117th United States Congress

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United States Capitol (2021)
January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Members100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Republican
(until January 20, 2021)
Democratic
(with tie-breaking VP
and through caucus)
(from January 20, 2021)
Senate President Mike Pence (R) [a]
(until January 20, 2021)
Kamala Harris (D)
(from January 20, 2021)
House majority Democratic
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2022
2nd: January 3, 2022 – January 3, 2023
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The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2021, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's first presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency and ended on January 3, 2023.

Contents

The 2020 elections decided control of both chambers. In the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party retained their majority, albeit reduced from the 116th Congress. It was similar in size to the majority held by the Republican Party during the 83rd Congress (1953–1955).

In the Senate, Republicans briefly held the majority at the start; however, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators – Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California – were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by independents who caucus with the Democrats. Effectively, this created a 50–50 split, which had not occurred since the 107th Congress in 2001. This was only the third time in U.S. history that the Senate had been evenly split, and the longest-lasting one ever. [1] [2]

The new senators were sworn into office by Vice President Kamala Harris, just hours after her inauguration. With Harris serving as the tie breaker in her constitutional role as President of the Senate, Democrats gained control of the Senate, and thereby full control of Congress for the first time since the 111th Congress ended in 2011. Additionally, with the inauguration of Joe Biden as president that same day, Democrats assumed control of the executive branch as well, attaining an overall federal government trifecta, also for the first time since the 111th Congress.

Despite Democrats holding thin majorities in both chambers during a period of intense political polarization, the 117th Congress oversaw the passage of numerous significant bills, [3] [4] including the Inflation Reduction Act, American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Postal Service Reform Act, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, CHIPS and Science Act, Honoring Our PACT Act, Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, and Respect for Marriage Act. [4]

Major events

January 6 United States Capitol attack (January 6, 2021) 2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09156 collage.png
January 6 United States Capitol attack (January 6, 2021)
Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States Biden oath of office.jpg
Joe Biden takes the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States
President Biden during his 2021 speech to a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi President Joe Biden speaking at the joint session of Congress.jpg
President Biden during his 2021 speech to a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
President Biden during the 2022 State of the Union Address P20220301AS-3170 (51989432295).jpg
President Biden during the 2022 State of the Union Address
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shortly after she was confirmed by the United States Senate, joined by President Biden and Vice President Harris. P20220408AS-1828 (52067437892).jpg
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shortly after she was confirmed by the United States Senate, joined by President Biden and Vice President Harris.

Major legislation

Enacted

President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, March 11, 2021 President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan into law.jpg
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, March 11, 2021
President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021 President Biden signs Juneteenth National Independence Day into law.jpg
President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021
President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, November 15, 2021 President Biden after signing the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act into law.jpg
President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, November 15, 2021
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, March 29, 2022 P20220329ES-0872 (52063715492).jpg
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, March 29, 2022
President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law, May 9, 2022 President Joe Biden Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.jpg
President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law, May 9, 2022
President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, June 25, 2022 P20220625ES-00188 (52263852702).jpg
President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, June 25, 2022
President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, August 9, 2022 P20220809ES-0333 (52385519067).jpg
President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, August 9, 2022
President Biden signed the Honoring Our PACT Act into law, August 10, 2022 P20220810ES-0353 (52385519192).jpg
President Biden signed the Honoring Our PACT Act into law, August 10, 2022
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, August 16, 2022 P20220816CS-0389 (52386878143).jpg
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, August 16, 2022
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, December 13, 2022 President Joe Biden signed the "Respect for Marriage Act" (1).jpg
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, December 13, 2022
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 into law, December 29, 2022 US President Joe Biden signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P20221229ES 1001 (52594963970)).jpg
President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 into law, December 29, 2022

Proposed (but not enacted)

House bills
Senate bills

Major resolutions

Adopted

Proposed

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.

