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117th United States Congress

The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2021, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency and ended on January 3, 2023.

117th United States Congress
116th ←
→ 118th

January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Members100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
(until January 20, 2021)
Democratic
(from January 20, 2021)
Senate PresidentMike Pence (R)[a]
(until January 20, 2021)
Kamala Harris (D)
(from January 20, 2021)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerNancy Pelosi (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2022
2nd: January 3, 2022 – January 3, 2023
117th U.S. Congress House of Representatives member pin

The 2020 elections decided control of both chambers. In the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party retained their majority, albeit reduced from the 116th Congress. It was similar in size to the majority held by the Republican Party during the 83rd Congress (1953–1955).

In the Senate, Republicans briefly held the majority at the start; however, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators – Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California – were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by independents who caucus with the Democrats. Effectively, this created a 50–50 split, which had not occurred since the 107th Congress in 2001. This was only the fourth time in U.S. history that the Senate has been evenly split—the first being in the 47th Congress (1881–1883)—and the longest lasting one ever.[1][2]

The new senators were sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris, just hours after her inauguration. With Harris serving as the tie breaker in her constitutional role as President of the Senate, Democrats gained control of the Senate, and thereby full control of Congress for the first time since the 111th Congress ended in 2011. Additionally, with the inauguration of Joe Biden as president that same day, Democrats assumed control of the executive branch as well, attaining an overall federal government trifecta, also for the first time since the 111th Congress.

Despite Democrats holding thin majorities in both chambers during a period of intense political polarization, the 117th Congress oversaw the passage of numerous significant bills,[3][4] including the Inflation Reduction Act, American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Postal Service Reform Act, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, CHIPS and Science Act, Honoring Our PACT Act, Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, and Respect for Marriage Act.[4]

Major events edit

 
2021 United States Capitol attack (January 6, 2021)
 
Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States
 
President Biden during his 2021 speech to a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
 
President Biden during the 2022 State of the Union Address
 
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shortly after she was confirmed by the United States Senate, joined by President Biden and Vice President Harris.

Major legislation edit

Enacted edit

 
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, March 11, 2021
 
President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021
 
President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, November 15, 2021
 
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, March 29, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law, May 9, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, June 25, 2022
 
President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, August 9, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Honoring Our PACT Act into law, August 10, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, August 16, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, December 13, 2022
 
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 into law, December 29, 2022

Proposed (but not enacted) edit

House bills
Senate bills

Major resolutions edit

Adopted edit

  • H.Res. 21: Calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president.
  • H.Res. 24 (Second impeachment of Donald Trump): Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • S.Res. 5: A resolution honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of the United States Capitol Police for his selfless acts of heroism on the grounds of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
  • H.Res. 72 (Removal of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments): Removing a certain Member from certain standing committees of the House of Representatives
  • H.Res. 134: Condemning the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
  • H.Res. 730: Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol..
  • H.Res. 789: Censuring Representative Paul Gosar.
  • H.J.Res. 100: To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.

Proposed edit

  • H.Res. 14: Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election in the State of Georgia
  • H.J.Res. 17: Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
  • H.Res. 25: Directing the Committee on Ethics to investigate, and issue a report on, whether any and all actions taken by Members of the 117th Congress who sought to overturn the 2020 Presidential election violated their oath of office to uphold the Constitution or the Rules of the House of Representatives, and should face sanction, including removal from the House of Representatives.
  • H.Res. 332: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.

Party summary edit

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

Senate edit

  Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic Independent
(caucusing with
Democrats)
Republican
End of previous Congress 46 2 52 100 0
Begin (January 3, 2021)[b] 46 2 51 99 1
January 18, 2021[c] 45 98 2
January 20, 2021[c][d][e] 48[f] 2 50 100 0
Final voting share 50.0% 50.0%  
Beginning of the next Congress 48 3 49 100 0

House of Representatives edit

  Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic Independent Republican Libertarian
End of previous Congress 233 1 195 1 430 5
Begin (January 3, 2021)[g][h] 222 0 211 0 433 2
January 15, 2021[i] 221 432 3
February 7, 2021[j] 210 431 4
February 11, 2021[h] 211 432 3
March 10, 2021[k] 220 431 4
March 16, 2021[l] 219 430 5
April 6, 2021[m] 218 429 6
April 14, 2021[g] 212 430 5
May 11, 2021[i] 219 431 4
May 16, 2021[n] 211 430 5
June 14, 2021[l] 220 431 4
July 30, 2021[j] 212 432 3
November 4, 2021[k][n] 221 213 434 1
January 1, 2022[o] 212 433 2
January 18, 2022[m] 222 434 1
February 17, 2022[p] 211 433 2
March 18, 2022[q] 210 432 3
March 31, 2022[r][s] 221 209 430 5
May 10, 2022[t] 208 429 6
May 25, 2022[u] 220 428 7
June 14, 2022[o] 209 429 6
June 21, 2022[s] 210 430 5
July 12, 2022[r] 211 431 4
August 3, 2022[v] 210 430 5
August 12, 2022[p] 211 431 4
August 31, 2022[w] 219 430 5
September 13, 2022[q][u][t] 221 212 433 2
September 30, 2022[x] 220 432 3
November 14, 2022[v] 213 433 2
November 28, 2022[y] 219 432 3
December 9, 2022[z] 218 431 4
December 30, 2022[aa][ab] 217 430 5
December 31, 2022[ac] 216 429 6
Final voting share 50.3% 0.0% 49.7% 0.0%  
Non-voting members 4 0 2[ad] 0 6 0
Beginning of the next Congress 212 0 222 0 434 1

Leadership edit

Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "caucus"; Republicans refer to themselves as a "conference".

Senate leadership edit

Senate President
 
Mike Pence (R),
until January 20, 2021
 
Kamala Harris (D),
from January 20, 2021
Senate President pro tempore
 
Chuck Grassley (R),
until January 20, 2021
 
Patrick Leahy (D),
from January 20, 2021

Presiding edit

Democratic leadership edit

(minority until January 20, 2021, majority thereafter)

Republican leadership edit

(majority until January 20, 2021, minority thereafter)

House leadership edit

House Speaker

Presiding edit

Majority (Democratic) leadership edit

Minority (Republican) leadership edit

Members edit

Senate members edit

The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 senators are in the middle of their term (2019–2025), having been elected in 2018 and facing re-election in 2024. Class 2 senators are at the beginning of their term (2021–2027), having been elected in 2020 and facing re-election in 2026. Class 3 senators are at the end of their term (2017–2023), having been elected in 2016 and facing re-election in 2022.

House members edit

All 435 seats for voting members, along with the six non-voting delegates were filled by election in November 2020.

