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The first Arab American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was George A. Kasem in 1959, and the first Arab-American U.S. senator was James Abourezk in 1973. In the 115th Congress, there were six U.S. representatives and no U.S. senators of Arab-American descent serving in Congress.
John Korsmo (R) Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board, pleaded guilty to lying to congress (2005). [125] Claude Allen (R) Director of the Domestic Policy Council, was arrested for a series of felony thefts in retail stores. He was convicted on one count (2006). [126]
This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress. As of 2025, only six Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [1] Five Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All but one are members of the Democratic Party.
Mills, who is married to an Iraqi refugee who later gained American citizenship and has two sons, is in his second term representing Florida’s 7th District, which covers the area northeast of ...
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.
The men, arrested in Sacramento and Houston, were not involved in a single plot, but they may have been in contact with each other. Two Middle East refugees arrested in U.S. on terrorism charges ...
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history.
Rashida Harbi Tlaib [a] (/ t ə ˈ l iː b / tə-LEEB; born July 24, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2019, representing the state's 12th congressional district since 2023.