2011–2013 U.S. legislative term
House of Representatives member pin for the 112th U.S. Congress The112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of theUnited States federal government, from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. It convened inWashington, D.C. , on January 3, 2011, and ended on January 3, 2013, 17 days before the end of thepresidential term to whichBarack Obama was elected in 2008. Senators elected to regular terms in 2006 completed those terms in this Congress. This Congress included the last House of Representatives elected from congressional districts that were apportioned based on the2000 census .[ 1] [ 2]
In the2010 midterm elections , theRepublican Party won the majority in the House of Representatives. While theDemocrats kept their Senate majority, it was reduced from the previous Congress.[ 3]
This was the first Congress in which the House and Senate were controlled by different parties since the107th Congress (2001–2003). It was also the first Congress since the36th Congress (1859–1861) in which the Republican Party held the House but not the Senate. In this Congress, the House of Representatives had the largest number ofRepublican members, 242, since the80th Congress (1947–1949).[ 4] This was the only Congress between the79th (1945–1947) and the117th (2021–2023) that did not include a member of theKennedy family .
As of 2022, this is the most recent Congress in which Democrats held a Senate seat inNebraska or a House seat inArkansas , the last in which Republicans held both Senate seats inMaine , and the last in which Democrats did not hold all seats inConnecticut .
President Obama delivered the2011 State of the Union Address on January 25, 2011 After delivering the2012 State of the Union Address on January 24, 2012, President Obama embraces RepresentativeGabby Giffords , whohad been shot the previous year. January 6, 2011: On the second day of the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives read a modified version of theU.S. Constitution , a first.[ 5] January 8, 2011:2011 Tucson shooting : RepresentativeGabby Giffords and nineteen other people were shot by a gunman inTucson, Arizona . Six of them, including a federal judge and a congressional aide, died. Votes on theHouse floor were suspended for one week. January 25, 2011:2011 State of the Union Address March 19, 2011: The United States initiatedOperation Odyssey Dawn as part of theinternational military intervention in theLibyan Civil War .[ 6] The intervention continued under the auspices ofNATO asOperation Unified Protector until the end of military operations in October 2011. May 2, 2011:Navy SEALs killedal-Qaeda leaderOsama bin Laden inOperation Neptune Spear . April 9, 2011: A last-minutedeal between both parties averts apartial shutdown of the federal government. August 2, 2011: The2011 debt-ceiling crisis ends with theBudget Control Act of 2011 . December 18, 2011: The United States completed itswithdrawal of troops from Iraq, formally ending theIraq War .[ 7] January 24, 2012:2012 State of the Union Address June 28, 2012: InNational Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius , theSupreme Court upheld theAffordable Care Act 's constitutionality but found the expansion ofMedicaid unconstitutionally coercive on the states. November 6, 2012:2012 general elections , including: December 14, 2012: TheSandy Hook Elementary School shooting leaves 28 dead, and prompts debate ongun control in the United States .[ 8] January 1, 2013:United States fiscal cliff avoided. (SeeAmerican Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ) Potential government shutdown [ edit ] Wikinews has related news:
A failure to pass a2011 federal budget nearly led to ashutdown of non-essential government services on April 9, 2011, with the furlough of 800,000 government employees appearing imminent.[ 9] President Obama met Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner in the days preceding the deadline but was unable to come to an agreement to pass a budget.[citation needed ] A one-week budget was proposed to avoid a government shutdown and allow more time for negotiations; however, proposals from both parties could not be accommodated.[citation needed ] Obama said he would veto a proposed Republican budget over Republican social spending cuts.[citation needed ] This was also backed by Senate Democrats who objected to such cuts as that ofPlanned Parenthood .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] However, an agreement was reached between the two parties for a one-week budget to allow for more time to negotiate after Republicans dropped their stance on the Planned Parenthood issue.[ 11] The two parties ultimately agreed on a 2011 federal budget the following week.[citation needed ]
There were many reactions to the possible shutdown with some saying the economy could be hurt during a fragile recovery[ 13] and others saying the lack of an unnecessary bureaucracy would not be noticed.[ 14] There was also criticism that while senators and representatives would continue to get paid others such as the police and military personnel would either not be paid for their work or have their payments deferred.[ 15]
Speaker Boehner meeting with President Obama at the White House during the2011 debt ceiling crisis Wikinews has related news:
On August 2, 2011, theUnited States public debt was projected to reach its statutory maximum. Without an increase in that limit theU.S. Treasury would be unable to borrow money to pay its bills. Although previous statutory increases have been routine, conservative members of the House refused to allow an increase without drastically reducing government spending. Over several weeks and months, negotiators from both parties, both houses, and the White House worked to forge a compromise. The compromise bill, theBudget Control Act of 2011 , was enacted on August 2.
