118th United States Congress

, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. , with Vice President Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson. addresses a joint session of Congress with House Speaker Johnson and Senator Ben Cardin • January 3, 2023, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes. Members-elect of the United States Senate are sworn in, but members-elect of the United States House of Representatives cannot be sworn as the House adjourns for the day without electing a speaker. • January 3–7, 2023: The election for the House speakership takes 15 ballots. Kevin McCarthy (R) is ultimately elected as speaker, but only after 6 representatives-elect vote "present", lowering the threshold to be elected from 218 to 215. • February 2, 2023: House votes 218–211 to remove Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for her comments about Israel and concerns over her objectivity. • February 7, 2023: President Joe Biden delivers the 2023 State of the Union Address. • April 27, 2023: South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol addresses a joint session of Congress. • June 3, 2023: The 2023 debt-ceiling crisis ends with the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. • June 21, 2023: House votes 213–209 to censure Representative Adam Schiff of California for his actions during the congressional investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the first impeachment of Donald Trump. • June 22, 2023: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint session of Congress. • July 12, 2023: Kamala Harris casts her 31st tie-breaking vote as Vice President, tying the record set by John C. Calhoun, to invoke cloture on Kalpana Kotagal's nomination to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. • August 10, 2023: The House Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, holds a televised investigative hearing on the federal government's response to and overall recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian in 2022. • September 12, 2023: House opens an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. • September 29, 2023: Senator Dianne Feinstein of California dies. • October 3, 2023: House votes 216–210 to remove Kevin McCarthy from the position of Speaker of the House through a motion to vacate the chair by Matt Gaetz of Florida. Patrick McHenry becomes Speaker pro tempore. • October 17–25, 2023: October 2023 Speaker election • October 19, 2023: President Biden gives a primetime oval office address, calling for a new aid package for Israel and Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Gaza war. • October 25, 2023: Mike Johnson is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. • November 7, 2023: House votes 234–188 to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for her comments condemning Israel in the midst of the Gaza war. • December 1, 2023: Over the opposition of the Speaker, the House votes 311–114–2 to expel Representative George Santos of New York following a United States House Committee on Ethics report that unanimously found substantial evidence Santos violated federal criminal law. • December 5, 2023: Kamala Harris casts her 32nd and 33rd tie-breaking votes, surpassing the record set by John C. Calhoun, to invoke cloture and then confirm the nomination of Loren AliKhan to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. • December 5, 2023: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce holds a widely viewed televised hearing on antisemitism on college campuses. • December 7, 2023: House votes 214–191 to censure Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol in September. • February 6, 2024: Members of the House vote on whether to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, but the vote to do so fails by 214–216. • February 13, 2024: House votes again to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, succeeding 214–213. • March 7, 2024: President Biden delivers the 2024 State of the Union Address. • April 11, 2024: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint session of Congress. • April 16–17, 2024: Two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas are delivered and read in the Senate, with votes on the following day to dismiss both articles without a full trial, 51–48 and 51–49. • April 24, 2024: Representative Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey dies. • May 8, 2024: House votes 359–43 to table a resolution removing Mike Johnson from the position of Speaker of the House with 11 Republicans opposed. • May 31, 2024: Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia leaves the Democratic Party and registers as an Independent. • June 12, 2024: House votes 216–207 to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with the House Oversight Committee's request to turn over audiotapes of Biden regarding his classified document incident. • July 16, 2024: Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is found guilty of conspiracy by a public official to act as a foreign agent. He later announced he would resign on August 20. • July 19, 2024: Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas dies. • July 24, 2024: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress. • August 20, 2024: Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey resigns. • August 21, 2024: Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey dies. • November 5, 2024: 2024 United States elections were held. Former President Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States and JD Vance was elected the 50th vice president of the United States, while Republicans regained control of the Senate and retained control of the House of Representatives. • November 13, 2024: Senate Republicans elect John Thune as the new Senate Republican leader that will begin with the next Congress. • November 13, 2024: Representative Matt Gaetz resigns after being nominated by President-elect Trump for United States attorney general. • December 9, 2024: Representative Adam Schiff of California resigns after winning the 2024 United States Senate election in California. • December 29, 2024: Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100 years old. == Major legislation ==