Changes in membership edit

Senate changes
State
(class)
Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[ah]
Georgia
(2)
Vacant David Perdue's (R) term expired January 3, 2021, before a runoff election could be held.
Successor elected January 5, 2021.[b]
Jon Ossoff
(D)
January 20, 2021
California
(3)
Kamala Harris
(D)
Incumbent resigned on January 18, 2021, to become U.S. Vice President.
Successor appointed January 20, 2021, to complete the term ending January 3, 2023, and later elected to finish in the final weeks of the Congress and a full six-year term.[79]
Alex Padilla
(D)
January 20, 2021
Georgia
(3)
Kelly Loeffler
(R)
Appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected January 5, 2021, for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2023.
Raphael Warnock
(D)
January 20, 2021
House changes
District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[ah]
New York 22 Vacant Anthony Brindisi's (D) term expired January 3, 2021, and the seat remained vacant due to the result of the 2020 election being disputed.
On February 5, 2021, a judge declared a winner.[80]
Claudia Tenney
(R)
February 11, 2021[81][33]
Louisiana 5 Vacant Member-elect Luke Letlow (R) died from COVID-19 on December 29, 2020, before his term started.
A special election was held on March 20, 2021.[30]
Julia Letlow
(R)
April 14, 2021[31]
Louisiana 2 Cedric Richmond
(D)
Resigned January 15, 2021, to become Senior Advisor to the President and director of the Office of Public Liaison.[82][83]
A special election was held on March 20, 2021, and a runoff was held on April 24.[82]
Troy Carter
(D)
May 11, 2021
Texas 6 Ron Wright
(R)
Died from COVID-19 on February 7, 2021.[36]
A special election was held on May 1, 2021, and a runoff was held on July 27.[84][85]
Jake Ellzey
(R)
July 30, 2021[37]
Ohio 11 Marcia Fudge
(D)
Resigned March 10, 2021, to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[86]
A special election was held on November 2, 2021.
Shontel Brown
(D)
November 4, 2021
New Mexico 1 Deb Haaland
(D)
Resigned March 16, 2021, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.[87]
A special election was held on June 1, 2021.[87]
Melanie Stansbury
(D)
June 14, 2021
Florida 20 Alcee Hastings
(D)
Died from pancreatic cancer on April 6, 2021.
A special election was held on January 11, 2022.[88]
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
(D)
January 18, 2022
Ohio 15 Steve Stivers
(R)
Resigned May 16, 2021, to become the president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.[89]
A special election was held on November 2, 2021.
Mike Carey
(R)
November 4, 2021
California 22 Devin Nunes
(R)
Resigned January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group.[45]
A special election was held on June 7, 2022.[90]
Connie Conway
(R)
June 14, 2022
Minnesota 1 Jim Hagedorn
(R)
Died from kidney cancer on February 17, 2022.
A special election was held on August 9, 2022.[91]
Brad Finstad
(R)
August 12, 2022
Alaska at-large Don Young
(R)
Died on March 18, 2022.
A special election was held on August 16, 2022.[92]
Mary Peltola
(D)
September 13, 2022
Nebraska 1 Jeff Fortenberry
(R)
Resigned March 31, 2022, due to criminal conviction.
A special election was held on June 28, 2022.[93]
Mike Flood
(R)
July 12, 2022
Texas 34 Filemon Vela Jr.
(D)
Resigned March 31, 2022, to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
A special election was held on June 14, 2022.[53]
Mayra Flores
(R)
June 21, 2022
New York 23 Tom Reed
(R)
Resigned May 10, 2022, to join Prime Policy Group.
A special election was held on August 23, 2022.[55]
Joe Sempolinski
(R)
September 13, 2022[56]
New York 19 Antonio Delgado
(D)
Resigned May 25, 2022, to become lieutenant governor of New York.
A special election was held on August 23, 2022.[57]
Pat Ryan
(D)
September 13, 2022[56]
Indiana 2 Jackie Walorski
(R)
Died in a car collision on August 3, 2022.
A special election was held on November 8, 2022.[94]
Rudy Yakym
(R)
November 14, 2022
Florida 13 Charlie Crist
(D)
Resigned August 31, 2022, to focus on the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.[60] Vacant until the next Congress
Florida 22 Ted Deutch
(D)
Resigned September 30, 2022, to become CEO of the American Jewish Committee.[61] Vacant until the next Congress
Virginia 4 Donald McEachin
(D)
Died November 28, 2022, from colorectal cancer.[62] Vacant until the next Congress
California 37 Karen Bass
(D)
Resigned December 9, 2022, to become the Mayor of Los Angeles.[63] Vacant until the next Congress
North Carolina 1 G. K. Butterfield
(D)
Resigned December 30, 2022, to accept a lobbying position.[64] Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 18 Mike Doyle
(D)
Resigned December 31, 2022, to join K&L Gates.[65] Vacant until the next Congress

Committees edit

Section contents: Senate, House, Joint

Senate committees edit

Prior to the passing of an organizing resolution on February 3, 2021, chairs of Senate committees remained the same as in the 116th Congress. Where the chair had retired (as in the Agriculture, Budget, and HELP committees), the chair was vacant.[95]

Committee Chair Ranking Member
Aging (Special) Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) Tim Scott (R-SC)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) John Boozman (R-AR)
Appropriations Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Armed Services Jack Reed (D-RI) Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Budget Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Commerce, Science and Transportation Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Energy and Natural Resources Joe Manchin (D-WV) John Barrasso (R-WY)
Environment and Public Works Tom Carper (D-DE) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Ethics (Select) Chris Coons (D-DE) James Lankford (R-OK)
Finance Ron Wyden (D-OR) Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Foreign Relations Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Jim Risch (R-ID)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Patty Murray (D-WA) Richard Burr (R-NC)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Gary Peters (D-MI) Rob Portman (R-OH)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) Brian Schatz (D-HI) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Intelligence (Select) Mark Warner (D-VA) Marco Rubio (R-FL)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Judiciary Dick Durbin (D-IL) Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Rules and Administration Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ben Cardin (D-MD) Rand Paul (R-KY)
Veterans' Affairs Jon Tester (D-MT) Jerry Moran (R-KS)

House committees edit

Committee Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture David Scott (D-GA) Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Kay Granger (R-TX)
Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) Jason Smith (R-MO)
Climate Crisis (Select) Kathy Castor (D-FL) Garret Graves (R-LA)
Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (Select) Jim Himes (D-CT) Bryan Steil (R-WI)
Education and Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Ethics Susan Wild (D-PA)[ai] Michael Guest (R-MS)[aj]
Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Foreign Affairs Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Mike McCaul (R-TX)
Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) John Katko (R-NY)
House Administration Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Mike Turner (R-OH)
Judiciary Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Modernization of Congress (Select) Derek Kilmer (D-WA) William Timmons (R-SC)
Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Jim Comer (R-KY)
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) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Sam Graves (R-MO)
Veterans' Affairs Mark Takano (D-CA) Mike Bost (R-IL)
Ways and Means Richard Neal (D-MA) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Joint committees edit

Committee Chair Vice Chair Ranking Member Vice Ranking Member
Economic Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Inaugural Ceremonies (Special)
until January 20, 2021
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Library Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Printing Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Taxation[ak] Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Officers and officials edit

Senate officers and officials edit

House officers and officials edit

Legislative branch agency directors edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 2021, when Kamala Harris' term began.
  2. ^ a b c d The Congress began with 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats (including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats) and 1 vacancy in the Senate. Georgia's class 2 seat was vacant from the start until Democrat Jon Ossoff was seated January 20, 2021. Georgia's class 3 Republican interim appointee Kelly Loeffler served until Democrat Raphael Warnock was seated also on January 20.[25]
  3. ^ a b c In California: Kamala Harris (D) resigned January 18, 2021, to become U.S. Vice President.
    Alex Padilla (D) was appointed to complete the unexpired term and began serving January 20.[26]
  4. ^ In Georgia: Kelly Loeffler (R) lost a special election to finish the term.
    Jon Ossoff (D) and Raphael Warnock (D) began their service January 20, 2021.[27][28]
  5. ^ Kamala Harris (D) became U.S. Vice President January 20, 2021, with the tie-breaking vote. The Senate elected Patrick Leahy to serve as President pro tempore also began on January 20.
  6. ^ a b In Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema declared that she left the Democratic Party to become an independent politician on December 9, 2022.[17] She was still recognized as a Democrat by the Senate throughout the Congress, and did not formally switch her affiliation until the beginning of the 118th Congress.[29]
  7. ^ a b c In Louisiana's 5th district: member-elect Luke Letlow (R) died December 29, 2020, before the term started, and Julia Letlow (R) was elected March 20, 2021. She was sworn in on April 14.[30][31]
  8. ^ a b c In New York's 22nd district: the term began with the previous election disputed; Claudia Tenney was declared the winner[32] and was sworn in February 11, 2021.[33]
  9. ^ a b c d In Louisiana's 2nd district: Cedric Richmond (D) resigned January 15, 2021, and Troy Carter (D) was elected April 14, 2021. He was sworn in on May 11.[34][35]
  10. ^ a b c d In Texas's 6th district: Ron Wright (R) died February 7, 2021, and Jake Ellzey (R) was elected July 27, 2021. He was sworn in on July 30.[36][37]
  11. ^ a b c d In Ohio's 11th district: Marcia Fudge (D) resigned March 10, 2021, and Shontel Brown (D) was elected November 2, 2021. She was sworn in on November 4.[38][39]
  12. ^ a b c d In New Mexico's 1st district: Deb Haaland (D) resigned March 16, 2021, and Melanie Stansbury (D) was elected June 1, 2021. She was sworn in on June 14.[40][41]
  13. ^ a b c d In Florida's 20th district: Alcee Hastings (D) died April 6, 2021, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) was elected January 11, 2022. She was sworn in on January 18.[42][43]
  14. ^ a b c d In Ohio's 15th district: Steve Stivers (R) resigned May 16, 2021, and Mike Carey (R) was elected November 2, 2021. He was sworn in on November 4.[44][39]
  15. ^ a b c d In California's 22nd district: Devin Nunes (R) resigned January 1, 2022, and Connie Conway (R) was elected on June 7, 2022. She was sworn in on June 14.[45][46]
  16. ^ a b c d In Minnesota's 1st district: Jim Hagedorn (R) died February 17, 2022, and Brad Finstad (R) was elected August 9, 2022. He was sworn in on August 12.[47][48]
  17. ^ a b c d In Alaska's at-large district: Don Young (R) died March 18, 2022, and Mary Peltola (D) was elected August 16, 2022. She was sworn in on September 13.[49][50]
  18. ^ a b c d In Nebraska's 1st district: Jeff Fortenberry (R) resigned March 31, 2022, and Mike Flood (R) was elected June 28, 2022. He was sworn in on July 12.[51][52]
  19. ^ a b c d In Texas's 34th district: Filemon Vela Jr. (D) resigned March 31, 2022, and Mayra Flores (R) was elected June 14, 2022. She was sworn in on June 21.[53][54]
  20. ^ a b c d In New York's 23rd district: Tom Reed (R) resigned May 10, 2022, and Joe Sempolinski (R) was elected August 23, 2022. He was sworn in on September 13.[55][56]
  21. ^ a b c d In New York's 19th district: Antonio Delgado (D) resigned May 25, 2022, and Pat Ryan (D) was elected August 23, 2022. He was sworn in on September 13.[57][56]
  22. ^ a b c d In Indiana's 2nd district: Jackie Walorski (R) died August 3, 2022, and Rudy Yakym (R) was elected November 8, 2022. He was sworn in on November 14.[58][59]
  23. ^ a b In Florida's 13th district: Charlie Crist (D) resigned August 31, 2022.[60]
  24. ^ a b In Florida's 22nd district: Ted Deutch (D) resigned September 30, 2022.[61]
  25. ^ a b In Virginia's 4th district: Donald McEachin (D) died November 28, 2022.[62]
  26. ^ a b In California's 37th district: Karen Bass (D) resigned December 9, 2022.[63]
  27. ^ a b In North Carolina's 1st district: G. K. Butterfield (D) resigned December 30, 2022.[64]
  28. ^ Congress had already adjourned by the time of this resignation
  29. ^ a b In Pennsylvania's 18th district: Mike Doyle (D) resigned December 31, 2022.[65]
  30. ^ Includes a New Progressive Party member who is also affiliated as a Republican.
  31. ^ a b Caucuses with Democrats.
  32. ^ a b c d e f The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
  33. ^ Miller-Meeks was provisionally seated with the rest of the 117th Congress, pending the challenge by her opponent Rita Hart.[77] Hart withdrew her challenge on March 31, 2021.[78]
  34. ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
  35. ^ Wild was named chair when Ted Deutch resigned from office on September 30, 2022.
  36. ^ Guest was named ranking member when Jackie Walorski died in office on August 3, 2022.[96]
  37. ^ 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 in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown here.