Senate

 Party
(shading shows control)
TotalVacant
Democratic Independent
(caucusing with
Democrats)
 Republican
End of previous Congress 462521000
Begin (January 3, 2021) [b] 46251991
January 18, 2021 [c] 45982
January 20, 2021 [c] [d] [e] 48 [f] 2501000
Final voting share 
Beginning of the next Congress 483491000

House of Representatives


 Party
(shading shows control)
TotalVacant
Democratic Independent Republican Libertarian
End of previous Congress 233119514305
Begin (January 3, 2021) [g] [h] 222021104332
January 15, 2021 [i] 2214323
February 7, 2021 [j] 2104314
February 11, 2021 [h] 2114323
March 10, 2021 [k] 2204314
March 16, 2021 [l] 2194305
April 6, 2021 [m] 2184296
April 14, 2021 [g] 2124305
May 11, 2021 [i] 2194314
May 16, 2021 [n] 2114305
June 14, 2021 [l] 2204314
July 30, 2021 [j] 2124323
November 4, 2021 [k] [n] 2212134341
January 1, 2022 [o] 2124332
January 18, 2022 [m] 2224341
February 17, 2022 [p] 2114332
March 18, 2022 [q] 2104323
March 31, 2022 [r] [s] 2212094305
May 10, 2022 [t] 2084296
May 25, 2022 [u] 2204287
June 14, 2022 [o] 2094296
June 21, 2022 [s] 2104305
July 12, 2022 [r] 2114314
August 3, 2022 [v] 2104305
August 12, 2022 [p] 2114314
August 31, 2022 [w] 2194305
September 13, 2022 [q] [u] [t] 2212124332
September 30, 2022 [x] 2204323
November 14, 2022 [v] 2134332
November 28, 2022 [y] 2194323
December 9, 2022 [z] 2184314
December 30, 2022 [aa] [ab] 2174305
December 31, 2022 [ac] 2164296
Final voting share 
Non-voting members 402 [ad] 060
Beginning of the next Congress 212022204341

Leadership

Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "caucus"; Republicans refer to themselves as a "conference".

Senate leadership

Senate President
Vice President Pence Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Mike Pence (R),
until January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait (cropped).jpg
Kamala Harris (D),
from January 20, 2021
Senate President pro tempore
Chuck Grassley official photo 2017 (cropped).jpg
Chuck Grassley (R),
until January 20, 2021
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Patrick Leahy (D),
from January 20, 2021

Presiding

Democratic leadership

(minority until January 20, 2021, majority thereafter)

Republican leadership

(majority until January 20, 2021, minority thereafter)

House leadership

House Speaker
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Nancy Pelosi (D)

Presiding

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Demographics

There are 57 African American members of the US House (blue), 47 Hispanics and Latinos (red), 5 Native Americans (yellow), 18 Asian Americans (green), and 314 Whites/European American (gray). 117th Congress (2021-2023). Racial and Ethnic Demographics of the 117th US Congress, House of Representatives.svg
There are 57 African American members of the US House (blue), 47 Hispanics and Latinos (red), 5 Native Americans (yellow), 18 Asian Americans (green), and 314 Whites/European American (gray). 117th Congress (2021–2023).
There are 3 African American members of the US Senate (blue), 7 Hispanics or Latinos (red), 0 Native Americans, 2 Asian Americans (green), and 88 European Americans (gray). 117th Congress (2021-2023). Racial and Ethnic Demographics of the 117th US Congress, Senate.svg
There are 3 African American members of the US Senate (blue), 7 Hispanics or Latinos (red), 0 Native Americans, 2 Asian Americans (green), and 88 European Americans (gray). 117th Congress (2021–2023).

Members

Senate members

The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 senators are in the middle of their term (2019–2025), having been elected in 2018 and facing re-election in 2024. Class 2 senators are at the beginning of their term (2021–2027), having been elected in 2020 and facing re-election in 2026. Class 3 senators are at the end of their term (2017–2023), having been elected in 2016 and facing re-election in 2022.

House members

All 435 seats for voting members, along with the six non-voting delegates were filled by election in November 2020.