April 15, 2011:2011 United States federal budget (asDepartment of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ),Pub. L. 112–10 (text) (PDF) August 2, 2011:Budget Control Act of 2011 ,Pub. L. 112–25 (text) (PDF) September 16, 2011:Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ,Pub. L. 112–29 (text) (PDF) October 21, 2011:United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ,Pub. L. 112–41 (text) (PDF) October 21, 2011:United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act ,Pub. L. 112–42 (text) (PDF) October 21, 2011:United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act ,Pub. L. 112–43 (text) (PDF) December 20, 2011:Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 ,Pub.L. 112-74 December 31, 2011:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ,Pub. L. 112–81 (text) (PDF) February 22, 2012:Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ,Pub. L. 112–96 (text) (PDF) March 8, 2012:Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 ,Pub. L. 112–98 (text) (PDF) April 4, 2012:Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act),Pub. L. 112–105 (text) (PDF) April 5, 2012:Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act),Pub. L. 112–106 (text) (PDF) May 30, 2012:Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 ,Pub.L. 112-122 July 6, 2012:Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21 Act),Pub. L. 112–141 (text) (PDF) July 9, 2012:Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA),Pub. L. 112–144 (text) (PDF) September 28, 2012:Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ,Pub. L. 112–175 (text) (PDF) November 27, 2012:Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 ,Pub. L. 112–199 (text) (PDF) November 27, 2012:European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act ,Pub.L. 112-200 December 14, 2012:Magnitsky Act ,Pub. L. 112–208 (text) (PDF) January 2, 2013:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Pub. L. 112–239 (text) (PDF) January 2, 2013:American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ,Pub. L. 112–240 (text) (PDF) January 10, 2013:Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012 (Katie's Law) ,Pub.L. 111-253 American Jobs Act ,S. 1549 Cut, Cap and Balance Act ,H.R. 2560 Domestic Fuels Protection Act H.R. 4345 Federal Reserve Transparency Act ,S. 202 ,H.R. 459 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act ,H.R. 3 PROTECT IP Act ,S. 968 Protect Life Act,H.R. 358 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act ,H.R. 2 Respect for Marriage Act ,S. 598 ,H.R. 