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For a general discussion of the United States government s legislative branch see United States Congress The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives It convened in Washington D C on January 3 2021 during the final weeks of Donald Trump s presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden s presidency and ended on January 3 2023 117th United States Congress116th 118thUnited States Capitol 2021 January 3 2021 January 3 2023Members100 senators435 representatives6 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublican until January 20 2021 Democratic from January 20 2021 Senate PresidentMike Pence R a until January 20 2021 Kamala Harris D from January 20 2021 House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerNancy Pelosi D Sessions1st January 3 2021 January 3 20222nd January 3 2022 January 3 2023117th U S Congress House of Representatives member pinThe 2020 elections decided control of both chambers In the House of Representatives the Democratic Party retained their majority albeit reduced from the 116th Congress It was similar in size to the majority held by the Republican Party during the 83rd Congress 1953 1955 In the Senate Republicans briefly held the majority at the start however on January 20 2021 three new Democratic senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California were sworn in resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans 48 seats held by Democrats and two held by independents who caucus with the Democrats Effectively this created a 50 50 split which had not occurred since the 107th Congress in 2001 This was only the fourth time in U S history that the Senate has been evenly split the first being in the 47th Congress 1881 1883 and the longest lasting one ever 1 2 The new senators were sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris just hours after her inauguration With Harris serving as the tie breaker in her constitutional role as President of the Senate Democrats gained control of the Senate and thereby full control of Congress for the first time since the 111th Congress ended in 2011 Additionally with the inauguration of Joe Biden as president that same day Democrats assumed control of the executive branch as well attaining an overall federal government trifecta also for the first time since the 111th Congress Despite Democrats holding thin majorities in both chambers during a period of intense political polarization the 117th Congress oversaw the passage of numerous significant bills 3 4 including the Inflation Reduction Act American Rescue Plan Act Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Postal Service Reform Act Bipartisan Safer Communities Act CHIPS and Science Act Honoring Our PACT Act Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act and Respect for Marriage Act 4 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 2 1 Enacted 2 2 Proposed but not enacted 3 Major resolutions 3 1 Adopted 3 2 Proposed 4 Party summary 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5 1 Senate leadership 5 1 1 Presiding 5 1 2 Democratic leadership 5 1 3 Republican leadership 5 2 House leadership 5 2 1 Presiding 5 2 2 Majority Democratic leadership 5 2 3 Minority Republican leadership 6 Members 6 1 Senate members 6 1 1 Alabama 6 1 2 Alaska 6 1 3 Arizona 6 1 4 Arkansas 6 1 5 California 6 1 6 Colorado 6 1 7 Connecticut 6 1 8 Delaware 6 1 9 Florida 6 1 10 Georgia 6 1 11 Hawaii 6 1 12 Idaho 6 1 13 Illinois 6 1 14 Indiana 6 1 15 Iowa 6 1 16 Kansas 6 1 17 Kentucky 6 1 18 Louisiana 6 1 19 Maine 6 1 20 Maryland 6 1 21 Massachusetts 6 1 22 Michigan 6 1 23 Minnesota 6 1 24 Mississippi 6 1 25 Missouri 6 1 26 Montana 6 1 27 Nebraska 6 1 28 Nevada 6 1 29 New Hampshire 6 1 30 New Jersey 6 1 31 New Mexico 6 1 32 New York 6 1 33 North Carolina 6 1 34 North Dakota 6 1 35 Ohio 6 1 36 Oklahoma 6 1 37 Oregon 6 1 38 Pennsylvania 6 1 39 Rhode Island 6 1 40 South Carolina 6 1 41 South Dakota 6 1 42 Tennessee 6 1 43 Texas 6 1 44 Utah 6 1 45 Vermont 6 1 46 Virginia 6 1 47 Washington 6 1 48 West Virginia 6 1 49 Wisconsin 6 1 50 Wyoming 6 2 House members 6 2 1 Alabama 6 2 2 Alaska 6 2 3 Arizona 6 2 4 Arkansas 6 2 5 California 6 2 6 Colorado 6 2 7 Connecticut 6 2 8 Delaware 6 2 9 Florida 6 2 10 Georgia 6 2 11 Hawaii 6 2 12 Idaho 6 2 13 Illinois 6 2 14 Indiana 6 2 15 Iowa 6 2 16 Kansas 6 2 17 Kentucky 6 2 18 Louisiana 6 2 19 Maine 6 2 20 Maryland 6 2 21 Massachusetts 6 2 22 Michigan 6 2 23 Minnesota 6 2 24 Mississippi 6 2 25 Missouri 6 2 26 Montana 6 2 27 Nebraska 6 2 28 Nevada 6 2 29 New Hampshire 6 2 30 New Jersey 6 2 31 New Mexico 6 2 32 New York 6 2 33 North Carolina 6 2 34 North Dakota 6 2 35 Ohio 6 2 36 Oklahoma 6 2 37 Oregon 6 2 38 Pennsylvania 6 2 39 Rhode Island 6 2 40 South Carolina 6 2 41 South Dakota 6 2 42 Tennessee 6 2 43 Texas 6 2 44 Utah 6 2 45 Vermont 6 2 46 Virginia 6 2 47 Washington 6 2 48 West Virginia 6 2 49 Wisconsin 6 2 50 Wyoming 6 2 51 Non voting members 7 Changes in membership 8 Committees 8 1 Senate committees 8 2 House committees 8 3 Joint committees 9 Officers and officials 9 1 Senate officers and officials 9 2 House officers and officials 9 3 Legislative branch agency directors 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksMajor events edit nbsp 2021 United States Capitol attack January 6 2021 nbsp Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States nbsp President Biden during his 2021 speech to a joint session of Congress with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi nbsp President Biden during the 2022 State of the Union Address nbsp Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shortly after she was confirmed by the United States Senate joined by President Biden and Vice President Harris January 3 2021 117th Congress officially begins Members elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in though because of the COVID 19 pandemic House members elect did not all gather in the chamber to be sworn in but rather were summoned to the chambers in seven groups of about 72 people 5 January 5 2021 Runoff elections were held in Georgia for the regular and special Senate elections with Democrats winning both and gaining control of the Senate upon Kamala Harris s inauguration January 6 2021 A pro Trump mob attacked the Capitol halting the joint session to count and certify the Electoral College vote By nightfall the mob had been cleared and the vote counting resumed with the certification being made official around 3 00 a m on January 7 January 13 2021 Second impeachment of Donald Trump House impeached President Trump for inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol January 20 2021 Joe Biden became President of the United States January 20 2021 With Vice President Kamala Harris s inauguration alongside the seating of three new Democratic senators Ossoff Warnock Padilla the two Georgia runoff winners and Harris s appointed replacement Democrats take control of the Senate with a 50 50 split and Harris served as the tiebreaker in her role as Senate President January 25 2021 House Democrats formally send an article of impeachment against former president Donald Trump to the Senate February 3 2021 Senate organizing resolution passed allowing Democrats to control committees and freshman senators to take committee appointments February 4 2021 House voted 230 199 on H Res 72 removing Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia s 14th congressional district from the House committees on Education and Labor and the Budget February 9 13 2021 Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump April 2 2021 April 2021 United States Capitol car attack April 13 2021 Officer Billy Evans lies in state in the U S Capitol April 22 2021 House voted 216 208 on H R 51 to make Washington D C the nation s 51st state April 28 2021 President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress May 12 2021 House Republicans vote to oust Liz Cheney as conference chair for criticizing Donald Trump and opposing his attempts to reject the results of the 2020 election 6 May 14 2021 Elise Stefanik is elected House Republican Conference chair June 17 2021 Juneteenth becomes the first newly created federal holiday since 1983 7 October 21 2021 House voted 229 202 on H Res 730 to hold former President Donald Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with the House Select Committee investigation on the January 6 attack 8 November 17 2021 House voted 223 207 on H Res 789 to censure Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona s 4th congressional district and remove him from the House committees on Oversight and Natural Resources for posting an anime video of him killing fellow Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and attacking President Biden December 14 2021 House voted 222 208 on H Res 851 to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with the House Select Committee investigation on the January 6 attack February 4 2022 The Republican National Committee censures Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming s at large district and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois s 16th congressional district for their positions as members on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack 