019.
  3. ^ a b In Pennsylvania's 12th district: Tom Marino (R) resigned January 23, 2019 and Fred Keller (R) was elected May 21, 2019.
  4. ^ a b In North Carolina's 3rd district: Walter Jones (R) died February 10, 2019 and Greg Murphy (R) was elected September 10, 2019.
  5. ^ In Michigan's 3rd district: Justin Amash changed parties July 4, 2019 from Republican to Independent.
  6. ^ In Wisconsin's 7th district: Sean Duffy (R) resigned September 23, 2019.
  7. ^ In New York's 27th district: Chris Collins (R) resigned October 1, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
  9. ^ Although Sanders is running for President in the Democratic primary and will claim to be a "bona fide Democrat" in accordance to DNC rules, he is currently and officially an Independent senator.[35]
  10. ^ In Michigan's 3rd district: Justin Amash changed from Republican to Independent July 4, 2019.[36]
  11. ^ The Joint Taxation Committee leadership rotate the chair and vice chair and the ranking members between the House and Senate at the start of each session (calendar year) in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown here.

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