2017–2019 U.S. legislative term
House of Representatives member pin for the 115th U.S. Congress The115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of theUnited States of America federal government, composed of theSenate and theHouse of Representatives . It met inWashington, D.C. , from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks ofBarack Obama's presidency and the first two years ofDonald Trump's first presidency . The seats in the House wereapportioned based on the2010 United States census .[ 1]
TheRepublican Party retained their majority in both the House and the Senate, and, with the inauguration ofDonald Trump on January 20, 2017, attained an overall federalgovernment trifecta , a position they had last attained in 2005 with the109th Congress .
Several political scientists described the legislative accomplishments of this Congress as modest, considering that both Congress and the presidency were under unifiedRepublican Party control.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
This is the most recent Congress with Democratic senators from the states of Florida (Bill Nelson ), Indiana (Joe Donnelly ), Missouri (Claire McCaskill ) and North Dakota (Heidi Heitkamp ), all of whom lost re-election in 2018.
Donald Trump takes theoath of office as the 45thpresident of the United States PresidentDonald Trump addressing Congress, with Vice PresidentMike Pence and House SpeakerPaul Ryan . American Federation of Government Employees members protesting for the federal employees affected by theJanuary 2018 government shutdown Donald Trump meeting withNancy Pelosi andChuck Schumer regarding the looming2018–2019 government shutdown January 5, 2017: House of Representatives condemnedUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 .[ 6] [ 7] January 6, 2017: Joint sessioncounted and certified the electoral votes of the2016 presidential election . January 11–12, 2017: Senate, in an all-night session, took first steps to repeal theAffordable Care Act , (ACA).[ 8] budget reconciliation ."[ 9] January 20, 2017:Donald Trump became 45th President of the United States February 7, 2017: Vice PresidentMike Pence cast thetie-breaking vote to confirmBetsy DeVos asSecretary of Education . This was the first time in United States history that a cabinet confirmation was tied in the Senate and required a tie-breaking vote.[ 10] [ 11] February 28, 2017:President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress . April 6, 2017: Senate invoked the "nuclear option " to weaken Supreme Court filibusters. NomineeNeil Gorsuch was then confirmed the next day. June 14, 2017: Majority WhipSteve Scalise and severalstaffers were shot during theCongressional baseball shooting . They were practicing for the annualCongressional Baseball Game . September 1, 2017: TheParliamentarian of the United States Senate decreed that the Senate had until the end of the month to pass ACA repeal via the reconciliation process, or the option would no longer be viable. October 24 – December 14, 2017:2017 United States political sexual scandals from the"Me too" movement : January 20–22, 2018:United States federal government shutdown of January 2018 January 30, 2018:2018 State of the Union Address February 9, 2018:United States federal government funding gap April 9, 2018:FBI raids the office of Donald Trump's personal lawyerMichael Cohen .[ 23] October 6, 2018: Senate confirmsBrett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court . November 28, 2018: Senatedischarges from committee and calendarsS.J.Res. 54 , bill that ends US intervention in theYemeni Civil War . November 30, 2018: Former presidentGeorge H. W. Bush dies at 94 years old. December 5, 2018: Thefuneral of former President George H. W. Bush took place. December 22, 2018 – January 25, 2019:2018–19 United States federal government shutdown Trump signing theMusic Modernization Act SenatorTammy Duckworth and then House Minority LeaderNancy Pelosi opposing theTax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 . January 31, 2017:GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017 ,Pub.L. 115-3 February 28, 2017:Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act ,Pub.L. 115-6 February 28, 2017:INSPIRE Women Act ,Pub.L. 115-7 March 28, 2017:Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 ,Pub.L. 115-15 April 4, 2017:2017 Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal repeal April 18, 2017:Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 ,Pub.L. 115-25 May 5, 2017:Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ,H.R. 244 ,Pub. L. 115–31 (text) (PDF) August 2, 2017:Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ,H.R. 3364 ,Pub. L. 115–44 (text) (PDF) October 18, 2017:Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 November 2, 2017:Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 ,Pub.L. 115-76 December 12, 2017:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ,H.R. 2810 ,Pub. L. 115–91 (text) (PDF) December 22, 2017:Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ,H.R. 1 ,Pub. L. 115–97 (text) (PDF) February 9, 2018:Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ,H.R. 1892 ,Pub. L. 115–123 (text) (PDF) February 14, 2018:Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 ,Pub.L. 115-126 March 16, 2018:Taiwan Travel Act ,H.R. 535 ,Pub. L. 115–135 (text) (PDF) March 23, 2018:Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (including theCLOUD Act ),H.R. 1625 ,Pub. L. 115–141 (text) (PDF) April 11, 2018:Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act ,H.R. 1865 ,Pub. L. 115–164 (text) (PDF) May 9, 2018:Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act ,Pub.L. 115-171 May 24, 2018:Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,S. 2155 ,Pub. L. 115–174 (text) (PDF) May 30, 