Changes in membership

Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [ah]
Georgia
(2)		Vacant David Perdue's (R) term expired January 3, 2021, before a runoff election could be held.
Successor elected January 5, 2021. [b] 		Jon Ossoff
(D)		January 20, 2021
California
(3)		 Kamala Harris
(D)		Incumbent resigned on January 18, 2021, to become U.S. Vice President.
Successor appointed January 20, 2021, to complete the term ending January 3, 2023, and later elected to finish in the final weeks of the Congress and a full six-year term. [78] 		Alex Padilla
(D)		January 20, 2021
Georgia
(3)		 Kelly Loeffler
(R)		Appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected January 5, 2021, for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2023.		 Raphael Warnock
(D)		January 20, 2021
House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [ah]
New York 22 Vacant Anthony Brindisi's (D) term expired January 3, 2021, and the seat remained vacant due to the result of the 2020 election being disputed.
On February 5, 2021, a judge declared a winner. [79] 		Claudia Tenney
(R)		February 11, 2021 [80] [35]
Louisiana 5 VacantMember-elect Luke Letlow (R) died from COVID-19 on December 29, 2020, before his term started.
A special election was held on March 20, 2021. [32] 		Julia Letlow
(R)		April 14, 2021 [33]
Louisiana 2 Cedric Richmond
(D)		Resigned January 15, 2021, to become Senior Advisor to the President and director of the Office of Public Liaison. [81] [82]
A special election was held on March 20, 2021, and a runoff was held on April 24. [81] 		Troy Carter
(D)		May 11, 2021
Texas 6 Ron Wright
(R)		Died from COVID-19 on February 7, 2021. [83]
A special election was held on May 1, 2021, and a runoff was held on July 27. [84] [85] 		Jake Ellzey
(R)		July 30, 2021 [38]
Ohio 11 Marcia Fudge
(D)		Resigned March 10, 2021, to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. [86]
A special election was held on November 2, 2021.		 Shontel Brown
(D)		November 4, 2021
New Mexico 1 Deb Haaland
(D)		Resigned March 16, 2021, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. [87]
A special election was held on June 1, 2021. [87] 		Melanie Stansbury
(D)		June 14, 2021
Florida 20 Alcee Hastings
(D)		Died from pancreatic cancer on April 6, 2021.
A special election was held on January 11, 2022. [88] 		Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
(D)		January 18, 2022
Ohio 15 Steve Stivers
(R)		Resigned May 16, 2021, to become the president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. [89]
A special election was held on November 2, 2021.		 Mike Carey
(R)		November 4, 2021
California 22 Devin Nunes
(R)		Resigned January 1, 2022, to become the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group. [44]
A special election was held on June 7, 2022. [90] 		Connie Conway
(R)		June 14, 2022
Minnesota 1 Jim Hagedorn
(R)		Died from kidney cancer on February 17, 2022.
A special election was held on August 9, 2022. [91] 		Brad Finstad
(R)		August 12, 2022
Alaska at-large Don Young
(R)		Died on March 18, 2022.
A special election was held on August 16, 2022. [92] 		Mary Peltola
(D)		September 13, 2022
Nebraska 1 Jeff Fortenberry
(R)		Resigned March 31, 2022, due to criminal conviction.
A special election was held on June 28, 2022. [93] 		Mike Flood
(R)		July 12, 2022
Texas 34 Filemon Vela Jr.
(D)		Resigned March 31, 2022, to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
A special election was held on June 14, 2022. [52] 		Mayra Flores
(R)		June 21, 2022
New York 23 Tom Reed
(R)		Resigned May 10, 2022, to join Prime Policy Group.
A special election was held on August 23, 2022. [54] 		Joe Sempolinski
(R)		September 13, 2022 [55]
New York 19 Antonio Delgado
(D)		Resigned May 25, 2022, to become lieutenant governor of New York.
A special election was held on August 23, 2022. [56] 		Pat Ryan
(D)		September 13, 2022 [55]
Indiana 2 Jackie Walorski
(R)		Died in a car collision on August 3, 2022.
A special election was held on November 8, 2022. [94] 		Rudy Yakym
(R)		November 14, 2022
Florida 13 Charlie Crist
(D)		Resigned August 31, 2022, to focus on the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election. [59] Vacant until the next Congress
Florida 22 Ted Deutch
(D)		Resigned September 30, 2022, to become CEO of the American Jewish Committee. [60] Vacant until the next Congress
Virginia 4 Donald McEachin
(D)		Died November 28, 2022, from colorectal cancer. [61] Vacant until the next Congress
California 37 Karen Bass
(D)		Resigned December 9, 2022, to become the Mayor of Los Angeles. [62] Vacant until the next Congress
North Carolina 1 G. K. Butterfield
(D)		Resigned December 30, 2022, to accept a lobbying position. [63] Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 18 Mike Doyle
(D)		Resigned December 31, 2022, to join K&L Gates. [64] Vacant until the next Congress

Committees

Section contents: Senate, House, Joint

Senate committees

Prior to the passing of an organizing resolution on February 3, 2021, chairs of Senate committees remained the same as in the 116th Congress. Where the chair had retired (as in the Agriculture, Budget, and HELP committees), the chair was vacant. [95]