1116 Stop Online Piracy Act ,H.R. 3261 See also:Active Legislation, 112th Congress , via senate.gov Resignations and new members are discussed in the"Changes in membership" section , below. Final Senate membership 51Democrats Party(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant Democratic Independent (caucusing with Democrats) Republican End ofprevious Congress 56 2 42 100 0 Begin 51 2 47 100 0 May 3, 2011 46 99 1 May 9, 2011 47 100 0 December 17, 2012 50 99 1 December 26, 2012 51 100 0 January 1, 2013 46 99 1 January 2, 2013 47 100 0 Final voting share 53% 47%Beginning of thenext Congress 53 2 45 100 0
House of Representatives [ edit ] Final House membership 191Democrats 4 Vacant
Party(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant Democratic Republican End ofprevious Congress 255 179 434 1 Begin 193 242 435 0 February 9, 2011 241 434 1 February 28, 2011 192 433 2 May 9, 2011 240 432 3 May 24, 2011 193 433 2 June 21, 2011 192 432 3 July 12, 2011 193 433 2 August 3, 2011 192 432 3 September 13, 2011 242 434 1 January 25, 2012 191 433 2 January 31, 2012 192 434 1 March 6, 2012 191 433 2 March 20, 2012 190 432 3 June 12, 2012 191 433 2 July 7, 2012 241 432 3 July 31, 2012 240 431 4 August 15, 2012 190 430 5 November 13, 2012 192 241 433 2 November 15, 2012 193 434 1 November 21, 2012 192 433 2 December 3, 2012 191 432 3 January 2, 2013 240 431 4 Final voting share 44.3% 55.7%Non-voting members 6 0 6 0 Beginning ofnext Congress 200 233 433 2
Section contents: Senate :Majority (D) ,Minority (R) •House :Majority (R) ,Minority (D)
Senate President pro Tempore
Majority (Democratic) leadership[ edit ] Minority (Republican) leadership[ edit ] Minority Leader :Mitch McConnell Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip) :Jon Kyl Republican Conference Chairman :Lamar Alexander , until 2012Policy Committee Chairman :John Thune , until 2012Republican Conference Vice Chairman :John Barrasso , until 2012National Senatorial Committee Chair :John Cornyn Deputy Whips:Roy Blunt ,Richard Burr ,Mike Crapo ,Saxby Chambliss ,Rob Portman ,Olympia Snowe ,David Vitter ,Roger Wicker House of Representatives [ edit ] Majority (Republican) leadership[ edit ] Minority (Democratic) leadership[ edit ] Minority Leader :Nancy Pelosi Minority Whip :Steny Hoyer Assistant Democratic Leader :Jim Clyburn Senior Chief Deputy Minority Whip :John Lewis Chief Deputy Minority Whips :Maxine Waters ,Jim Matheson ,Ed Pastor ,Jan Schakowsky ,Joseph Crowley ,Diana DeGette ,G. K. Butterfield ,Debbie Wasserman Schultz ,Peter Welch