2018:Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017 ,S. 204 ,Pub. L. 115–176 (text) (PDF) August 13, 2018:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ,H.R. 5515 ,Pub. L. 115–232 (text) (PDF) October 5, 2018:FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ,H.R. 302 ,Pub. L. 115–254 (text) (PDF) October 9, 2018:Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act ,Pub.L. 115-261 October 11, 2018:Music Modernization Act ,H.R. 1551 ,Pub. L. 115–264 (text) (PDF) October 23, 2018:America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 ,S. 3021 ,Pub. L. 115–270 (text) (PDF) October 24, 2018:SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ,H.R. 6 ,Pub. L. 115–271 (text) (PDF) November 16, 2018:Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act ,H.R. 3359 ,Pub. L. 115–278 (text) (PDF) December 7, 2018:Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 ,Pub.L. 115-299 December 11, 2018:Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018 ,Pub.L. 115-300 December 20, 2018:Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ,H.R. 2 ,Pub. L. 115–334 (text) (PDF) December 21, 2018:National Quantum Initiative Act ,Pub.L. 115-368 December 21, 2018:FIRST STEP Act ,S. 756 ,Pub. L. 115–391 (text) (PDF) January 14, 2019:Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 ,Pub.L. 115-435 January 14, 2019:Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 ,Pub.L. 115-441 November 1, 2017:Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements Resignations and new members are discussed in the"Changes in membership" section , below. Senate membership Final (from December 31, 2018)
January 3, 2017 – February 8, 2017
February 8, 2017 – February 9, 2017
February 9, 2017 – January 2, 2018
January 2, 2018 – January 3, 2018
January 3, 2018 – April 1, 2018
April 1, 2018 – April 2, 2018
April 2, 2018 – August 25, 2018
August 25, 2018 – September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Affiliation Party(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant Democratic Independent (caucusing with Republican End ofprevious Congress 44 2 54 100 0 Begin (January 3, 2017) 46 2 52 100 0 February 8, 2017[ b] 51 99 1 February 9, 2017[ b] 52 100 0 January 2, 2018[ c] 45 99 1 January 3, 2018[ b] [ c] 47 51 100 0 April 1, 2018[ d] 50 99 1 April 2, 2018[ d] 51 100 0 August 25, 2018[ e] 50 99 1 September 4, 2018[ e] 51 100 0 December 31, 2018[ e] 50 99 1 Final voting share Beginning of thenext Congress 45 2 52 99 1
House of Representatives [ edit ] House membership (from December 31, 2018) 196 Democrats 236 Republicans
3 vacant
Ideological divisions in the House (on March 27, 2017) 69Progressive Caucus 113Other Democrats 11Blue Dog Coalition 4 vacant
Party(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant Democratic Independent Republican End ofprevious Congress 187 0 246 433 2 Begin (January 3, 2017) 194 0 241 435 0 January 23, 2017[ f] 240 434 1 January 24, 2017[ g] 193 433 2 February 10, 2017[ h] 239 432 3 February 16, 2017[ i] 238 431 4 March 1, 2017[ j] 237 430 5 April 11, 2017[ f] [ k] 238 431 4 May 25, 2017[ j] [ k] 239 432 3 June 6, 2017[ g] [ k] 194 433 2 June 20, 2017[ h] [ i] [ k] 241 435 0 June 30, 2017[ l] 240 434 1 October 21, 2017[ m] 239 433 2 November 7, 2017[ l] [ k] 240 434 1 December 5, 2017[ n] 193 433 2 December 8, 2017[ o] 239 432 3 January 15, 2018[ p] 238 431 4 March 13, 2018[ m] [ k] 194 432 3 March 16, 2018[ q] 193 431 4 April 6, 2018[ r] 237 430 5 April 23, 2018[ s] 236 429 6 April 24, 2018[ o] [ k] 237 430 5 April 27, 2018[ t] 236 429 6 May 12, 2018[ u] 235 428 7 June 30, 2018[ r] [ k] 236 429 6 August 7, 2018[ p] [ k] 237 430 5 September 10, 2018[ v] 236 429 6 September 30, 2018[ w] 235 428 7 November 6, 2018[ n] [ q] [ s] [ t] [ u] 197 236 433 2 December 31, 2018[ x] 196 432 3 Final voting share Non-voting members 3 1 2 6 0 Beginning of thenext Congress 235 0 199 434 1[ 29]
Section contents: Senate :Majority (R) ,Minority (D) •House :Majority (R) ,Minority (D)
Senate President pro tempore
[ edit ] [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Note: Demographics are accurate as of the commencement of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2017. Democratic women in the House of Representatives wearing white to honor women's suffrage. (March 2017) The average age of members of the House of Representatives during the 115th Congress was 57.8 years, while the average age of U.S. senators was 61.8 years.[ 34]
Religious affiliation Map of Religious Affiliations
The most common occupation of senators prior to being elected to their posts was law, followed by public service/politics and business. In the House of Representatives, business was the dominant prior occupation, followed by public service/politics and law.[ 34] [ 34]
Ethnic minorities in the 115th Congress consisted of 52African American members , 45Hispanic or Latino members , 18Asian-American or Pacific Islander members , and twomembers of Native American ancestry .[ 34] 114th Congress .[ 34]
Sevenopenly LGBT members served in the 115th Congress.Tammy Baldwin ,[ 35] Jared Polis ,[ 36] Sean Patrick Maloney ,Mark Takano ,David Cicilline , andMark Pocan are openly gay, whileKyrsten Sinema is openly bisexual.[ 37]
The majority of the 115th Congress was religiously affiliated, with 90.7% identifying as Christians. Approximately half of the Christians were Protestant. Other religious faiths of congressmembers in the 115th Congress included Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.[ 34]
The numbers refer to theirSenate classes . All of the class 3 seats were contested in theNovember 2016 elections . Class 1 terms end with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2018; Class 2 began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2020; and Class 3 began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 2022.