Enacted • March 20, 2023: COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, • June 3, 2023: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, • September 30, 2023: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act, • November 17, 2023: Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, • December 22, 2023: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, • January 19, 2024: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, • February 9, 2024: Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act, • March 1, 2024: Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024, • March 9, 2024: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, • March 18, 2024: END FENTANYL Act, 2024, • March 23, 2024: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, • April 20, 2024: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, • April 24, 2024: National Security Act, 2024 (including supplemental aid to Ukraine and Israel, and the divestment-or-ban of TikTok), • April 24, 2024: Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023, • May 13, 2024: Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, 2024, • May 16, 2024: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, • July 9, 2024: ADVANCE Act of 2024, • July 12, 2024: Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024, • July 30, 2024: All-American Flag Act, • October 1, 2024: Alzheimer's Accountability and Investment Act, • November 25, 2024: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024, • December 21, 2024: American Relief Act, 2025, • December 23, 2024: No CORRUPTION Act, • December 23, 2024: To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the bald eagle as the national bird, • December 23, 2024: Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2024, • December 23, 2024: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, • December 23, 2024: Autism CARES Act of 2024, • December 23, 2024: Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, • December 23, 2024: NACIE Improvement Act, • January 2, 2025: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, • January 4, 2025: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0, • January 4, 2025: Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024, • January 5, 2025: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, Proposed (but not enacted) ; House bills • : Lower Energy Costs Act (passed House on March 30, 2023, but not yet sent to the Senate) • : Secure the Border Act of 2023 (passed House, pending before the Senate as of May 11, 2023) • : Parents Bill of Rights Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of March 27, 2023) • : No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023 (House committee consideration as of January 9, 2023) • : Freedom to Vote Act • : Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 • : John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 • : Equality Act • : American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 • : Paycheck Fairness Act • : Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 • : Strategic Production Response Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of January 30, 2023) • : Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of January 25, 2023) • : Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of January 25, 2023) • : FairTax Act of 2023 (House committee consideration as of January 9, 2023) • : Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of January 25, 2023) • : Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act • : Washington, D.C., Admission Act (House committee consideration as of January 9, 2023) • : Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (passed House, pending before the Senate as of June 20, 2023) • : Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (passed House, pending before the Senate as of April 25, 2023) • : Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act • : Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 • : "The Major Richard Star Act" To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation, and for other purposes (placed on Union Calendar No. 117) • : Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act • : Puerto Rico Status Act • : Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (partially incorporated into Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) • : SAFE Banking Act of 2023 • : FAIR Act of 2023 • : U.S. Citizenship Act of 2023 • : Medicare for All Act • : FAMILY Act • : Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2023 • : Raise the Wage Act of 2023 • : MORE Act of 2023 • : Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (passed House, Senate rejected cloture motion on August 1, 2024) • : Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (incorporated into National Security Act, 2024) ; Senate bills • : Freedom to Vote Act • : Equality Act • : Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act • : See Something, Say Something Online Act • : A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq. (passed Senate, pending before the House as of March 30, 2023) • : VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act (Senate rejected cloture motion on April 26, 2023) • : Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 • : Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 • : Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 • : RESTRICT Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 7, 2023) • : Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 (placed on Legislative Calendar on March 9, 2023) • : Fire Grants and Safety Act (pending before the House as of April 24, 2023) • : Junk Fee Prevention Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 22, 2023) • : Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2023 • : Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act • : TORNADO Act • : Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act • : Kids Online Safety Act • : Medicare for All Act • : FAMILY Act • : American Innovation and Choice Online Act • : Raise the Wage Act of 2023 • : SAFER Banking Act of 2023 • : Puerto Rico Status Act • Passed, but vetoed • : JUDGES Act of 2024 == Major resolutions ==