9 February 24 2022 President Biden announces severe sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine 10 March 1 2022 President Joe Biden delivered the 2022 State of the Union Address March 21 24 2022 Hearings are held on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court March 24 2022 Nebraska Representative Jeff Fortenberry is convicted by a jury in the Central District of California of one count of scheming to falsify material facts and two counts of lying to federal investigators relating to an illegal donation made to his campaign in 2016 by Lebanese Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury He resigns from Congress 11 March 29 2022 Don Young representative for Alaska s at large congressional district since 1973 and dean of the House of Representatives lies in state in the U S Capitol having died on March 18 12 April 6 2022 House voted 220 203 on H Res 1037 to hold former President Donald Trump officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to comply with the House Select Committee investigation on the January 6 attack April 7 2022 The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court June 9 2022 The House Special Select Committee investigating the January 6th Insurrection held the first of several summer hearings centered around the attack June 24 2022 The United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade July 27 2022 The Senate passed the CHIPS and Science Act July 27 2022 Senator Joe Manchin strikes a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to resurrect some of President Joe Biden s climate tax and healthcare agenda in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 13 July 28 2022 The House passed the CHIPS and Science Act July 31 2022 U S drone strikes killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri August 4 2022 The Senate voted 95 1 in favor of ratifying the accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO 14 August 7 2022 The Senate voted 51 50 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie August 8 2022 The FBI executes a search warrant at former President Donald Trump s Mar a Lago residence August 12 2022 The House voted 220 207 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act August 16 2022 President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law August 24 2022 President Biden canceled up to 20 000 in student loan debt September 13 2022 With the swearing in of Mary Peltola for the first time Congress has indigenous representatives from Native Alaskan Native American and Native Hawaiian peoples 15 September 21 2022 The Senate voted 69 27 to pass the Kigali Amendment October 6 2022 President Biden pardons all prior offenses of marijuana possession and instructs Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary Xavier Becerra to reconsider how marijuana is scheduled under federal law 16 December 9 2022 Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema officially leaves the Democratic Party and becomes an independent 17 December 13 2022 President Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law repealing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act December 21 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress 18 December 29 2022 President Biden signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 into law including several pieces of subsidiary legislation Major legislation editEnacted edit nbsp President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law March 11 2021 nbsp President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law June 17 2021 nbsp President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law November 15 2021 nbsp President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law March 29 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend Lease Act of 2022 into law May 9 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law June 25 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law August 9 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Honoring Our PACT Act into law August 10 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law August 16 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law December 13 2022 nbsp President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 into law December 29 2022Main article List of acts of the 117th United States Congress March 11 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 117 2 text PDF H R 1319 May 20 2021 COVID 19 Hate Crimes Act S 937 June 17 2021 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 117 17 text PDF S 475 October 27 2021 Reinforcing Nicaragua s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform RENACER Act S 1064 November 15 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H R 3684 December 22 2021 Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act S 3377 December 23 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H R 6256 December 27 2021 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 S 1605 March 15 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 including Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act H R 2471 March 29 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act H R 55 April 6 2022 Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 H R 3076 May 9 2022 Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend Lease Act of 2022 S 3522 June 25 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act S 2938 August 9 2022 CHIPS and Science Act H R 4346 August 10 2022 Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 S 3373 August 16 2022 Inflation Reduction Act H R 5376 December 2 2022 Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act H R 8454 December 7 2022 Speak Out Act S 4524 December 13 2022 Respect for Marriage Act H R 8404 December 23 2022 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H R 7776 December 29 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 including the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act and No TikTok on Government Devices Act H R 2617 January 5 2023 National Heritage Area Act S 1942 January 5 2023 Sami s Law H R 1082Proposed but not enacted edit Main article List of bills in the 117th United States Congress House billsH R 1 For the People Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 4 John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 5 Equality Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 6 American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 7 Paycheck Fairness Act of 2021 Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill by a vote taken on June 8 2021 19 H R 8 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 passed the House replaced with Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which was enacted H R 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act H R 51 Washington D C Admission Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 82 Social Security Fairness Act of 2021 H R 97 Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2021 H R 127 Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act of 2021 H R 256 Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 603 Raise the Wage Act of 2021 H R 804 FAMILY Act of 2021 H R 842 Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 963 FAIR Act of 2022 H R 1177 U S Citizenship Act of 2021 H R 1195 Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1280 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 H R 1333 NO BAN Act passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1446 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 passed the House replaced with Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which was enacted H R 1522 Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act of 2021 H R 1603 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1693 Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law EQUAL Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1808 Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1916 Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 1976 To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program H R 1996 SAFE Banking Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 2116 CROWN Act of 2022 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 2773 Recovering America s Wildlife Act passed the House but the Senate took no action 20 H R 3233 National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill by a vote taken on May 28 2021 21 H R 3617 MORE Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 3849 ACCESS Act H R 3940 Local Journalism Sustainability Act H R 3985 Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs ALLIES Act of 2021 passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 4521 America COMPETES Act of 2022 incorporated into the CHIPS and Science Act H R 8393 Puerto Rico Status Act passed the House but the Senate took no action H R 8873 Presidential Election Reform Act passed the House but the Senate took no action Senate billsS 27 See Something Say Something Online Act of 2021 S 53 Raise the Wage Act of 2021 S 623 Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 passed the Senate but the House took no action S 754 Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act S 