▌ 2.Jeff Sessions (R)(until February 8, 2017) ▌ Luther Strange (R),(from February 9, 2017 to January 3, 2018) ▌ Doug Jones (D),(from January 3, 2018) ▌ 3.Richard Shelby (R)▌ 2.Dan Sullivan (R)▌ 3.Lisa Murkowski (R)▌ 1.Jeff Flake (R)▌ 3.John McCain (R),(until August 25, 2018) ▌ Jon Kyl (R),(from September 4, 2018 to December 31, 2018) Vacant ▌ 2.Tom Cotton (R)▌ 3.John Boozman (R)▌ 1.Dianne Feinstein (D)▌ 3.Kamala Harris (D)▌ 2.Cory Gardner (R)▌ 3.Michael Bennet (D)▌ 1.Chris Murphy (D)▌ 3.Richard Blumenthal (D)▌ 1.Tom Carper (D)▌ 2.Chris Coons (D)▌ 1.Bill Nelson (D)▌ 3.Marco Rubio (R)▌ 2.David Perdue (R)▌ 3.Johnny Isakson (R)▌ 1.Mazie Hirono (D)▌ 3.Brian Schatz (D)▌ 2.Jim Risch (R)▌ 3.Mike Crapo (R)▌ 2.Dick Durbin (D)▌ 3.Tammy Duckworth (D)▌ 1.Joe Donnelly (D)▌ 3.Todd Young (R)▌ 2.Joni Ernst (R)▌ 3.Chuck Grassley (R)▌ 2.Pat Roberts (R)▌ 3.Jerry Moran (R)▌ 2.Mitch McConnell (R)▌ 3.Rand Paul (R)▌ 2.Bill Cassidy (R)▌ 3.John Kennedy (R)▌ 1.Angus King (I)▌ 2.Susan Collins (R)▌ 1.Ben Cardin (D)▌ 3.Chris Van Hollen (D)▌ 1.Elizabeth Warren (D)▌ 2.Ed Markey (D)▌ 1.Debbie Stabenow (D)▌ 2.Gary Peters (D)▌ 1.Amy Klobuchar (DFL)[ y] ▌ 2.Al Franken (DFL),[ y] (until January 2, 2018) ▌ Tina Smith (DFL),[ y] (from January 3, 2018) [ 38] ▌ 1.Roger Wicker (R)▌ 2.Thad Cochran (R),(until April 1, 2018) ▌ Cindy Hyde-Smith (R),(from April 2, 2018) [ k] ▌ 1.Claire McCaskill (D)▌ 3.Roy Blunt (R)▌ 1.Jon Tester (D)▌ 2.Steve Daines (R)▌ 1.Deb Fischer (R)▌ 2.Ben Sasse (R)▌ 1.Dean Heller (R)▌ 3.Catherine Cortez Masto (D)▌ 2.Jeanne Shaheen (D)▌ 3.Maggie Hassan (D)▌ 1.Bob Menendez (D)▌ 2.Cory Booker (D)▌ 1.Martin Heinrich (D)▌ 2.Tom Udall (D)▌ 1.Kirsten Gillibrand (D)▌ 3.Chuck Schumer (D)▌ 2.Thom Tillis (R)▌ 3.Richard Burr (R)▌ 1.Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL)[ y] ▌ 3.John Hoeven (R)▌ 1.Sherrod Brown (D)▌ 3.Rob Portman (R)▌ 2.Jim Inhofe (R)▌ 3.James Lankford (R)▌ 2.Jeff Merkley (D)▌ 3.Ron Wyden (D)▌ 1.Bob Casey Jr. (D)▌ 3.Pat Toomey (R)▌ 1.Sheldon Whitehouse (D)▌ 2.Jack Reed (D)▌ 2.Lindsey Graham (R)▌ 3.Tim Scott (R)▌ 2.Mike Rounds (R)▌ 3.John Thune (R)▌ 1.Bob Corker (R)▌ 2.Lamar Alexander (R)▌ 1.Ted Cruz (R)▌ 2.John Cornyn (R)▌ 1.Orrin Hatch (R)▌ 3.Mike Lee (R)▌ 1.Bernie Sanders (I)▌ 3.Patrick Leahy (D)▌ 1.Tim Kaine (D)▌ 2.Mark Warner (D)▌ 1.Maria Cantwell (D)▌ 3.Patty Murray (D)▌ 1.Joe Manchin (D)▌ 2.Shelley Moore Capito (R)▌ 1.Tammy Baldwin (D)▌ 3.Ron Johnson (R)▌ 1.John Barrasso (R)▌ 2.Mike Enzi (R)Party membership of the Senate, by state: 2 Democrats
2 Republicans
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
Senate majority leadership
Senate minority leadership
House of Representatives [ edit ] All 435 seats were filled by theregular elections on November 8, 2016, or subsequent special elections thereafter.
