Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. [3] Following a congressional election and the adjournment of the prior congress, there being no speaker, the House clerk summons, convenes, and calls the House to order. After prayer offered by the House chaplain, the clerk leads the representatives in the Pledge of Allegiance ...
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (all Republicans) have taken office in ...
The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House. Factbox-Important dates to watch as Republicans take control in the US Congress
WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed, by voice vote, a resolution (S. Res. 418 ...
Feb. 1, 2025: Tariffs set to be announced for Canada and Mexico Trump's tariffs would have a significant cost on the US automaking industry, Wells Fargo analysts have said. Allison Robbert-Pool ...
Similar to a State of the Union Address, it will be delivered before the 119th United States Congress in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Presiding over this joint session will be the House speaker , Mike Johnson , accompanied by JD Vance , the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate .
There are expected to be at least three special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2025 during the 119th United States Congress. Additional special elections may take place if any other vacancies occur.