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A member of the Democratic Party, Krishnamoorthi serves as the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The position of vice chair as the designation for the ranking minority member has been used for the House January 6 Committee. Joint committees of the House and Senate operate in much the same way, with a chairman and vice-chairman from the majority party, alternating between a member of the House and a member of the Senate, and often two ...
The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead. The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms (two years each) as chair or ranking member unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so. [51]
Ranking Member: Education and the Workforce: 15 Nydia Velázquez: D New York 7: Ranking Member: Small Business: 16 Bennie Thompson: D Mississippi 2: April 13, 1993 Ranking Member: Homeland Security: 17 Frank Lucas: R Oklahoma 3: May 10, 1994 18 Lloyd Doggett: D Texas 37: January 3, 1995 19 Zoe Lofgren: D California 18: Ranking Member: Science ...
A growing band of younger House Democrats is challenging senior members for powerful congressional posts. ... 77, the former chairman and incumbent ranking member of the Judiciary Committee ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 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.
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
Janice Schakowsky (/ ʃ ə ˈ k aʊ s k i / shə-KOW-skee; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999, and previous served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1998). She is a member of the Democratic Party.