▌ 1 Bradley Byrne (R)▌ 2 Martha Roby (R)▌ 3 Mike Rogers (R)▌ 4 Robert Aderholt (R)▌ 5 Mo Brooks (R)▌ 6 Gary Palmer (R)▌ 7 Terri Sewell (D)▌ At-large Don Young (R)▌ 1 Tom O'Halleran (D)▌ 2 Martha McSally (R)▌ 3 Raúl Grijalva (D)▌ 4 Paul Gosar (R)▌ 5 Andy Biggs (R)▌ 6 David Schweikert (R)▌ 7 Ruben Gallego (D)▌ 8 Trent Franks (R), until December 8, 2017▌ Debbie Lesko (R), from April 24, 2018▌ 9 Kyrsten Sinema (D)▌ 1 Rick Crawford (R)▌ 2 French Hill (R)▌ 3 Steve Womack (R)▌ 4 Bruce Westerman (R)▌ 1 Doug LaMalfa (R)▌ 2 Jared Huffman (D)▌ 3 John Garamendi (D)▌ 4 Tom McClintock (R)▌ 5 Mike Thompson (D)▌ 6 Doris Matsui (D)▌ 7 Ami Bera (D)▌ 8 Paul Cook (R)▌ 9 Jerry McNerney (D)▌ 10 Jeff Denham (R)▌ 11 Mark DeSaulnier (D)▌ 12 Nancy Pelosi (D)▌ 13 Barbara Lee (D)▌ 14 Jackie Speier (D)▌ 15 Eric Swalwell (D)▌ 16 Jim Costa (D)▌ 17 Ro Khanna (D)▌ 18 Anna Eshoo (D)▌ 19 Zoe Lofgren (D)▌ 20 Jimmy Panetta (D)▌ 21 David Valadao (R)▌ 22 Devin Nunes (R)▌ 23 Kevin McCarthy (R)▌ 24 Salud Carbajal (D)▌ 25 Steve Knight (R)▌ 26 Julia Brownley (D)▌ 27 Judy Chu (D)▌ 28 Adam Schiff (D)▌ 29 Tony Cárdenas (D)▌ 30 Brad Sherman (D)▌ 31 Pete Aguilar (D)▌ 32 Grace Napolitano (D)▌ 33 Ted Lieu (D)▌ 34 Xavier Becerra (D), until January 24, 2017▌ Jimmy Gomez (D), from June 6, 2017▌ 35 Norma Torres (D)▌ 36 Raul Ruiz (D)▌ 37 Karen Bass (D)▌ 38 Linda Sánchez (D)▌ 39 Ed Royce (R)▌ 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)▌ 41 Mark Takano (D)▌ 42 Ken Calvert (R)▌ 43 Maxine Waters (D)▌ 44 Nanette Barragán (D)▌ 45 Mimi Walters (R)▌ 46 Lou Correa (D)▌ 47 Alan Lowenthal (D)▌ 48 Dana Rohrabacher (R)▌ 49 Darrell Issa (R)▌ 50 Duncan D. Hunter (R)▌ 51 Juan Vargas (D)▌ 52 Scott Peters (D)▌ 53 Susan Davis (D)▌ 1 Diana DeGette (D)▌ 2 Jared Polis (D)▌ 3 Scott Tipton (R)▌ 4 Ken Buck (R)▌ 5 Doug Lamborn (R)▌ 6 Mike Coffman (R)▌ 7 Ed Perlmutter (D)▌ 1 John B. Larson (D)▌ 2 Joe Courtney (D)▌ 3 Rosa DeLauro (D)▌ 4 Jim Himes (D)▌ 5 Elizabeth Esty (D)▌ At-large Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)▌ 1 Matt Gaetz (R)▌ 2 Neal Dunn (R)▌ 3 Ted Yoho (R)▌ 4 John Rutherford (R)▌ 5 Al Lawson (D)▌ 6 Ron DeSantis (R), until September 10, 2018Vacant ▌ 7 Stephanie Murphy (D)▌ 8 Bill Posey (R)▌ 9 Darren Soto (D)▌ 10 Val Demings (D)▌ 11 Daniel Webster (R)▌ 12 Gus Bilirakis (R)▌ 13 Charlie Crist (D)▌ 14 Kathy Castor (D)▌ 15 Dennis A. Ross (R)▌ 16 Vern Buchanan (R)▌ 17 Tom Rooney (R)▌ 18 Brian Mast (R)▌ 19 Francis Rooney (R)▌ 20 Alcee Hastings (D)▌ 21 Lois Frankel (D)▌ 22 Ted Deutch (D)▌ 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)▌ 24 Frederica Wilson (D)▌ 25 Mario Díaz-Balart (R)▌ 26 Carlos Curbelo (R)▌ 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)▌ 1 Buddy Carter (R)▌ 2 Sanford Bishop (D)▌ 3 Drew Ferguson (R)▌ 4 Hank Johnson (D)▌ 5 John Lewis (D)▌ 6 Tom Price (R), until February 10, 2017▌ Karen Handel (R), from June 20, 2017▌ 7 Rob Woodall (R)▌ 8 Austin Scott (R)▌ 9 Doug Collins (R)▌ 10 Jody Hice (R)▌ 11 Barry Loudermilk (R)▌ 12 Rick W. Allen (R)▌ 13 David Scott (D)▌ 14 Tom Graves (R)▌ 1 Colleen Hanabusa (D)▌ 2 Tulsi Gabbard (D)▌ 1 Raúl Labrador (R)▌ 2 Mike Simpson (R)▌ 1 Bobby Rush (D)▌ 2 Robin Kelly (D)▌ 3 Dan Lipinski (D)▌ 4 Luis Gutiérrez (D)▌ 5 Mike Quigley (D)▌ 6 Peter Roskam (R)▌ 7 Danny K. Davis (D)▌ 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)▌ 9 Jan Schakowsky (D)▌ 10 Brad Schneider (D)▌ 11 Bill Foster (D)▌ 12 Mike Bost (R)▌ 13 Rodney Davis (R)▌ 14 Randy Hultgren (R)▌ 15 John Shimkus (R)▌ 16 Adam Kinzinger (R)▌ 17 Cheri Bustos (D)▌ 18 Darin LaHood (R)▌ 1 Pete Visclosky (D)▌ 2 Jackie Walorski (R)▌ 3 Jim Banks (R)▌ 4 Todd Rokita (R)▌ 5 Susan Brooks (R)▌ 6 Luke Messer (R)▌ 7 André Carson (D)▌ 8 Larry Bucshon (R)▌ 9 Trey Hollingsworth (R)▌ 1 Rod Blum (R)▌ 2 Dave Loebsack (D)▌ 3 David Young (R)▌ 4 Steve King (R)▌ 1 Roger Marshall (R)▌ 2 Lynn Jenkins (R)▌ 3 