1302 Social Security Fairness Act of 2021 S 1260 U S Innovation and Competition Act passed the House incorporated into the CHIPS and Science Act S 1601 Future of Local News Act S 2710 Open App Markets Act S 2747 Freedom to Vote Act Senate failed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill by vote held on January 19 2022 22 S 2992 American Innovation and Choice Online Act S 3538 EARN IT Act S 4132 Women s Health Protection Act Senate failed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill by vote held on May 11 2022 23 S 4822 DISCLOSE Act Senate failed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill by vote held on August 22 2022 24 Major resolutions editAdopted edit H Res 21 Calling on Vice President Michael R Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president H Res 24 Second impeachment of Donald Trump Impeaching Donald John Trump President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors S Res 5 A resolution honoring the memory of Officer Brian David Sicknick of the United States Capitol Police for his selfless acts of heroism on the grounds of the United States Capitol on January 6 2021 H Res 72 Removal of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments Removing a certain Member from certain standing committees of the House of Representatives H Res 134 Condemning the 2021 Myanmar coup d etat H Res 730 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen K Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol H Res 789 Censuring Representative Paul Gosar H J Res 100 To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees Proposed edit H Res 14 Censuring and condemning President Donald J Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election in the State of Georgia H J Res 17 Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment H Res 25 Directing the Committee on Ethics to investigate and issue a report on whether any and all actions taken by Members of the 117th Congress who sought to overturn the 2020 Presidential election violated their oath of office to uphold the Constitution or the Rules of the House of Representatives and should face sanction including removal from the House of Representatives H Res 332 Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal Party summary editResignations and new members are discussed in the Changes in membership section below Senate edit Senate membership nbsp Final from January 20 2021 nbsp Begin January 3 2021 January 18 2021 nbsp January 18 2021 January 20 2021 Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic Independent caucusing withDemocrats RepublicanEnd of previous Congress 46 2 52 100 0Begin January 3 2021 b 46 2 51 99 1January 18 2021 c 45 98 2January 20 2021 c d e 48 f 2 50 100 0Final voting share 50 0 50 0 Beginning of the next Congress 48 3 49 100 0 House of Representatives edit House membership nbsp Final from December 31 2022 nbsp Begin January 3 2021 January 15 2021 nbsp January 15 2021 February 7 2021 nbsp February 7 2021 February 11 2021 nbsp February 11 2021 March 10 2021 nbsp March 10 2021 March 16 2021 nbsp March 16 2021 April 6 2021 nbsp April 6 2021 April 14 2021 nbsp April 14 2021 May 11 2021 nbsp May 11 2021 May 16 2021 nbsp May 16 2021 June 14 2021 nbsp June 14 2021 July 30 2021 nbsp July 30 2021 November 4 2021 nbsp November 4 2021 January 1 2022 nbsp January 1 2022 January 18 2022 nbsp January 18 2022 February 17 2022 nbsp February 17 2022 March 18 2022 nbsp March 18 2022 March 31 2022 nbsp March 31 2022 May 10 2022 nbsp May 10 2022 May 25 2022 nbsp May 25 2022 June 14 2022 nbsp June 14 2022 June 21 2022 nbsp June 21 2022 July 12 2022 nbsp July 12 2022 August 3 2022 nbsp August 3 2022 August 12 2022 nbsp August 12 2022 August 31 2022 nbsp August 31 2022 September 13 2022 nbsp September 13 2022 September 30 2022 nbsp September 30 2022 November 14 2022 nbsp November 14 2022 November 28 2022 nbsp November 28 2022 December 9 2022 nbsp December 9 2022 December 30 2022 nbsp December 30 2022 December 31 2022 Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic Independent Republican LibertarianEnd of previous Congress 233 1 195 1 430 5Begin January 3 2021 g h 222 0 211 0 433 2January 15 2021 i 221 432 3February 7 2021 j 210 431 4February 11 2021 h 211 432 3March 10 2021 k 220 431 4March 16 2021 l 219 430 5April 6 2021 m 218 429 6April 14 2021 g 212 430 5May 11 2021 i 219 431 4May 16 2021 n 211 430 5June 14 2021 l 220 431 4July 30 2021 j 212 432 3November 4 2021 k n 221 213 434 1January 1 2022 o 212 433 2January 18 2022 m 222 434 1February 17 2022 p 211 433 2March 18 2022 q 210 432 3March 31 2022 r s 221 209 430 5May 10 2022 t 208 429 6May 25 2022 u 220 428 7June 14 2022 o 209 429 6June 21 2022 s 210 430 5July 12 2022 r 211 431 4August 3 2022 v 210 430 5August 12 2022 p 211 431 4August 31 2022 w 219 430 5September 13 2022 q u t 221 212 433 2September 30 2022 x 220 432 3November 14 2022 v 213 433 2November 28 2022 y 219 432 3December 9 2022 z 218 431 4December 30 2022 aa ab 217 430 5December 31 2022 ac 216 429 6Final voting share 50 3 0 0 49 7 0 0 Non voting members 4 0 2 ad 0 6 0Beginning of the next Congress 212 0 222 0 434 1Leadership editNote Democrats refer to themselves as a caucus Republicans refer to themselves as a conference Senate leadership edit Senate President nbsp Mike Pence R until January 20 2021 nbsp Kamala Harris D from January 20 2021 Senate President pro tempore nbsp Chuck Grassley R until January 20 2021 nbsp Patrick Leahy D from January 20 2021 Presiding edit President of the Senate Mike Pence R until January 20 2021 Kamala Harris D from January 20 2021 President pro tempore Chuck Grassley R until January 20 2021 Patrick Leahy D from January 20 2021Democratic leadership edit minority until January 20 2021 majority thereafter Senate Majority Leader since January 20 2021 Chuck Schumer 66 Senate Majority Whip since January 20 2021 Dick Durbin 66 Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray 66 Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Debbie Stabenow 66 Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren 66 Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee Amy Klobuchar 66 Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach Bernie Sanders 66 Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Cory Booker and Joe Manchin 66 Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus Tammy Baldwin 66 Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Gary Peters Vice Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach Catherine Cortez Masto 66 President pro tempore emeritus Patrick Leahy D until January 20 2021Republican leadership edit majority until January 20 2021 minority thereafter Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 67 68 Senate Minority Whip John Thune 67 Chair of the Senate Republican Conference John Barrasso 67 Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee Roy Blunt 67 Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Mike Lee 69 Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference Joni Ernst 67 Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee Rick Scott 67 President pro tempore emeritus Chuck Grassley R since January 20 2021House leadership edit House Speaker nbsp Nancy Pelosi D Presiding edit See also 2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election Speaker Nancy Pelosi D Majority Democratic leadership edit House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer 70 House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn 70 Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark 70 Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Hakeem Jeffries 70 Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Pete Aguilar 71 Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Sean Patrick Maloney 72 Co Chairs of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Matt Cartwright Debbie Dingell Ted Lieu and Joe Neguse 73 House Democratic Junior Caucus Leadership Representative Colin Allred 70 House Democratic Freshman Class Leadership Representative Mondaire Jones 74 Co Chairs of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Cheri Bustos Barbara Lee and Eric Swalwell 74 House Democratic Senior Chief Deputy Whips G K Butterfield and Jan Schakowsky 75 House Democratic Chief Deputy Whips Henry Cuellar Sheila Jackson Lee Dan Kildee Stephanie Murphy Jimmy Panetta Terri Sewell Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Peter Welch 75 Minority Republican leadership edit House Minority Leader and Chair of the House Republican Steering Committee Kevin McCarthy 76 House Minority Whip Steve Scalise 76 Chair of the House Republican Conference Liz Cheney until May 12 2021 76 Elise Stefanik since May 14 2021 6 Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference Mike Johnson 76 Secretary of the House Republican Conference Rich Hudson 76 Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee Gary Palmer 76 Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Tom Emmer 76 Members editSenate members edit For year of birth when first took office prior background and education see List of current United States senators Contents Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming The numbers refer to their Senate classes All class 1 senators are in the