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Jamie Raskin, D-Md., 61, the Oversight Committee’s top Democrat this Congress, announced he would challenge Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., 77, the former chairman and incumbent ranking member of the ...
Follow along with our live-updating results for the U.S. presidential race and congressional races across the country with maps that show the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans on ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Committee leadership in the House is often associated with seniority, especially in the Democratic Caucus. The Republican leadership, in comparison with the Democratic Party, prioritizes voting records and campaign fundraising over seniority for committee leadership. [2] Party leadership in the House is not strictly associated with seniority.
House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, campaigned with Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Toledo for the entire day before the Ohio primary. In high-stakes election year, Kaptur draws House ...
In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party won control of the House 222–213, taking the majority for the first time since the 115th Congress, while the Democratic Party gained one seat in the Senate, where they already had effective control, and giving them a 51–49-seat majority (with a caucus of 48 Democrats and three independents).
First, until the 61st Congress (1909–1910), "it was the custom to have the minority leader also serve as the ranking minority member on the two most powerful committees, Rules and Ways and Means." [ 35 ] Today, the minority leader no longer serves on these committees; however, they appoint the minority members of the Rules Committee and ...
The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday, saying the agency is ...