Kevin Yoder (R)▌ 4 Mike Pompeo (R), until January 23, 2017▌ Ron Estes (R), from April 11, 2017▌ 1 James Comer (R)▌ 2 Brett Guthrie (R)▌ 3 John Yarmuth (D)▌ 4 Thomas Massie (R)▌ 5 Hal Rogers (R)▌ 6 Andy Barr (R)▌ 1 Steve Scalise (R)▌ 2 Cedric Richmond (D)▌ 3 Clay Higgins (R)▌ 4 Mike Johnson (R)▌ 5 Ralph Abraham (R)▌ 6 Garret Graves (R)▌ 1 Chellie Pingree (D)▌ 2 Bruce Poliquin (R)▌ 1 Andy Harris (R)▌ 2 Dutch Ruppersberger (D)▌ 3 John Sarbanes (D)▌ 4 Anthony Brown (D)▌ 5 Steny Hoyer (D)▌ 6 John Delaney (D)▌ 7 Elijah Cummings (D)▌ 8 Jamie Raskin (D)▌ 1 Richard Neal (D)▌ 2 Jim McGovern (D)▌ 3 Niki Tsongas (D)▌ 4 Joseph P. Kennedy III (D)▌ 5 Katherine Clark (D)▌ 6 Seth Moulton (D)▌ 7 Mike Capuano (D)▌ 8 Stephen F. Lynch (D)▌ 9 Bill Keating (D)▌ 1 Jack Bergman (R)▌ 2 Bill Huizenga (R)▌ 3 Justin Amash (R)▌ 4 John Moolenaar (R)▌ 5 Dan Kildee (D)▌ 6 Fred Upton (R)▌ 7 Tim Walberg (R)▌ 8 Mike Bishop (R)▌ 9 Sander Levin (D)▌ 10 Paul Mitchell (R)▌ 11 Dave Trott (R)▌ 12 Debbie Dingell (D)▌ 13 John Conyers (D), until December 5, 2017▌ Brenda Jones (D), from November 29, 2018▌ 14 Brenda Lawrence (D)▌ 1 Tim Walz (DFL)[ y] ▌ 2 Jason Lewis (R)▌ 3 Erik Paulsen (R)▌ 4 Betty McCollum (DFL)[ y] ▌ 5 Keith Ellison (DFL)[ y] ▌ 6 Tom Emmer (R)▌ 7 Collin Peterson (DFL)[ y] ▌ 8 Rick Nolan (DFL)[ y] ▌ 1 Trent Kelly (R)▌ 2 Bennie Thompson (D)▌ 3 Gregg Harper (R)▌ 4 Steven Palazzo (R)
▌ 1 Lacy Clay (D)▌ 2 Ann Wagner (R)▌ 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)▌ 4 Vicky Hartzler (R)▌ 5 Emanuel Cleaver (D)▌ 6 Sam Graves (R)▌ 7 Billy Long (R)▌ 8 Jason T. Smith (R)▌ At-large Ryan Zinke (R), until March 1, 2017▌ Greg Gianforte (R), from May 25, 2017▌ 1 Jeff Fortenberry (R)▌ 2 Don Bacon (R)▌ 3 Adrian Smith (R)▌ 1 Dina Titus (D)▌ 2 Mark Amodei (R)▌ 3 Jacky Rosen (D)▌ 4 Ruben Kihuen (D)▌ 1 Carol Shea-Porter (D)▌ 2 Annie Kuster (D)▌ 1 Donald Norcross (D)▌ 2 Frank LoBiondo (R)▌ 3 Tom MacArthur (R)▌ 4 Chris Smith (R)▌ 5 Josh Gottheimer (D)▌ 6 Frank Pallone (D)▌ 7 Leonard Lance (R)▌ 8 Albio Sires (D)▌ 9 Bill Pascrell (D)▌ 10 Donald Payne Jr. (D)▌ 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)▌ 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)▌ 1 Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), until December 31, 2018Vacant ▌ 2 Steve Pearce (R)▌ 3 Ben Ray Luján (D)▌ 1 Lee Zeldin (R)▌ 2 Peter T. King (R)▌ 3 Thomas Suozzi (D)▌ 4 Kathleen Rice (D)▌ 5 Gregory Meeks (D)▌ 6 Grace Meng (D)▌ 7 Nydia Velázquez (D)▌ 8 Hakeem Jeffries (D)▌ 9 Yvette Clarke (D)▌ 10 Jerrold Nadler (D)▌ 11 Dan Donovan (R)▌ 12 Carolyn Maloney (D)▌ 13 Adriano Espaillat (D)▌ 14 Joseph Crowley (D)▌ 15 José E. Serrano (D)▌ 16 Eliot Engel (D)▌ 17 Nita Lowey (D)▌ 18 Sean Patrick Maloney (D)▌ 19 John Faso (R)▌ 20 Paul Tonko (D)▌ 21 Elise Stefanik (R)▌ 22 Claudia Tenney (R)▌ 23 Tom Reed (R)▌ 24 John Katko (R)▌ 25 Louise Slaughter (D), until March 16, 2018▌ Joseph D. Morelle (D), from November 6, 2018▌ 26 Brian Higgins (D)▌ 27 Chris Collins (R)▌ 1 G. K. Butterfield (D)▌ 2 George Holding (R)▌ 3 Walter B. Jones Jr. (R)▌ 4 David Price (D)▌ 5 Virginia Foxx (R)▌ 6 Mark Walker (R)▌ 7 David Rouzer (R)▌ 8 Richard Hudson (R)▌ 9 Robert Pittenger (R)▌ 10 Patrick McHenry (R)▌ 11 Mark Meadows (R)▌ 12 Alma Adams (D)▌ 13 Ted Budd (R)▌ At-large Kevin Cramer (R)▌ 1 Steve Chabot (R)▌ 2 Brad Wenstrup (R)▌ 3 Joyce Beatty (D)▌ 4 Jim Jordan (R)▌ 5 Bob Latta (R)▌ 6 Bill Johnson (R)▌ 7 Bob Gibbs (R)▌ 8 Warren Davidson (R)▌ 9 Marcy Kaptur (D)▌ 10 Mike Turner (R)▌ 11 Marcia Fudge (D)▌ 12 Pat Tiberi (R), until January 15, 2018▌ Troy Balderson (R), from August 7, 2018[ z] ▌ 13 Tim Ryan (D)▌ 14 David Joyce (R)▌ 15 Steve Stivers (R)▌ 16 Jim Renacci (R)▌ 1 Jim Bridenstine (R), until April 23, 2018▌ Kevin Hern (R), from November 6, 2018▌ 2 Markwayne Mullin (R)▌ 3 Frank Lucas (R)▌ 4 Tom Cole (R)▌ 5 Steve Russell (R)▌ 1 Suzanne