Adopted • : Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes. • : Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. • : Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary. • : Removing Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. • : Censuring Adam Schiff and referring his conduct to the House Ethics Committee for further investigation. • : Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. • : Censuring Rashida Tlaib for statements on the Gaza war considered antisemitic. • : Impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. • : Expelling George Santos for alleged fraud and campaign finance violations. • : Censuring Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol when there was no fire. • : Holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena in relation to the Joe Biden classified documents incident. • : Terminating the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020. • : Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. • : Clarifying the dress code for the floor of the Senate. Proposed • : Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal • : Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine. (referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee) • : Expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches. (awaiting action in the Senate) • : Denouncing the horrors of socialism. (awaiting action in the Senate) • : Removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. • : Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. Vetoed • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights". • : Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414". • : Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022. • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)". • : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers". == Party summary ==

: Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section: Senate House of Representatives == Leadership ==

Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "caucus"; Republicans refer to themselves as a "conference". Senate Presiding • President: Kamala Harris (D) • President pro tempore: Patty Murray (D) Majority (Democratic) • Majority Leader/Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer (NY) • Majority Whip: Dick Durbin (IL) • Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Debbie Stabenow (MI) • Chair of the Democratic Steering Committee: Amy Klobuchar (MN) • Vice Chairs, Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner (VA) and Elizabeth Warren (MA) • Chair of the Democratic Outreach Committee: Bernie Sanders (VT) • Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Tammy Baldwin (WI) • Vice Chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Joe Manchin (WV) and Cory Booker (NJ) • Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Gary Peters (MI) • Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering Committee: Jeanne Shaheen (NH) • Vice Chair of the Democratic Outreach Committee: Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) • Deputy Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Brian Schatz (HI) • Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip: Jeff Merkley (OR) • Vice Chairs of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Tina Smith (MN) and Alex Padilla (CA) Minority (Republican) • Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell (KY) • Minority Whip: John Thune (SD) • Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference: John Barrasso (WY) • Chairwoman of the Republican Policy Committee: Joni Ernst (IA) • Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Shelley Moore Capito (WV) • Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee: Steve Daines (MT) • Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee: Mike Lee (UT) House of Representatives Presiding • Speaker: • Kevin McCarthy (R), January 7, 2023 – October 3, 2023 • Patrick McHenry (R), October 3–25, 2023 (as Speaker pro tempore) • Mike Johnson (R), from October 25, 2023 Majority (Republican) • Majority Leader: Steve Scalise () • Majority Whip: Tom Emmer () • Conference Chair: Elise Stefanik () • Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference: • Mike Johnson (), until October 25, 2023 • Blake Moore (), since November 8, 2023 • Policy Committee Chairman: Gary Palmer () • Conference Secretary: Lisa McClain () • Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard Hudson () • Majority Chief Deputy Whip: Guy Reschenthaler () Minority (Democratic) • Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries () • Minority Whip: Katherine Clark () • Caucus Chairman: Pete Aguilar () • Caucus Vice Chairman: Ted Lieu () • Assistant Democratic Leader: • Jim Clyburn (), until February 14, 2024 • Joe Neguse (), since March 20, 2024 • Minority Senior Chief Deputy Whip: Jan Schakowsky () • Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Suzan DelBene () • Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: • Joe Neguse (), until March 20, 2024 • Debbie Dingell (), since April 16, 2024 • House Democratic Freshman Class Leadership Representative: Jasmine Crockett () == Members ==

