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January 3, 2025, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes.Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in. Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker on the first ballot after initially not receiving enough votes on the roll call, with the vote remaining open until enough members changed votes to support him.
Except for the president of the Senate (who is the vice president), the Senate elects its own officers, [2] who maintain order and decorum, manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate, and interpret the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Many non-member officers are also hired to run various day-to-day ...
Democrats retained control of the United States House of Representatives, while Republicans briefly retained control of the Senate until January 20, 2021, because Democrats won both regular and special Senate elections in Georgia on January 5, 2021.
Roughly 1,000 government positions require Senate confirmation through a majority vote in the 100-seat chamber. Most of Trump's Cabinet picks easily won confirmation during his first 2017-2021 ...
They'll first appear before a Senate committee and answer questions, before the full chamber votes. The nominees include Trump's pick for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, who faces sexual assault ...
The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. [3] Congress convenes for a two-year term, commencing every other January. Elections are held every even-numbered year on Election Day. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress.
Trump won't get a vote in this secret-ballot race, but his influence over it is palpable. Many Republicans see Trump's comfortable victory in Tuesday's elections coupled with Senate Republicans ...
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.