Bonamici (D)▌ 2 Greg Walden (R)▌ 3 Earl Blumenauer (D)▌ 4 Peter DeFazio (D)▌ 5 Kurt Schrader (D)▌ 1 Bob Brady (D)▌ 2 Dwight Evans (D)▌ 3 Mike Kelly (R)▌ 4 Scott Perry (R)▌ 5 Glenn Thompson (R)▌ 6 Ryan Costello (R)▌ 7 Pat Meehan (R), until April 27, 2018▌ Mary Gay Scanlon (D), from November 6, 2018▌ 8 Brian Fitzpatrick (R)▌ 9 Bill Shuster (R)▌ 10 Tom Marino (R)▌ 11 Lou Barletta (R)▌ 12 Keith Rothfus (R)▌ 13 Brendan Boyle (D)▌ 14 Michael F. Doyle (D)▌ 15 Charlie Dent (R), until May 12, 2018▌ Susan Wild (D), from November 6, 2018▌ 16 Lloyd Smucker (R)▌ 17 Matt Cartwright (D)▌ 18 Tim Murphy (R), until October 21, 2017▌ Conor Lamb (D) from March 13, 2018▌ 1 David Cicilline (D)▌ 2 James Langevin (D)▌ 1 Mark Sanford (R)▌ 2 Joe Wilson (R)▌ 3 Jeff Duncan (R)▌ 4 Trey Gowdy (R)▌ 5 Mick Mulvaney (R), until February 16, 2017▌ Ralph Norman (R), from June 20, 2017▌ 6 Jim Clyburn (D)▌ 7 Tom Rice (R)▌ At-large Kristi Noem (R)▌ 1 Phil Roe (R)▌ 2 Jimmy Duncan (R)▌ 3 Chuck Fleischmann (R)▌ 4 Scott DesJarlais (R)▌ 5 Jim Cooper (D)▌ 6 Diane Black (R)▌ 7 Marsha Blackburn (R)▌ 8 David Kustoff (R)▌ 9 Steve Cohen (D)▌ 1 Louie Gohmert (R)▌ 2 Ted Poe (R)▌ 3 Sam Johnson (R)▌ 4 John Ratcliffe (R)▌ 5 Jeb Hensarling (R)▌ 6 Joe Barton (R)▌ 7 John Culberson (R)▌ 8 Kevin Brady (R)▌ 9 Al Green (D)▌ 10 Michael McCaul (R)▌ 11 Mike Conaway (R)▌ 12 Kay Granger (R)▌ 13 Mac Thornberry (R)▌ 14 Randy Weber (R)▌ 15 Vicente Gonzalez (D)▌ 16 Beto O'Rourke (D)▌ 17 Bill Flores (R)▌ 18 Sheila Jackson Lee (D)▌ 19 Jodey Arrington (R)▌ 20 Joaquín Castro (D)▌ 21 Lamar S. Smith (R)▌ 22 Pete Olson (R)▌ 23 Will Hurd (R)▌ 24 Kenny Marchant (R)▌ 25 Roger Williams (R)▌ 26 Michael Burgess (R)▌ 27 Blake Farenthold (R), until April 6, 2018▌ Michael Cloud (R), from June 30, 2018▌ 28 Henry Cuellar (D)▌ 29 Gene Green (D)▌ 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)▌ 31 John Carter (R)▌ 32 Pete Sessions (R)▌ 33 Marc Veasey (D)▌ 34 Filemon Vela Jr. (D)▌ 35 Lloyd Doggett (D)▌ 36 Brian Babin (R)▌ 1 Rob Bishop (R)▌ 2 Chris Stewart (R)▌ 3 Jason Chaffetz (R), until June 30, 2017▌ John Curtis (R), from November 7, 2017▌ 4 Mia Love (R)▌ At-large Peter Welch (D)▌ 1 Rob Wittman (R)▌ 2 Scott Taylor (R)▌ 3 Bobby Scott (D)▌ 4 Donald McEachin (D)▌ 5 Tom Garrett Jr. (R)▌ 6 Bob Goodlatte (R)▌ 7 Dave Brat (R)▌ 8 Don Beyer (D)▌ 9 Morgan Griffith (R)▌ 10 Barbara Comstock (R)▌ 11 Gerry Connolly (D)▌ 1 Suzan DelBene (D)▌ 2 Rick Larsen (D)▌ 3 Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)▌ 4 Dan Newhouse (R)▌ 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)▌ 6 Derek Kilmer (D)▌ 7 Pramila Jayapal (D)▌ 8 Dave Reichert (R)▌ 9 Adam Smith (D)▌ 10 Dennis Heck (D)▌ 1 David McKinley (R)▌ 2 Alex Mooney (R)▌ 3 Evan Jenkins (R), until September 30, 2018Vacant ▌ 1 Paul Ryan (R)▌ 2 Mark Pocan (D)▌ 3 Ron Kind (D)▌ 4 Gwen Moore (D)▌ 5 Jim Sensenbrenner (R)▌ 6 Glenn Grothman (R)▌ 7 Sean Duffy (R)▌ 8 Mike Gallagher (R)▌ At-large Liz Cheney (R)▌ American Samoa Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)▌ District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)▌ Guam Madeleine Bordallo (D)▌ Northern Mariana Islands Gregorio Sablan (I)▌ Puerto Rico Jenniffer González (PNP /R) (Resident Commissioner )▌ United States Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett (D)Results of the2016 elections that were first seated in this Congress. Pale blue are Democratic holds; pale red are Republican holds; bright blue are Democratic gains; bright red are Republican gains. House votes by party holding plurality in stateDemocratic 100% 80-99% 70-79% 60-69% 51-59% 50%Republican 100% 80-99% 70-79% 60-69% 51-59% 50%
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Newly elected members of the House of Representatives on the Capitol steps