middle of their term 2019 2025 having been elected in 2018 and facing re election in 2024 Class 2 senators are at the beginning of their term 2021 2027 having been elected in 2020 and facing re election in 2026 Class 3 senators are at the end of their term 2017 2023 having been elected in 2016 and facing re election in 2022 Alabama edit 2 Tommy Tuberville R 3 Richard Shelby R Alaska edit 2 Dan Sullivan R 3 Lisa Murkowski R Arizona edit 1 Kyrsten Sinema D f 3 Mark Kelly D Arkansas edit 2 Tom Cotton R 3 John Boozman R California edit 1 Dianne Feinstein D 3 Kamala Harris D until January 18 2021 Alex Padilla D from January 20 2021 c dd Colorado edit 2 John Hickenlooper D 3 Michael Bennet D Connecticut edit 1 Chris Murphy D 3 Richard Blumenthal D Delaware edit 1 Tom Carper D 2 Chris Coons D Florida edit 1 Rick Scott R 3 Marco Rubio R Georgia edit 2 Jon Ossoff D from January 20 2021 b 3 Kelly Loeffler R until January 20 2021 Raphael Warnock D from January 20 2021 b dd Hawaii edit 1 Mazie Hirono D 3 Brian Schatz D Idaho edit 2 Jim Risch R 3 Mike Crapo R Illinois edit 2 Dick Durbin D 3 Tammy Duckworth D Indiana edit 1 Mike Braun R 3 Todd Young R Iowa edit 2 Joni Ernst R 3 Chuck Grassley R Kansas edit 2 Roger Marshall R 3 Jerry Moran R Kentucky edit 2 Mitch McConnell R 3 Rand Paul R Louisiana edit 2 Bill Cassidy R 3 John Kennedy R Maine edit 1 Angus King I ae 2 Susan Collins R Maryland edit 1 Ben Cardin D 3 Chris Van Hollen D Massachusetts edit 1 Elizabeth Warren D 2 Ed Markey D Michigan edit 1 Debbie Stabenow D 2 Gary Peters D Minnesota edit 1 Amy Klobuchar DFL af 2 Tina Smith DFL af Mississippi edit 1 Roger Wicker R 2 Cindy Hyde Smith R Missouri edit 1 Josh Hawley R 3 Roy Blunt R Montana edit 1 Jon Tester D 2 Steve Daines R Nebraska edit 1 Deb Fischer R 2 Ben Sasse R Nevada edit 1 Jacky Rosen D 3 Catherine Cortez Masto D New Hampshire edit 2 Jeanne Shaheen D 3 Maggie Hassan D New Jersey edit 1 Bob Menendez D 2 Cory Booker D New Mexico edit 1 Martin Heinrich D 2 Ben Ray Lujan D New York edit 1 Kirsten Gillibrand D 3 Chuck Schumer D North Carolina edit 2 Thom Tillis R 3 Richard Burr R North Dakota edit 1 Kevin Cramer R 3 John Hoeven R Ohio edit 1 Sherrod Brown D 3 Rob Portman R Oklahoma edit 2 Jim Inhofe R 3 James Lankford R Oregon edit 2 Jeff Merkley D 3 Ron Wyden D Pennsylvania edit 1 Bob Casey Jr D 3 Pat Toomey R Rhode Island edit 1 Sheldon Whitehouse D 2 Jack Reed D South Carolina edit 2 Lindsey Graham R 3 Tim Scott R South Dakota edit 2 Mike Rounds R 3 John Thune R Tennessee edit 1 Marsha Blackburn R 2 Bill Hagerty R Texas edit 1 Ted Cruz R 2 John Cornyn R Utah edit 1 Mitt Romney R 3 Mike Lee R Vermont edit 1 Bernie Sanders I ae 3 Patrick Leahy D Virginia edit 1 Tim Kaine D 2 Mark Warner D Washington edit 1 Maria Cantwell D 3 Patty Murray D West Virginia edit 1 Joe Manchin D 2 Shelley Moore Capito R Wisconsin edit 1 Tammy Baldwin D 3 Ron Johnson R Wyoming edit 1 John Barrasso R 2 Cynthia Lummis R nbsp Current Senate composition by state and party 2 Democrats 21 states 1 Democrat and 1 Independent who caucuses with Democrats 1 state 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 5 states 1 Republican and 1 Independent who caucuses with Democrats 1 state 2 Republicans 22 states Senate Democratic leadership minority until January 20 2021 majority thereafter nbsp Democratic leaderChuck Schumer nbsp Democratic whipDick Durbin Senate Republican leadership majority until January 20 2021 minority thereafter nbsp Republican leaderMitch McConnell nbsp Republican whipJohn Thune House members edit All 435 seats for voting members along with the six non voting delegates were filled by election in November 2020 Further information List of current members of the United States House of Representatives Contents Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non voting members Alabama edit 1 Jerry Carl R 2 Barry Moore R 3 Mike Rogers R 4 Robert Aderholt R 5 Mo Brooks R 6 Gary Palmer R 7 Terri Sewell D Alaska edit At large Don Young R until March 18 2022 q Mary Peltola D from September 13 2022 q dd Arizona edit 1 Tom O Halleran D 2 Ann Kirkpatrick D 3 Raul Grijalva D 4 Paul Gosar R 5 Andy Biggs R 6 David Schweikert R 7 Ruben Gallego D 8 Debbie Lesko R 9 Greg Stanton D Arkansas edit 1 Rick Crawford R 2 French Hill R 3 Steve Womack R 4 Bruce Westerman R California edit 1 Doug LaMalfa R 2 Jared Huffman D 3 John Garamendi D 4 Tom McClintock R 5 Mike Thompson D 6 Doris Matsui D 7 Ami Bera D 8 Jay Obernolte R 9 Jerry McNerney D 10 Josh Harder D 11 Mark DeSaulnier D 12 Nancy Pelosi D 13 Barbara Lee D 14 Jackie Speier D 15 Eric Swalwell D 16 Jim Costa D 17 Ro Khanna D 18 Anna Eshoo D 19 Zoe Lofgren D 20 Jimmy Panetta D 21 David Valadao R 22 Devin Nunes R until January 1 2022 o Connie Conway from June 14 2022 o dd 23 Kevin McCarthy R 24 Salud Carbajal D 25 Mike Garcia R 26 Julia Brownley D 27 Judy Chu D 28 Adam Schiff D 29 Tony Cardenas D 30 Brad Sherman D 31 Pete Aguilar D 32 Grace Napolitano D 33 Ted Lieu D 34 Jimmy Gomez D 35 Norma Torres D 36 Raul Ruiz D 37 Karen Bass D until December 9 2022 vacant thereafter z 38 Linda Sanchez D 39 Young Kim R 40 Lucille Roybal Allard D 41 Mark Takano D 42 Ken Calvert R 43 Maxine Waters D 44 Nanette Barragan D 45 Katie Porter D 46 Lou Correa D 47 Alan Lowenthal D 48 Michelle Steel R 49 Mike Levin D 50 Darrell Issa R 51 Juan Vargas D 52 Scott Peters D 53 Sara Jacobs D Colorado edit 1 Diana DeGette D 2 Joe Neguse D 3 Lauren Boebert R 4 Ken Buck 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D 7 Carolyn Bourdeaux D 8 Austin Scott R 9 Andrew Clyde R 10 Jody Hice R 11 Barry Loudermilk R 12 Rick Allen R 13 David Scott D 14 Marjorie Taylor Greene R Hawaii edit 1 Ed Case D 2 Kai Kahele D Idaho edit 1 Russ Fulcher R 2 Mike Simpson R Illinois edit 1 Bobby Rush D 2 Robin Kelly D 3 Marie Newman D 4 Chuy Garcia D 5 Mike Quigley D 6 Sean Casten D 7 Danny Davis D 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi D 9 Jan Schakowsky D 10 Brad Schneider D 11 Bill Foster D 12 Mike Bost R 13 Rodney Davis R 14 Lauren Underwood D 15 Mary Miller R 16 Adam Kinzinger R 17 Cheri Bustos D 18 Darin LaHood R Indiana edit 1 Frank J Mrvan D 2 Jackie Walorski R until August 3 2022 v Rudy Yakym R from November 14 2022 v dd 3 Jim Banks R 4 Jim Baird R 5 Victoria Spartz R 6 Greg Pence R 7 Andre Carson D 8 Larry Bucshon R 9 Trey Hollingsworth R Iowa edit 1 Ashley Hinson R 2 Mariannette Miller Meeks R ag 3 Cindy Axne D 4 Randy Feenstra R Kansas edit 1 Tracey Mann R 2 Jake LaTurner R 3 Sharice Davids D 4 Ron Estes R Kentucky edit 1 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2022 p Brad Finstad R from August 12 2022 p dd 2 Angie Craig DFL af 3 Dean Phillips DFL af 4 Betty McCollum DFL af 5 Ilhan Omar DFL af 6 Tom Emmer R 7 Michelle Fischbach R 8 Pete Stauber R Mississippi edit 1 Trent Kelly R 2 Bennie Thompson D 3 Michael Guest R 4 Steven Palazzo R Missouri edit 1 Cori Bush D 2 Ann Wagner R 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 4 Vicky Hartzler R 5 Emanuel Cleaver D 6 Sam Graves R 7 Billy Long R 8 Jason Smith R Montana edit At large Matt Rosendale R Nebraska edit 1 Jeff Fortenberry R until March 31 2022 r Mike Flood R from July 12 2022 r dd 2 Don Bacon R 3 Adrian Smith R Nevada edit 1 Dina Titus D 2 Mark Amodei R 3 Susie Lee D 4 Steven Horsford D New Hampshire edit 1 Chris Pappas D 2 Annie Kuster D New Jersey edit 1 Donald Norcross D 2 Jeff Van Drew R 3 Andy Kim D 4 Chris Smith R 5 Josh Gottheimer D 6 Frank Pallone D 7 Tom Malinowski D 8 Albio Sires D 9 Bill Pascrell D 10 Donald Payne Jr D 11 Mikie Sherrill D 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman D New Mexico edit 1 Deb Haaland D until March 16 2021 l Melanie Stansbury D from June 14 2021 l dd 2 Yvette Herrell R 3 Teresa Leger Fernandez D New York edit 1 Lee Zeldin R 2 Andrew Garbarino R 3 Thomas Suozzi D 4 Kathleen Rice D 5 Gregory Meeks D 6 Grace Meng D 7 Nydia Velazquez D 8 Hakeem Jeffries D 9 Yvette Clarke D 10 Jerry Nadler D 11 Nicole Malliotakis R 12 Carolyn Maloney D 13 Adriano Espaillat D 14 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez D 15 Ritchie Torres D 16 Jamaal Bowman D 17 Mondaire Jones D 18 Sean Patrick Maloney D 19 Antonio Delgado D until May 25 2022 u Pat Ryan D from September 13 2022 u dd 20 Paul Tonko D 21 Elise Stefanik R 22 Claudia Tenney R from February 11 2021 h 23 Tom Reed R until May 10 2022 t Joe Sempolinski R from September 13 2022 t dd 24 John Katko R 25 Joseph Morelle D 26 Brian Higgins D 27 Chris Jacobs R North Carolina edit 1 G K Butterfield D until December 30 2022 vacant thereafter aa 2 Deborah Ross D 3 Greg Murphy R 4 David Price D 5 Virginia Foxx R 6 Kathy Manning D 7 David Rouzer R 8 Richard Hudson R 9 Dan Bishop R 10 Patrick McHenry R 11 Madison Cawthorn R 12 Alma Adams D 13 Ted Budd R North Dakota edit At large Kelly Armstrong R Ohio edit 1 Steve Chabot R 2 Brad Wenstrup R 3 Joyce Beatty D 4 Jim Jordan R 5 Bob Latta R 6 Bill Johnson R 7 Bob Gibbs R 8 Warren Davidson R 9 Marcy Kaptur D 10 Mike Turner R 11 Marcia Fudge D until March 10 2021 k Shontel Brown D from November 4 2021 k dd 12 Troy Balderson R 13 Tim Ryan D 14 David Joyce R 15 Steve Stivers R until May 16 2021 n Mike Carey R from November 4 2021 n dd 16 Anthony Gonzalez R Oklahoma edit 1 Kevin Hern R 2 Markwayne Mullin R 3 Frank Lucas R 4 Tom