CommitteeChairRanking Member
Aging (Special) Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) Tim Scott (R-SC)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) John Boozman (R-AR)
Appropriations Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Armed Services Jack Reed (D-RI) Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Budget Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Commerce, Science and Transportation Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Energy and Natural Resources Joe Manchin (D-WV) John Barrasso (R-WY)
Environment and Public Works Tom Carper (D-DE) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Ethics (Select) Chris Coons (D-DE) James Lankford (R-OK)
Finance Ron Wyden (D-OR) Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Foreign Relations Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Jim Risch (R-ID)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Patty Murray (D-WA) Richard Burr (R-NC)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Gary Peters (D-MI) Rob Portman (R-OH)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) Brian Schatz (D-HI) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Intelligence (Select) Mark Warner (D-VA) Marco Rubio (R-FL)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Judiciary Dick Durbin (D-IL) Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Rules and Administration Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ben Cardin (D-MD) Rand Paul (R-KY)
Veterans' Affairs Jon Tester (D-MT) Jerry Moran (R-KS)

House committees

CommitteeChairRanking Member
Agriculture David Scott (D-GA) Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Kay Granger (R-TX)
Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) Jason Smith (R-MO)
Climate Crisis (Select) Kathy Castor (D-FL) Garret Graves (R-LA)
Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (Select) Jim Himes (D-CT) Bryan Steil (R-WI)
Education and Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Ethics Susan Wild (D-PA) [ai] Michael Guest (R-MS) [aj]
Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Foreign Affairs Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Mike McCaul (R-TX)
Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) John Katko (R-NY)
House Administration Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Mike Turner (R-OH)
Judiciary Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Modernization of Congress (Select) Derek Kilmer (D-WA) William Timmons (R-SC)
Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Jim Comer (R-KY)
Rules Jim McGovern (D-MA) Tom Cole (R-OK)
Science, Space and Technology Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Small Business Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Sam Graves (R-MO)
Veterans' Affairs Mark Takano (D-CA) Mike Bost (R-IL)
Ways and Means Richard Neal (D-MA) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Joint committees

CommitteeChairVice ChairRanking MemberVice Ranking Member
Economic Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Inaugural Ceremonies (Special)
until January 20, 2021		Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Library Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Printing Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Taxation [ak] Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Officers and officials