Changes in membership [ edit ] Senate changes State Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ aa] Alabama Jeff Sessions Resigned February 8, 2017, to becomeU.S. Attorney General .[ 39] [ 40] Luther Strange February 9, 2017 Minnesota Al Franken Resigned January 2, 2018, amid a sexual misconduct scandal.[ 41] [ 38] elected to finish the term ending January 3, 2021. Tina Smith January 3, 2018 Alabama Luther Strange Appointment expired January 3, 2018, following aspecial election .[ 42] [ 43] [ 44] Doug Jones January 3, 2018 Mississippi Thad Cochran Resigned April 1, 2018, for health reasons.[ 45] [ k] elected to finish the term ending January 3, 2021. Cindy Hyde-Smith April 9, 2018 Arizona John McCain Died August 25, 2018.[ 46] [ 47] Jon Kyl September 5, 2018 Arizona Jon Kyl Resigned December 31, 2018.[ 28] Vacant until the next Congress
House of Representatives [ edit ] House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ aa] Kansas 4 Mike Pompeo Resigned January 23, 2017, to becomeDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency .[ 48] special election was held April 11, 2017.[ 49] Ron Estes April 25, 2017 California 34 Xavier Becerra Resigned January 24, 2017, to becomeAttorney General of California .[ 50] special election was held June 6, 2017.[ 51] Jimmy Gomez July 11, 2017 Georgia 6 Tom Price Resigned February 10, 2017, to becomeU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services .[ 52] special election was held June 20, 2017.[ 53] Karen Handel June 26, 2017 South Carolina 5 Mick Mulvaney Resigned February 16, 2017, to become Director of theOffice of Management and Budget .[ 54] special election was held June 20, 2017.[ 55] Ralph Norman June 26, 2017 Montana at-large Ryan Zinke Resigned March 1, 2017, to becomeU.S. Secretary of the Interior .[ 54] special election was held May 25, 2017.[ 56] Greg Gianforte June 21, 2017 Utah 3 Jason Chaffetz Resigned June 30, 2017, for personal reasons.[ 57] special election was held November 7, 2017.[ 58] John Curtis November 13, 2017 Pennsylvania 18 Tim Murphy Resigned October 21, 2017.[ 59] special election was held March 13, 2018.[ 60] Conor Lamb April 12, 2018 Michigan 13 John Conyers Resigned December 5, 2017.[ 61] special election was held November 6, 2018.[ 62] Brenda Jones [ 63] November 29, 2018 Arizona 8 Trent Franks Resigned December 8, 2017.[ 64] special election was held April 24, 2018.[ 65] Debbie Lesko May 7, 2018 Ohio 12 Pat Tiberi Resigned January 15, 2018, to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable.[ 66] [ 67] special election was held August 7, 2018[ 68] Troy Balderson (R)September 5, 2018 New York 25 Louise Slaughter Died March 16, 2018.[ 69] special election was held November 6, 2018.[ 70] Joseph Morelle November 13, 2018 Texas 27 Blake Farenthold Resigned April 6, 2018.[ 22] special election was held June 30, 2018.[ 71] Michael Cloud July 10, 2018 Oklahoma 1 Jim Bridenstine Resigned April 23, 2018, to become theAdministrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration .[ 72] appointed " November 6, 2018, to finish the current term.[citation needed There is debate about the legality of such an appointment, however.[citation needed Kevin Hern November 13, 2018 Pennsylvania 7 Pat Meehan Resigned April 27, 2018.[ 73] special election was held November 6, 2018.[ 74] Mary Gay Scanlon November 13, 2018 Pennsylvania 15 Charlie Dent Resigned May 12, 2018.[ 75] special election was held November 6, 2018.[ 74] Susan Wild November 27, 2018[ 76] Florida 6 Ron DeSantis Resigned September 10, 2018, to focus on hisgubernatorial campaign .[ 77] Vacant until the next Congress West Virginia 3 Evan Jenkins Resigned September 30, 2018, to become justice of theSupreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia .[ 78] New Mexico 1 Michelle Lujan Grisham Resigned December 31, 2018, to becomeGovernor of New Mexico .