Democratic Caucus Chairman :John B. Larson Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman :Xavier Becerra Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman :Steve Israel Steering/Policy Committee Co-Chairs :Rosa DeLauro andGeorge Miller [ 19] Organization, Study, and Review Chairman:Mike Capuano [ 20] For the first time in the history of Congress, over half its members weremillionaires as of 2012; Democrats had amedian net worth of $1.04 million, while the Republicans median was "almost exactly" $1.00 million.[ 21] [ 22] In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 2012; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 2014; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 2016.
▌ 2.Jeff Sessions (R)▌ 3.Richard Shelby (R)▌ 2.Mark Begich (D)▌ 3.Lisa Murkowski (R)▌ 1.Jon Kyl (R)▌ 3.John McCain (R)▌ 2.Mark Pryor (D)▌ 3.John Boozman (R)▌ 1.Dianne Feinstein (D)▌ 3.Barbara Boxer (D)▌ 2.Mark Udall (D)▌ 3.Michael Bennet (D)▌ 1.Joe Lieberman (ID)▌ 3.Richard Blumenthal (D)▌ 1.Tom Carper (D)▌ 2.Chris Coons (D)▌ 1.Bill Nelson (D)▌ 3.Marco Rubio (R)▌ 2.Saxby Chambliss (R)▌ 3.Johnny Isakson (R)▌ 1.Daniel Akaka (D)▌ 3.Daniel Inouye (D), until December 17, 2012▌ Brian Schatz (D), from December 26, 2012▌ 2.Jim Risch (R)▌ 3.Mike Crapo (R)▌ 2.Dick Durbin (D)▌ 3.Mark Kirk (R)▌ 1.Richard Lugar (R)▌ 3.Dan Coats (R)▌ 2.Tom Harkin (D)▌ 3.Chuck Grassley (R)▌ 2.Pat Roberts (R)▌ 3.Jerry Moran (R)▌ 2.Mitch McConnell (R)▌ 3.Rand Paul (R)▌ 2.Mary Landrieu (D)▌ 3.David Vitter (R)▌ 1.Olympia Snowe (R)▌ 2.Susan Collins (R)▌ 1.Ben Cardin (D)▌ 3.Barbara Mikulski (D)▌ 1.Scott Brown (R)▌ 2.John Kerry (D)▌ 1.Debbie Stabenow (D)▌ 2.Carl Levin (D)▌ 1.Amy Klobuchar (DFL)[ a] ▌ 2.Al Franken (DFL)[ a] ▌ 1.Roger Wicker (R)▌ 2.Thad Cochran (R)▌ 1.Claire McCaskill (D)▌ 3.Roy Blunt (R)
▌ 1.Jon Tester (D)▌ 2.Max Baucus (D)▌ 1.Ben Nelson (D)▌ 2.Mike Johanns (R)▌ 1.John Ensign (R), until May 3, 2011▌ Dean Heller (R), from May 9, 2011▌ 3.Harry Reid (D)▌ 2.Jeanne Shaheen (D)▌ 3.Kelly Ayotte (R)▌ 1.Bob Menendez (D)▌ 2.Frank Lautenberg (D)▌ 1.Jeff Bingaman (D)▌ 2.Tom Udall (D)▌ 1.Kirsten Gillibrand (D)▌ 3.Charles Schumer (D)▌ 2.Kay Hagan (D)▌ 3.Richard Burr (R)▌ 1.Kent Conrad (D-NPL)[ a] ▌ 3.John Hoeven (R)▌ 1.Sherrod Brown (D)▌ 3.Rob Portman (R)▌ 2.Jim Inhofe (R)▌ 3.Tom Coburn (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.Jim DeMint (R), until January 2, 2013▌ Tim Scott (R), from January 2, 2013▌ 2.Tim Johnson (D)▌ 3.John Thune (R)▌ 1.Bob Corker (R)▌ 2.Lamar Alexander (R)▌ 1.Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)▌ 2.John Cornyn (R)▌ 1.Orrin Hatch (R)▌ 3.Mike Lee (R)▌ 1.Bernie Sanders (I)▌ 3.Patrick Leahy (D)▌ 1.Jim Webb (D)▌ 2.Mark Warner (D)▌ 1.Maria Cantwell (D)▌ 3.Patty Murray (D)▌ 1.Joe Manchin (D)▌ 2.Jay Rockefeller (D)▌ 1.Herb Kohl (D)▌ 3.Ron Johnson (R)▌ 1.John Barrasso (R)▌ 2.Mike Enzi (R)Party membership by state 2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
