115th United States Congress
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The One Hundred Fifteenth United States Congress is the next 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 is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2017 to January 3, 2019, during what is slated to be the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency. The elections of November 2016 maintained Republican control of both the House and Senate.
Major events
Scheduled
- January 6, 2017: Joint Session to count the Electoral Votes of the 2016 presidential election
- January 20, 2017: Donald Trump to become President of the United States and Mike Pence to become Vice President of the United States
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.
Senate
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
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Democratic | Independent | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of previous Congress | 44 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Begin (January 3, 2017) | 46 | 2 | 51 | 1* | 100 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latest voting share | 48.5% | 51.5% |
Note: The Louisiana election was sent into a runoff, to take place on December 10, 2016. The final seat will be decided then, although this will not affect the majority.
House of Representatives
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
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Democratic | Independent | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of previous Congress | 188 | 0 | 247 | 0 | 435 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Begin (January 3, 2017) | 194 | 0 | 240 | 1* | 435 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latest voting share | 44.7% | 0% | 55.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-voting members | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Note: Two Louisiana districts were sent into a runoff, to take place on December 10, 2016. One of the runoffs is between two Republicans and will not affect the House composition; the other runoff is between a Democrat and Republican.
Leadership
[ Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D) ]
Senate
- President: Joe Biden (D), until January 20, 2017
- Mike Pence (R), from January 20, 2017
- President pro tempore: TBD
- President pro tempore emeritus: TBD
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell
- Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): John Cornyn
- Chief Deputy Whip: TBD
- Deputy Whips: TBD
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Charles E. Schumer
- Minority Whip: Dick Durbin
- Assistant Minority Leader: Patty Murray
- Chief Deputy Whip: TBD
- Deputy Whips: TBD
Party leaders
Republican
- Conference Chairman: John Thune
- Conference Vice Chair: Roy Blunt
- Senatorial Committee Chair: Cory Gardner
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Barrasso
Democratic
- Caucus Chair: Charles E. Schumer
- Policy Committee Chair: Debbie Stabenow[1]
- Caucus Vice Chairs: Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren[1]
- Caucus Secretary: Tammy Baldwin[2]
- Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: Chris Van Hollen[3]
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Joe Manchin[2]
- Steering Committee Chair: Amy Klobuchar[1]
- Outreach Chair: Bernie Sanders[2]
- Steering and Outreach Committee Vice Chair: TBD
House of Representatives
- Speaker: TBD
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
- Majority Whip: Steve Scalise
- Majority Chief Deputy Whip: TBD
- Senior Deputy Whips: TBD
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
- Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer
- Assistant Democratic Leader: Jim Clyburn
- Senior Chief Deputy Minority Whip: TBD
- Chief Deputy Minority Whips: TBD
Party leaders
Republican
- Conference Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Conference Vice-Chair: Doug Collins
- Conference Secretary: Jason T. Smith
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Steve Stivers
- Policy Committee Chairman: Luke Messer
Democratic
- Caucus Chairman: Joe Crowley
- Caucus Vice-Chairman: Linda Sánchez
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Ben Ray Luján
- Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chairs: TBD
- Organization, Study, and Review Chairman: TBD
- Policy and Communications Chairman: TBD
Members
Senate
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All of the class 3 seats were contested in the November 2016 elections.
House of Representatives
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Non-voting members
All 435 seats were filled by election on November 8, 2016.
Committees
[Section contents: Senate, House, Joint ]
Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chairman and Ranking Member.
Senate
Committee | Chairman | Ranking Member |
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Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry | Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) | |
Appropriations | Patrick Leahy (D-VT) | |
Armed Services | Jack Reed (D-RI) | |
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs | Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | |
Budget | Bernie Sanders (I-VT) | |
Commerce, Science and Transportation | Bill Nelson (D-FL) | |
Energy and Natural Resources | Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | |
Environment and Public Works | Tom Carper (D-DE) | |
Finance | Ron Wyden (D-OR) | |
Foreign Relations | Ben Cardin (D-MD) | |
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions | Patty Murray (D-WA) | |
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Claire McCaskill (D-MO) | |
Judiciary | Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | |
Rules and Administration | Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | |
Small Business and Entrepreneurship | Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) | |
Veterans' Affairs | Jon Tester (D-MT) | |
Aging | Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) | |
Ethics | Chris Coons (D-DE) | |
Intelligence | Mark Warner (D-VA) |
House of Representatives
Committee | Chairman | Ranking Member |
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Agriculture | Mike Conaway (R-TX) | |
Appropriations | Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | |
Armed Services | Mac Thornberry (R-TX) | |
Budget | Tom Price (R-GA) | |
Education and the Workforce | Virginia Foxx (R-NC) | |
Energy and Commerce | Greg Walden (R-OR) | |
Ethics | Susan Brooks (R-IN) | |
Financial Services | Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) | |
Foreign Affairs | Ed Royce (R-CA) | |
Homeland Security | Michael McCaul (R-TX) | |
House Administration | Gregg Harper (R-MS) | |
Judiciary | Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) | |
Natural Resources | Rob Bishop (R-UT) | |
Oversight and Government Reform | Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) | |
Rules | Pete Sessions (R-TX) | |
Science, Space & Technology | Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) | |
Small Business | Steve Chabot (R-OH) | |
Transportation and Infrastructure | Bill Shuster (R-PA) | |
Veterans' Affairs | Phil Roe (R-TN) | |
Ways and Means | Kevin Brady (R-TX) | |
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Devin Nunes (R-CA) |
Joint
Committee | Chairman | Vice Chairman |
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Joint Economic Committee | Pat Tiberi (R-OH) | Martin Heinrich (D-NM) |
Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) | Roy Blunt (R-MO) | Chuck Schumer (D-NY) |
Joint Committee on the Library | ||
Joint Committee on Printing | ||
Joint Committee on Taxation |
Changes in membership
Senate
There have been no changes in Senate membership during this Congress.
House of Representatives
There have been no changes in House of Representatives membership during this Congress.
See also
- United States elections, 2016 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 2018 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)