Senate officers and officials

House officers and officials

Legislative branch agency directors

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 2021, when Kamala Harris's term began.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The Congress began with 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats (including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats) and 1 vacancy in the Senate. Georgia's class 2 seat was vacant from the start until Democrat Jon Ossoff was seated January 20, 2021. Georgia's class 3 Republican interim appointee Kelly Loeffler served until Democrat Raphael Warnock was seated also on January 20. [27]
  3. 1 2 3 In California: Kamala Harris (D) resigned January 18, 2021, to become U.S. Vice President.
    Alex Padilla (D) was appointed to complete the unexpired term and began serving January 20. [28]
  4. ↑ In Georgia: Kelly Loeffler (R) lost a special election to finish the term.
    Jon Ossoff (D) and Raphael Warnock (D) began their service January 20, 2021. [29] [30]
  5. ↑ Kamala Harris (D) became U.S. Vice President January 20, 2021, with the tie-breaking vote. The Senate elected Patrick Leahy to serve as President pro tempore also began on January 20.
  6. 1 2 In Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema declared that she left the Democratic Party to become an independent politician on December 9, 2022. [19] She was still recognized as a Democrat by the Senate throughout the Congress, and did not formally switch her affiliation until the beginning of the 118th Congress. [31]
  7. 1 2 3 In Louisiana's 5th district : member-elect Luke Letlow (R) died December 29, 2020, before the term started, and Julia Letlow (R) was elected March 20, 2021. She was sworn in on April 14. [32] [33]
  8. 1 2 3 In New York's 22nd district : the term began with the previous election disputed; Claudia Tenney was declared the winner [34] and was sworn in February 11, 2021. [35]
  9. 1 2 3 4 In Louisiana's 2nd district : Cedric Richmond (D) resigned January 15, 2021, and Troy Carter (D) was elected April 14, 2021. He was sworn in on May 11. [36] [37]
  10. 1 2 3 4 In Texas's 6th district : Ron Wright (R) died February 7, 2021, and Jake Ellzey (R) was elected July 27, 2021. He was sworn in on July 30. [38]
  11. 1 2 3 4 In Ohio's 11th district : Marcia Fudge (D) resigned March 10, 2021, and Shontel Brown (D) was elected November 2, 2021. She was sworn in on November 4. [39]
  12. 1 2 3 4 In New Mexico's 1st district : Deb Haaland (D) resigned March 16, 2021, and Melanie Stansbury (D) was elected June 1, 2021. She was sworn in on June 14. [40] [41]
  13. 1 2 3 4 In Florida's 20th district : Alcee Hastings (D) died April 6, 2021, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) was elected January 11, 2022. She was sworn in on January 18. [42]
  14. 1 2 3 4 In Ohio's 15th district : Steve Stivers (R) resigned May 16, 2021, and Mike Carey (R) was elected November 2, 2021. He was sworn in on November 4. [43] [39]
  15. 1 2 3 4 In California's 22nd district : Devin Nunes (R) resigned January 1, 2022, and Connie Conway (R) was elected on June 7, 2022. She was sworn in on June 14. [44] [45]
  16. 1 2 3 4 In Minnesota's 1st district : Jim Hagedorn (R) died February 17, 2022, and Brad Finstad (R) was elected August 9, 2022. He was sworn in on August 12. [46] [47]
  17. 1 2 3 4 In Alaska's at-large district : Don Young (R) died March 18, 2022, and Mary Peltola (D) was elected August 16, 2022. She was sworn in on September 13. [48] [49]
  18. 1 2 3 4 In Nebraska's 1st district : Jeff Fortenberry (R) resigned March 31, 2022, and Mike Flood (R) was elected June 28, 2022. He was sworn in on July 12. [50] [51]
  19. 1 2 3 4 In Texas's 34th district : Filemon Vela Jr. (D) resigned March 31, 2022, and Mayra Flores (R) was elected June 14, 2022. She was sworn in on June 21. [52] [53]
  20. 1 2 3 4 In New York's 23rd district : Tom Reed (R) resigned May 10, 2022, and Joe Sempolinski (R) was elected August 23, 2022. He was sworn in on September 13. [54] [55]
  21. 1 2 3 4 In New York's 19th district : Antonio Delgado (D) resigned May 25, 2022, and Pat Ryan (D) was elected August 23, 2022. He was sworn in on September 13. [56] [55]
  22. 1 2 3 4 In Indiana's 2nd district : Jackie Walorski (R) died August 3, 2022, and Rudy Yakym (R) was elected November 8, 2022. He was sworn in on November 14. [57] [58]
  23. 1 2 In Florida's 13th district : Charlie Crist (D) resigned August 31, 2022. [59]
  24. 1 2 In Florida's 22nd district : Ted Deutch (D) resigned September 30, 2022. [60]
  25. 1 2 In Virginia's 4th district : Donald McEachin (D) died November 28, 2022. [61]
  26. 1 2 In California's 37th district : Karen Bass (D) resigned December 9, 2022. [62]
  27. 1 2 In North Carolina's 1st district : G. K. Butterfield (D) resigned December 30, 2022. [63]
  28. ↑ Congress had already adjourned by the time of this resignation
  29. 1 2 In Pennsylvania's 18th district : Mike Doyle (D) resigned December 31, 2022. [64]
  30. ↑ Includes a New Progressive Party member who is also affiliated as a Republican.
  31. 1 2 Caucuses with Democrats.
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
  33. ↑ Miller-Meeks was provisionally seated with the rest of the 117th Congress, pending the challenge by her opponent Rita Hart. [76] Hart withdrew her challenge on March 31, 2021. [77]
  34. 1 2 When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
  35. ↑ Wild was named chair when Ted Deutch resigned from office on September 30, 2022.
  36. ↑ Guest was named ranking member when Jackie Walorski died in office on August 3, 2022. [96]
  37. ↑ The Joint Taxation Committee leadership rotate the chair and vice chair and the ranking members between the House and Senate at the start of each session in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown here.

References

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  2. ↑ "U.S. Senate: President's Death Eases Senate Deadlock". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ Leonhardt, David (August 16, 2022). "A Functional Congress? Yes". The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Binder, Sarah (December 29, 2022). "Goodbye to the 117th Congress, bookended by remarkable events". The Washington Post .
  5. ↑ Pergram, Chad (January 3, 2021). "Pelosi faces trickiest speaker election yet as Democrats begin new Congress with slim majority". Fox News. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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