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House of Representatives [ edit ] Committee Chairman[ 80] Ranking Member Agriculture Mike Conaway Collin Peterson Appropriations Rodney Frelinghuysen Nita Lowey Armed Services Mac Thornberry Adam Smith Budget Diane Black Acting until February 16, 2017 Steve Womack John Yarmuth Education and the Workforce Virginia Foxx Bobby Scott Energy and Commerce Greg Walden Frank Pallone Ethics Susan Brooks Ted Deutch Financial Services Jeb Hensarling Maxine Waters Foreign Affairs Ed Royce Eliot Engel Homeland Security Michael McCaul Bennie Thompson House Administration Gregg Harper Bob Brady Judiciary Bob Goodlatte John Conyers Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), from November 26, 2017Acting until December 20, 2017 Natural Resources Rob Bishop Raúl Grijalva Oversight and Government Reform Jason Chaffetz Trey Gowdy Elijah Cummings Rules Pete Sessions Louise Slaughter Jim McGovern (D-MA), from March 17, 2018Acting until April 10, 2018 Science, Space and Technology Lamar Smith Eddie Bernice Johnson Small Business Steve Chabot Nydia Velázquez Transportation and Infrastructure Bill Shuster Peter DeFazio Veterans' Affairs Phil Roe Tim Walz Ways and Means Kevin Brady Richard Neal Human Rights (Lantos Commission) Randy Hultgren Jim McGovern Intelligence (Permanent Select) Devin Nunes Adam Schiff
Employees and legislative agency directors [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] ^ U.S. Vice PresidentJoe Biden 's term asPresident of the Senate ended at noon on January 20, 2017, whenMike Pence 's term began. ^a b c InAlabama , senatorJeff Sessions (R) resigned February 8, 2017.Luther Strange (R) was appointed February 9, 2017, to continue the term.Doug Jones (D) was elected to finish the term and qualified January 3, 2018. ^a b InMinnesota , senatorAl Franken (D) resigned January 2, 2018.Tina Smith (D) was appointed January 3, 2018, to continue the term. ^a b InMississippi , senatorThad Cochran (R) resigned April 1, 2018.Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) was appointed April 2, 2018, to continue the term. ^a b c InArizona , senatorJohn McCain (R) died August 25, 2018.Jon Kyl (R) was appointed September 4, 2018, to continue the term. Kyl announced his resignation, effective December 31, 2018.[ 28] ^a b InKansas's 4th district Mike Pompeo (R) resigned January 23, 2017, andRon Estes (R) was elected April 11, 2017. ^a b InCalifornia's 34th district Xavier Becerra (D) resigned January 24, 2017, andJimmy Gomez (D) was elected June 6, 2017. ^a b InGeorgia's 6th district Tom Price (R) resigned February 10, 2017, andKaren Handel (R) was elected June 20, 2017. ^a b InSouth Carolina's 5th district Mick Mulvaney (R) resigned February 16, 2017, andRalph Norman (R) was elected June 20, 2017. ^a b InMontana's at-large district Ryan Zinke (R) resigned March 1, 2017, andGreg Gianforte (R) was elected May 25, 2017. ^a b c d e f g h i j k Service begins on the day of a special election, when qualified, not necessarily upon the oath of office. ^a b InUtah's 3rd district Jason Chaffetz (R) resigned June 30, 2017, andJohn Curtis (R) was elected November 7, 2017. ^a b InPennsylvania's 18th district Tim Murphy (R) resigned October 21, 2017, andConor Lamb (D) was elected March 13, 2018. ^a b InMichigan's 13th district John Conyers (D) resigned December 5, 2017, andBrenda Jones (D) was elected November 6, 2018. ^a b InArizona's 8th district Trent Franks (R) resigned December 8, 2017, andDebbie Lesko (R) was elected April 24, 2018. ^a b InOhio's 12th district Pat Tiberi (R) resigned January 15, 2018, andTroy Balderson (R) was elected August 7, 2018, although the results weren't final until August 24, 2018. ^a b InNew York's 25th district Louise Slaughter (D) died March 16, 2018, andJoseph D. Morelle (D) was elected November 6, 2018. ^a b InTexas's 27th district Blake Farenthold (R) resigned April 6, 2018, andMichael Cloud (R) was elected June 30, 2018. ^a b InOklahoma's 1st district Jim Bridenstine (R) resigned April 23, 2018, andKevin Hern (R) was elected November 6, 2018. ^a b InPennsylvania's 7th district Pat Meehan (R) resigned April 27, 2018, andMary Gay Scanlon (D) was elected November 6, 2018. ^a b InPennsylvania's 15th district Charlie Dent (R) resigned May 12, 2018 andSusan Wild (D) was elected November 6, 2018. ^ InFlorida's 6th district Ron DeSantis (R) resigned September 10, 2018, to focus on the2018 Florida gubernatorial election . ^ InWest Virginia's 3rd district Evan Jenkins (R) resigned September 30, 2018. ^ InNew Mexico's 1st district Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) resigned December 31, 2018. ^a b c d e f g h i TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and theNorth Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party (D-NPL) are the Minnesota and North Dakota affiliates of theU.S. Democratic Party and are counted as Democrats. ^ InOhio's 12th congressional district ^a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began. ^ H.Res. 670 , §3(b), and"House Floor Activities | Legislative Days of January 3, 2018" . 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