Cole R 5 Stephanie Bice R Oregon edit 1 Suzanne Bonamici D 2 Cliff Bentz R 3 Earl Blumenauer D 4 Peter DeFazio D 5 Kurt Schrader D Pennsylvania edit 1 Brian Fitzpatrick R 2 Brendan Boyle D 3 Dwight Evans D 4 Madeleine Dean D 5 Mary Gay Scanlon D 6 Chrissy Houlahan D 7 Susan Wild D 8 Matt Cartwright D 9 Dan Meuser R 10 Scott Perry R 11 Lloyd Smucker R 12 Fred Keller R 13 John Joyce R 14 Guy Reschenthaler R 15 Glenn Thompson R 16 Mike Kelly R 17 Conor Lamb D 18 Mike Doyle D until December 31 2022 vacant thereafter ac Rhode Island edit 1 David Cicilline D 2 James Langevin D South Carolina edit 1 Nancy Mace R 2 Joe Wilson R 3 Jeff Duncan R 4 William Timmons R 5 Ralph Norman R 6 Jim Clyburn D 7 Tom Rice R South Dakota edit At large Dusty Johnson R Tennessee edit 1 Diana Harshbarger R 2 Tim Burchett R 3 Chuck Fleischmann R 4 Scott DesJarlais R 5 Jim Cooper D 6 John Rose R 7 Mark Green R 8 David Kustoff R 9 Steve Cohen D Texas edit 1 Louie Gohmert R 2 Dan Crenshaw R 3 Van Taylor R 4 Pat Fallon R 5 Lance Gooden R 6 Ron Wright R until February 7 2021 j Jake Ellzey R from July 30 2021 j dd 7 Lizzie Fletcher D 8 Kevin Brady R 9 Al Green D 10 Michael McCaul R 11 August Pfluger R 12 Kay Granger R 13 Ronny Jackson R 14 Randy Weber R 15 Vicente Gonzalez D 16 Veronica Escobar D 17 Pete Sessions R 18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 19 Jodey Arrington R 20 Joaquin Castro D 21 Chip Roy R 22 Troy Nehls R 23 Tony Gonzales R 24 Beth Van Duyne R 25 Roger Williams R 26 Michael C Burgess R 27 Michael Cloud R 28 Henry Cuellar D 29 Sylvia Garcia D 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson D 31 John Carter R 32 Colin Allred D 33 Marc Veasey D 34 Filemon Vela Jr D until March 31 2022 s Mayra Flores R from June 21 2022 s dd 35 Lloyd Doggett D 36 Brian Babin R Utah edit 1 Blake Moore R 2 Chris Stewart R 3 John Curtis R 4 Burgess Owens R Vermont edit At large Peter Welch D Virginia edit 1 Rob Wittman R 2 Elaine Luria D 3 Bobby Scott D 4 Donald McEachin D until November 28 2022 vacant thereafter y 5 Bob Good R 6 Ben Cline R 7 Abigail Spanberger D 8 Don Beyer D 9 Morgan Griffith R 10 Jennifer Wexton D 11 Gerry Connolly D Washington edit 1 Suzan DelBene D 2 Rick Larsen D 3 Jaime Herrera Beutler R 4 Dan Newhouse R 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 6 Derek Kilmer D 7 Pramila Jayapal D 8 Kim Schrier D 9 Adam Smith D 10 Marilyn Strickland D West Virginia edit 1 David McKinley R 2 Alex Mooney R 3 Carol Miller R Wisconsin edit 1 Bryan Steil R 2 Mark Pocan D 3 Ron Kind D 4 Gwen Moore D 5 Scott Fitzgerald R 6 Glenn Grothman R 7 Tom Tiffany R 8 Mike Gallagher R Wyoming edit At large Liz Cheney R Non voting members edit American Samoa Amata Coleman Radewagen R District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton D Guam Michael San Nicolas D Northern Mariana Islands Gregorio Sablan D Puerto Rico Jenniffer Gonzalez R PNP United States Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett D nbsp House composition by district at the end of the congress January 3 2023 Held by Democrats Held by Republicans Vacant nbsp House seats by party holding majority in state as of September 13 2022 D 100 80 99 70 79 60 69 51 59 50 R 100 80 99 70 79 60 69 51 59 50 House majority leadership nbsp Democratic leaderSteny Hoyer nbsp Democratic whipJim Clyburn House minority leadership nbsp Republican leaderKevin McCarthy nbsp Republican whipSteve ScaliseChanges in membership editSee also List of special elections to the United States Senate List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives 2021 United States House of Representatives elections and 2022 United States House of Representatives elections Special elections Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation ah Georgia 2 Vacant David Perdue s R term expired January 3 2021 before a runoff election could be held Successor elected January 5 2021 b Jon Ossoff D January 20 2021California 3 Kamala Harris D Incumbent resigned on January 18 2021 to become U S Vice President Successor appointed January 20 2021 to complete the term ending January 3 2023 and later elected to finish in the final weeks of the Congress and a full six year term 79 Alex Padilla D January 20 2021Georgia 3 Kelly Loeffler R Appointee lost election to finish the term Successor elected January 5 2021 for the remainder of the term ending January 3 2023 Raphael Warnock D January 20 2021House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation ah New York 22 Vacant Anthony Brindisi s D term expired January 3 2021 and the seat remained vacant due to the result of the 2020 election being disputed On February 5 2021 a judge declared a winner 80 Claudia Tenney R February 11 2021 81 33 Louisiana 5 Vacant Member elect Luke Letlow R died from COVID 19 on December 29 2020 before his term started A special election was held on March 20 2021 30 Julia Letlow R April 14 2021 31 Louisiana 2 Cedric Richmond D Resigned January 15 2021 to become Senior Advisor to the President and director of the Office of Public Liaison 82 83 A special election was held on March 20 2021 and a runoff was held on April 24 82 Troy Carter D May 11 2021Texas 6 Ron Wright R Died from COVID 19 on February 7 2021 36 A special election was held on May 1 2021 and a runoff was held on July 27 84 85 Jake Ellzey R July 30 2021 37 Ohio 11 Marcia Fudge D Resigned March 10 2021 to become U S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 86 A special election was held on November 2 2021 Shontel Brown D November 4 2021New Mexico 1 Deb Haaland D Resigned March 16 2021 to become U S Secretary of the Interior 87 A special election was held on June 1 2021 87 Melanie Stansbury D June 14 2021Florida 20 Alcee Hastings D Died from pancreatic cancer on April 6 2021 A special election was held on January 11 2022 88 Sheila Cherfilus McCormick D January 18 2022Ohio 15 Steve Stivers R Resigned May 16 2021 to become the president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce 89 A special election was held on November 2 2021 Mike Carey R November 4 2021California 22 Devin Nunes R Resigned January 1 2022 to become the CEO of Trump Media amp Technology Group 45 A special election was held on June 7 2022 90 Connie Conway R June 14 2022Minnesota 1 Jim Hagedorn R Died from kidney cancer on February 17 2022 A special election was held on August 9 2022 91 Brad Finstad R August 12 2022Alaska at large Don Young R Died on March 18 2022 A special election was held on August 16 2022 92 Mary Peltola D September 13 2022Nebraska 1 Jeff Fortenberry R Resigned March 31 2022 due to criminal conviction A special election was held on June 28 2022 93 Mike Flood R July 12 2022Texas 34 Filemon Vela Jr D Resigned March 31 2022 to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer amp Feld A special election was held on June 14 2022 53 Mayra Flores R June 21 2022New York 23 Tom Reed R Resigned May 10 2022 to join Prime Policy Group A special election was held on August 23 2022 55 Joe Sempolinski R September 13 2022 56 New York 19 Antonio Delgado D Resigned May 25 2022 to become lieutenant governor of New York A special election was held on August 23 2022 57 Pat Ryan D September 13 2022 56 Indiana 2 Jackie Walorski R Died in a car collision on August 3 2022 A special election was held on November 8 2022 94 Rudy Yakym R November 14 2022Florida 13 Charlie Crist D Resigned August 31 2022 to focus on the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election 60 Vacant until the next CongressFlorida 22 Ted Deutch D Resigned September 30 2022 to become CEO of the American Jewish Committee 61 Vacant until the next CongressVirginia 4 Donald McEachin D Died November 28 2022 from colorectal cancer 62 Vacant until the next CongressCalifornia 37 Karen Bass D Resigned December 9 2022 to become the Mayor of Los Angeles 63 Vacant until the next CongressNorth Carolina 1 G K Butterfield D Resigned December 30 2022 to accept a lobbying position 64 Vacant until the next CongressPennsylvania 18 Mike Doyle D Resigned December 31 2022 to join K amp L Gates 65 Vacant until the next CongressCommittees editSection contents Senate House Joint Senate committees edit Main article List of United States Senate committees Prior to the passing of an organizing resolution on February 3 2021 chairs of Senate committees remained the same as in the 116th Congress Where the chair had retired as in the Agriculture Budget and HELP committees the chair was vacant 95 Committee Chair Ranking MemberAging Special Bob Casey Jr D PA Tim Scott R SC Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Debbie Stabenow D MI John Boozman R AR Appropriations Patrick Leahy D VT Richard Shelby R AL Armed Services Jack Reed D RI Jim Inhofe R OK Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown D OH Pat Toomey R PA Budget Bernie Sanders I VT Lindsey Graham R SC Commerce Science and Transportation Maria Cantwell D WA Roger Wicker R MS Energy and Natural Resources Joe Manchin D WV John Barrasso R WY Environment and Public Works Tom Carper D DE Shelley Moore Capito R WV Ethics Select Chris Coons D DE James Lankford R OK Finance Ron Wyden D OR Mike Crapo R ID Foreign Relations Bob Menendez D NJ Jim Risch R ID Health Education Labor and Pensions Patty Murray D WA Richard Burr R NC Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Gary