Senate The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 3 seats were contested in the November 2022 elections. In this Congress, class 3 means their term commenced in 2023, requiring re-election in 2028; class 1 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2024; and class 2 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2026. ==== Alabama ==== : 2. Tommy Tuberville (R) : 3. Katie Britt (R) ==== Alaska ==== : 2. Dan Sullivan (R) : 3. Lisa Murkowski (R) ==== Arizona ==== : 1. Kyrsten Sinema (I) : 3. Mark Kelly (D) ==== Arkansas ==== : 2. Tom Cotton (R) : 3. John Boozman (R) ==== California ==== : 1. Dianne Feinstein (D) :: Laphonza Butler (D) :: Adam Schiff (D) : 3. Alex Padilla (D) ==== Colorado ==== : 2. John Hickenlooper (D) : 3. Michael Bennet (D) ==== Connecticut ==== : 1. Chris Murphy (D) : 3. Richard Blumenthal (D) ==== Delaware ==== : 1. Tom Carper (D) : 2. Chris Coons (D) ==== Florida ==== : 1. Rick Scott (R) : 3. Marco Rubio (R) ==== Georgia ==== : 2. Jon Ossoff (D) : 3. Raphael Warnock (D) ==== Hawaii ==== : 1. Mazie Hirono (D) : 3. Brian Schatz (D) ==== Idaho ==== : 2. Jim Risch (R) : 3. Mike Crapo (R) ==== Illinois ==== : 2. Dick Durbin (D) : 3. Tammy Duckworth (D) ==== Indiana ==== : 1. Mike Braun (R) : 3. Todd Young (R) ==== Iowa ==== : 2. Joni Ernst (R) : 3. Chuck Grassley (R) ==== Kansas ==== : 2. Roger Marshall (R) : 3. Jerry Moran (R) ==== Kentucky ==== : 2. Mitch McConnell (R) : 3. Rand Paul (R) ==== Louisiana ==== : 2. Bill Cassidy (R) : 3. John Kennedy (R) ==== Maine ==== : 1. Angus King (I) : 2. Susan Collins (R) ==== Maryland ==== : 1. Ben Cardin (D) : 3. Chris Van Hollen (D) ==== Massachusetts ==== : 1. Elizabeth Warren (D) : 2. Ed Markey (D) ==== Michigan ==== : 1. Debbie Stabenow (D) : 2. Gary Peters (D) ==== Minnesota ==== : 1. Amy Klobuchar (DFL) : 2. Tina Smith (DFL) ==== Mississippi ==== : 1. Roger Wicker (R) : 2. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) ==== Missouri ==== : 1. Josh Hawley (R) : 3. Eric Schmitt (R) ==== Montana ==== : 1. Jon Tester (D) : 2. Steve Daines (R) ==== Nebraska ==== : 1. Deb Fischer (R) : 2. Ben Sasse (R) :: Pete Ricketts (R) ==== Nevada ==== : 1. Jacky Rosen (D) : 3. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) ==== New Hampshire ==== : 2. Jeanne Shaheen (D) : 3. Maggie Hassan (D) ==== New Jersey ==== : 1. Bob Menendez (D) :: George Helmy (D) : : Gregorio Sablan (D) : . Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R) :: Vacant : : Stacey Plaskett (D) == Changes in membership ==

Senate changes House of Representatives changes == Committees ==

Section contents: Senate, House, Joint Senate committees Standing committees Select, permanent select and special committees House of Representatives committees Joint committees == Officers and officials ==

Congressional officers • Architect of the Capitol: • Brett Blanton • Thomas Austin • Attending Physician: Brian P. Monahan Senate officers • Chaplain: Barry Black (Seventh-day Adventist) • Curator: Melinda Smith • Historian: Betty Koed • Librarian: Meghan Dunn • Parliamentarian: Elizabeth MacDonough • Secretary: Sonceria Berry • Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: Karen Gibson House of Representatives officers • Chaplain: Margaret G. Kibben (Presbyterian) • Chief Administrative Officer: Catherine Szpindor • Clerk: • Cheryl Johnson • Kevin McCumber • Historian: Matthew Wasniewski • Parliamentarian: Jason Smith • Reading Clerks: Tylease Alli (D) and Susan Cole (R) • Sergeant at Arms: William McFarland == See also ==