Peters D MI Rob Portman R OH Indian Affairs Permanent Select Brian Schatz D HI Lisa Murkowski R AK Intelligence Select Mark Warner D VA Marco Rubio R FL International Narcotics Control Permanent Caucus Sheldon Whitehouse D RI Chuck Grassley R IA Judiciary Dick Durbin D IL Chuck Grassley R IA Rules and Administration Amy Klobuchar D MN Roy Blunt R MO Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ben Cardin D MD Rand Paul R KY Veterans Affairs Jon Tester D MT Jerry Moran R KS House committees edit Main article List of United States House of Representatives committees Committee Chair Ranking MemberAgriculture David Scott D GA Glenn Thompson R PA Appropriations Rosa DeLauro D CT Kay Granger R TX Armed Services Adam Smith D WA Mike Rogers R AL Budget John Yarmuth D KY Jason Smith R MO Climate Crisis Select Kathy Castor D FL Garret Graves R LA Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth Select Jim Himes D CT Bryan Steil R WI Education and Labor Bobby Scott D VA Virginia Foxx R NC Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone D NJ Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA Ethics Susan Wild D PA ai Michael Guest R MS aj Financial Services Maxine Waters D CA Patrick McHenry R NC Foreign Affairs Gregory Meeks D NY Mike McCaul R TX Homeland Security Bennie Thompson D MS John Katko R NY House Administration Zoe Lofgren D CA Rodney Davis R IL Intelligence Permanent Select Adam Schiff D CA Mike Turner R OH Judiciary Jerry Nadler D NY Jim Jordan R OH Modernization of Congress Select Derek Kilmer D WA William Timmons R SC Natural Resources Raul Grijalva D AZ Bruce Westerman R AR Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney D NY Jim Comer R KY 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 Velazquez D NY Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio D OR Sam Graves R MO Veterans Affairs Mark Takano D CA Mike Bost R IL Ways and Means Richard Neal D MA Kevin Brady R TX Joint committees edit Main article List of current United States congressional joint committees Committee Chair Vice Chair Ranking Member Vice Ranking MemberEconomic Rep Don Beyer D VA Sen Martin Heinrich D NM Sen Mike Lee R UT Rep David Schweikert R AZ Inaugural Ceremonies Special until January 20 2021 Sen Roy Blunt R MO Rep Nancy Pelosi D CA Rep Kevin McCarthy R CA Sen Amy Klobuchar D MN Library Rep Zoe Lofgren D CA Sen Amy Klobuchar D MN Sen Roy Blunt R MO Rep Rodney Davis R IL Printing Sen Amy Klobuchar D MN Rep Zoe Lofgren D CA Rep Rodney Davis R IL Sen Roy Blunt R MO Taxation ak Rep Richard Neal D MA Sen Ron Wyden D OR Sen Mike Crapo R ID Rep Kevin Brady R TX Officers and officials editSenate officers and officials edit Chaplain Barry Black Seventh day Adventist Curator Melinda Smith Historian Betty Koed Librarian Leona I Faust Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Secretary Julie E Adams until March 1 2021 Sonceria Berry from March 1 2021 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Michael C Stenger until January 7 2021 Jennifer Hemingway from January 7 to March 22 2021 acting 97 Lt Gen Karen Gibson since March 22 2021 98 Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Kelly Fado since March 22 2021 citation needed House officers and officials edit Chaplain Margaret G Kibben Presbyterian Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor Clerk Cheryl L Johnson Historian Matthew Wasniewski Parliamentarian Jason Smith Reading Clerks Tylease Alli D and Susan Cole R Sergeant at Arms Paul D Irving until January 7 2021 Timothy P Blodgett January 12 2021 March 26 2021 acting 99 William J Walker starting April 26 2021Legislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton Attending Physician Brian P Monahan Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro 100 Director of the Congressional Budget Office Phillip Swagel 101 Librarian of Congress Carla Diane Hayden 102 Director of the U S Government Publishing Office Vacant 103 Counselor of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel Ralph V Seep 104 Counselor of the Office of House Legislative Counsel Ernest Wade Ballou Jr 105 Public Printer of the United States Hugh N HalpernSee also editList of new members of the 117th United States Congress 2020 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 2020 United States presidential election 2020 United States Senate elections 2020 United States House of Representatives elections 2021 United States elections elections during this Congress 2021 United States House of Representatives elections 2022 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 2022 United States Senate elections 2022 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit U S Vice President Mike Pence s term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20 2021 when Kamala Harris term began a b c d The Congress began with 51 Republicans 48 Democrats including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats and 1 vacancy in the Senate Georgia s class 2 seat was vacant from the start until Democrat Jon Ossoff was seated January 20 2021 Georgia s class 3 Republican interim appointee Kelly Loeffler served until Democrat Raphael Warnock was seated also on January 20 25 a b c In California Kamala Harris D resigned January 18 2021 to become U S Vice President Alex Padilla D was appointed to complete the unexpired term and began serving January 20 26 In Georgia Kelly Loeffler R lost a special election to finish the term Jon Ossoff D and Raphael Warnock D began their service January 20 2021 27 28 Kamala Harris D became U S Vice President January 20 2021 with the tie breaking vote The Senate elected Patrick Leahy to serve as President pro tempore also began on January 20 a b In Arizona Kyrsten Sinema declared that she left the Democratic Party to become an independent politician on December 9 2022 17 She was still recognized as a Democrat by the Senate throughout the Congress and did not formally switch her affiliation until the beginning of the 118th Congress 29 a b c In Louisiana s 5th district member elect Luke Letlow R died December 29 2020 before the term started and Julia Letlow R was elected March 20 2021 She was sworn in on April 14 30 31 a b c In New York s 22nd district the term began with the previous election disputed Claudia Tenney was declared the winner 32 and was sworn in February 11 2021 33 a b c d In Louisiana s 2nd district Cedric Richmond D resigned January 15 2021 and Troy Carter D was elected April 14 2021 He was sworn in on May 11 34 35 a b c d In Texas s 6th district Ron Wright R died February 7 2021 and Jake Ellzey R was elected July 27 2021 He was sworn in on July 30 36 37 a b c d In Ohio s 11th district Marcia Fudge D resigned March 10 2021 and Shontel Brown D was elected November 2 2021 She was sworn in on November 4 38 39 a b c d In New Mexico s 1st district Deb Haaland D resigned March 16 2021 and Melanie Stansbury D was elected June 1 2021 She was sworn in on June 14 40 41 a b c d In Florida s 20th district Alcee Hastings D died April 6 2021 and Sheila Cherfilus McCormick D was elected January 11 2022 She was sworn in on January 18 42 43 a b c d In Ohio s 15th district Steve Stivers R resigned May 16 2021 and Mike Carey R was elected November 2 2021 He was sworn in on November 4 44 39 a b c d In California s 22nd district Devin Nunes R resigned January 1 2022 and Connie Conway R was elected on June 7 2022 She was sworn in on June 14 45 46 a b c d In Minnesota s 1st district Jim Hagedorn R died February 17 2022 and Brad Finstad R was elected August 9 2022 He was sworn in on August 12 47 48 a b c d In Alaska s at large district Don Young R died March 18 2022 and Mary Peltola D was elected August 16 2022 She was sworn in on September 13 49 50 a b c d In Nebraska s 1st district Jeff Fortenberry R resigned March 31 2022 and Mike Flood R was elected June 28 2022 He was sworn in on July 12 51 52 a b c d In Texas s 34th district Filemon Vela Jr D resigned March 31 2022 and Mayra Flores R was elected June 14 2022 She was sworn in on June 21 53 54 a b c d In New York s 23rd district Tom Reed R resigned May 10 2022 and Joe Sempolinski R was elected August 23 2022 He was sworn in on September 13 55 56 a b c d In New York s 19th district Antonio Delgado D resigned May 25 2022 and Pat Ryan D was elected August 23 2022 He was sworn in on September 13 57 56 a b c d In Indiana s 2nd district Jackie Walorski R died August 3 2022 and Rudy Yakym R was elected November 8 2022 He was sworn in on November 14 58 59 a b In Florida s 13th district Charlie Crist D resigned August 31 2022 60 a b In Florida s 22nd district Ted Deutch D resigned September 30 2022 61 a b In Virginia s 4th district Donald McEachin D died November 28 2022 62 a b In California s 37th district Karen Bass D resigned December 9 2022 63 a b In North Carolina s 1st district G K Butterfield D resigned December 30 2022 64 Congress had already adjourned by the time of this resignation a b In Pennsylvania s 18th district Mike Doyle D resigned December 31 2022 65 Includes a New Progressive Party member who is also affiliated as a Republican a b Caucuses with Democrats a b c d e f The Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party DFL 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