1 Independent (caucuses with Democrats) and 1 Democrat
House of Representatives [ edit ] ▌ 1 .Jo Bonner (R)▌ 2 .Martha Roby (R)▌ 3 .Mike Rogers (R)▌ 4 .Robert Aderholt (R)▌ 5 .Mo Brooks (R)▌ 6 .Spencer Bachus (R)▌ 7 .Terri Sewell (D)▌ At-large .Don Young (R)▌ 1 .Paul Gosar (R)▌ 2 .Trent Franks (R)▌ 3 .Ben Quayle (R)▌ 4 .Ed Pastor (D)▌ 5 .David Schweikert (R)▌ 6 .Jeff Flake (R)▌ 7 .Raúl Grijalva (D)▌ 8 .Gabby Giffords (D), until January 25, 2012▌ Ron Barber (D), from June 12, 2012▌ 1 .Rick Crawford (R)▌ 2 .Tim Griffin (R)▌ 3 .Steve Womack (R)▌ 4 .Mike Ross (D)▌ 1 .Mike Thompson (D)▌ 2 .Wally Herger (R)▌ 3 .Dan Lungren (R)▌ 4 .Tom McClintock (R)▌ 5 .Doris Matsui (D)▌ 6 .Lynn Woolsey (D)▌ 7 .George Miller (D)▌ 8 .Nancy Pelosi (D)▌ 9 .Barbara Lee (D)▌ 10 .John Garamendi (D)▌ 11 .Jerry McNerney (D)▌ 12 .Jackie Speier (D)▌ 13 .Pete Stark (D)▌ 14 .Anna Eshoo (D)▌ 15 .Mike Honda (D)▌ 16 .Zoe Lofgren (D)▌ 17 .Sam Farr (D)▌ 18 .Dennis Cardoza (D), until August 15, 2012Vacant from August 15, 2012 ▌ 19 .Jeff Denham (R)▌ 20 .Jim Costa (D)▌ 21 .Devin Nunes (R)▌ 22 .Kevin McCarthy (R)▌ 23 .Lois Capps (D)▌ 24 .Elton Gallegly (R)▌ 25 .Howard McKeon (R)▌ 26 .David Dreier (R)▌ 27 .Brad Sherman (D)▌ 28 .Howard Berman (D)▌ 29 .Adam Schiff (D)▌ 30 .Henry Waxman (D)▌ 31 .Xavier Becerra (D)▌ 32 .Judy Chu (D)▌ 33 .Karen Bass (D)▌ 34 .Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)▌ 35 .Maxine Waters (D)▌ 36 .Jane Harman (D), until February 28, 2011▌ Janice Hahn (D), from July 12, 2011▌ 37 .Laura Richardson (D)▌ 38 .Grace Napolitano (D)▌ 39 .Linda Sanchez (D)▌ 40 .Ed Royce (R)▌ 41 .Jerry Lewis (R)▌ 42 .Gary Miller (R)▌ 43 .Joe Baca (D)▌ 44 .Ken Calvert (R)▌ 45 .Mary Bono Mack (R)▌ 46 .Dana Rohrabacher (R)▌ 47 .Loretta Sanchez (D)▌ 48 .John Campbell (R)▌ 49 .Darrell Issa (R)▌ 50 .Brian Bilbray (R)▌ 51 .Bob Filner (D), until December 3, 2012Vacant from December 3, 2012 ▌ 52 .Duncan D. Hunter (R)▌ 53 .Susan Davis (D)▌ 1 .Diana DeGette (D)▌ 2 .Jared Polis (D)▌ 3 .Scott Tipton (R)▌ 4 .Cory Gardner (R)▌ 5 .Doug Lamborn (R)▌ 6 .Mike Coffman (R)▌ 7 .Ed Perlmutter (D)▌ 1 .John Larson (D)▌ 2 .Joe Courtney (D)▌ 3 .Rosa DeLauro (D)▌ 4 .Jim Himes (D)▌ 5 .Chris Murphy (D)▌ At-large .John Carney (D)▌ 1 .Jeff Miller (R)▌ 2 .Steve Southerland (R)▌ 3 .Corrine Brown (D)▌ 4 .Ander Crenshaw (R)▌ 5 .Rich Nugent (R)▌ 6 .Cliff Stearns (R)▌ 7 .John Mica (R)▌ 8 .Daniel Webster (R)▌ 9 .Gus Bilirakis (R)▌ 10 .Bill Young (R)▌ 11 .Kathy Castor (D)▌ 12 .Dennis Ross (R)▌ 13 .Vern Buchanan (R)▌ 14 .Connie Mack (R)▌ 15 .Bill Posey (R)▌ 16 .Tom Rooney (R)▌ 17 .Frederica Wilson (D)▌ 18 .Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)▌ 19 .Ted Deutch (D)▌ 20 .Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)▌ 21 .Mario Diaz-Balart (R)▌ 22 .Allen West (R)▌ 23 .Alcee Hastings (D)▌ 24 .Sandy Adams (R)▌ 25 .David Rivera (R)▌ 1 .Jack Kingston (R)▌ 2 .Sanford Bishop (D)▌ 3 .Lynn Westmoreland (R)▌ 4 .Hank Johnson (D)▌ 5 .John Lewis (D)▌ 6 .Tom Price (R)▌ 7 .Rob Woodall (R)▌ 8 .Austin Scott (R)▌ 9 .Tom Graves (R)▌ 10 .Paul Broun (R)▌ 11 .Phil Gingrey (R)▌ 12 .John Barrow (D)▌ 13 .David Scott (D)▌ 1 .Colleen Hanabusa (D)▌ 2 .Mazie Hirono (D)▌ 1 .Raul Labrador (R)▌ 2 .Mike Simpson (R)▌ 1 .Bobby Rush (D)▌ 2 .Jesse Jackson Jr. (D), until November 21, 2012.Vacant from November 21, 2012 ▌ 3 .Dan Lipinski (D)▌ 4 .Luis Gutierrez (D)▌ 5 .Mike Quigley (D)▌ 6 .Peter Roskam (R)▌ 7 .Danny Davis (D)▌ 8 .Joe Walsh (R)▌ 9 .Jan Schakowsky (D)▌ 10 .Bob Dold (R)▌ 11 .Adam Kinzinger (R)▌ 12 .Jerry Costello (D)▌ 13 .Judy Biggert (R)▌ 14 .Randy Hultgren (R)▌ 15 .Tim Johnson (R)▌ 16 .Don Manzullo (R)▌ 17 .Bobby Schilling (R)▌ 18 .Aaron Schock (R)▌ 19 .John Shimkus (R)▌ 1 .Pete Visclosky (D)▌ 2 .Joe Donnelly (D)▌ 3 .Marlin Stutzman (R)▌ 4 .Todd Rokita (R)▌ 5 .Dan Burton (R)▌ 6 .Mike Pence (R)▌ 7 .André Carson (D)▌ 8 .Larry Bucshon (R)▌ 9 .Todd Young (R)▌ 1 .Bruce Braley (D)▌ 2 .David Loebsack (D)▌ 3 .Leonard Boswell (D)▌ 4 .Tom Latham (R)▌ 5 .Steve King (R)▌ 1 .Tim Huelskamp (R)▌ 2 .Lynn Jenkins (R)▌ 3 .Kevin Yoder (R)▌ 4 .Mike Pompeo (R)▌ 1 .Ed Whitfield (R)▌ 2 .Brett Guthrie (R)▌ 3 .John Yarmuth (D)▌ 4 .Geoff Davis (R), until July 31, 2012▌ Thomas Massie (R), from November 13, 2012[ 23] ▌ 5 .Hal Rogers (R)▌ 6 .Ben Chandler (D)▌ 1 .Steve Scalise (R)▌ 2 .Cedric Richmond (D)▌ 3 .Jeff Landry (R)▌ 4 .John Fleming (R)▌ 5 .Rodney Alexander (R)▌ 6 .Bill Cassidy (R)▌ 7 .Charles Boustany (R)▌ 1 .Chellie Pingree (D)▌ 2 .Mike Michaud (D)▌ 1 .Andrew Harris (R)▌ 2 .Dutch Ruppersberger (D)▌ 3 .John Sarbanes (D)▌ 4 .Donna Edwards (D)▌ 5 .Steny Hoyer (D)▌ 6 .Roscoe Bartlett (R)▌ 7 .Elijah Cummings (D)▌ 8 .Chris Van Hollen (D)▌ 1 .John Olver (D)▌ 2 .Richard Neal (D)▌ 3 .Jim McGovern (D)▌ 4 .Barney Frank (D)▌ 5 .Niki Tsongas (D)▌ 6 .John Tierney (D)▌ 7 .Ed Markey (D)▌ 8 .Mike Capuano (D)▌ 9 .Stephen Lynch (D)▌ 10 .William Keating (D)▌ 1 .Dan Benishek (R)▌ 2 .Bill Huizenga (R)▌ 3 .Justin Amash (R)▌ 4 .Dave Camp (R)▌ 5 .Dale Kildee (D)▌ 6 .Fred Upton (R)▌ 7 .Tim Walberg (R)▌ 8 .Mike Rogers (R)▌ 9 .Gary Peters (D)▌ 10 .Candice Miller (R)▌ 11 .Thaddeus McCotter (R) until July 6, 2012▌ David Curson (D) from November 13, 2012[ 23] ▌ 12 .Sander Levin (D)▌ 13 .Hansen Clarke (D)▌ 14 .John Conyers (D)▌ 15 .John Dingell (D)▌ 1 .Tim Walz (DFL)[ a] ▌ 2 .John Kline (R)▌ 3 .Erik Paulsen (R)▌ 4 .Betty McCollum (DFL)[ a] ▌ 5 .Keith Ellison (DFL)[ a] ▌ 6 .Michele Bachmann (R)▌ 7 .Collin Peterson (DFL)[ a] ▌ 8 .Chip Cravaack (R)▌ 1 .Alan Nunnelee (R)▌ 2 .Bennie Thompson (D)▌ 3 .Gregg Harper (R)▌ 4 .Steven Palazzo (R)▌ 1 .Lacy Clay (D)▌ 2 .Todd Akin (R)▌ 3 .Russ Carnahan (D)▌ 4 .Vicky Hartzler (R)▌ 5 .Emanuel Cleaver (D)▌ 6 .Sam Graves (R)▌ 7 .Bill Long (R)▌ 8 .Jo Ann Emerson (R)▌ 9 .Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)▌ At-large .Denny Rehberg (R)▌ 1 .Jeff Fortenberry (R)▌ 2 .Lee Terry (R)▌ 3 .Adrian Smith (R)▌ 1 .Shelley Berkley (D)▌ 2 .Dean Heller (R), until May 9, 2011▌ Mark Amodei (R), from September 13, 2011▌ 3 .Joe Heck (R)▌ 1 .Frank Guinta (R)▌ 2 .Charles Bass (R)▌ 1 .Rob Andrews (D)▌ 2 .Frank LoBiondo (R)▌ 3 .Jon Runyan (R)▌ 4 .Chris Smith (R)▌ 5 .Scott Garrett (R)▌ 6 .Frank Pallone (D)▌ 7 .Leonard Lance (R)▌ 8 .Bill Pascrell (D)▌ 9 .Steve Rothman (D)▌ 10 .Donald Payne (D), until March 6, 2012▌ Donald Payne Jr. (D), from November 15, 2012[ 24] ▌ 11 .Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)▌ 12 .Rush Holt Jr. (D)▌ 13 .Albio Sires (D)▌ 1 .Martin Heinrich (D)▌ 2 .Steve Pearce (R)▌ 3 .Ben Lujan (D)▌ 1 .Tim Bishop (D)▌ 2 .Steve Israel (D)▌ 3 .Peter King (R)▌ 4 .Carolyn McCarthy (D)▌ 5 .Gary Ackerman (D)▌ 6 .Gregory Meeks (D)▌ 7 .Joseph Crowley (D)▌ 8 .Jerrold Nadler (D)▌ 9 .Anthony Weiner (D), until June 21, 2011▌ Bob Turner (R), from September 13, 2011▌ 10 .Edolphus Towns (D)▌ 11 .Yvette Clarke (D)▌ 12 .Nydia Velazquez (D)▌ 13 .Michael Grimm (R)▌ 14 .Carolyn Maloney (D)▌ 15 .Charles Rangel (D)▌ 16 .José E. Serrano (D)▌ 17 .Eliot Engel (D)▌ 18 .Nita Lowey (D)▌ 19 .Nan Hayworth (R)▌ 20 .Chris Gibson (R)▌ 21 .Paul Tonko (D)▌ 22 .Maurice Hinchey (D)▌ 23 .Bill Owens (D)▌ 24 .Richard Hanna (R)▌ 25 .Ann Marie Buerkle (R)▌ 26 .Chris Lee (R), until February 9, 2011▌ Kathy Hochul (D), from May 24, 2011▌ 27 .Brian Higgins (D)▌ 28 .Louise Slaughter (D)▌ 29 .Tom Reed (R)▌ 1 .G. K. Butterfield (D)▌ 2 .Renee Ellmers (R)▌ 3 .Walter B. Jones Jr. (R)▌ 4 .David Price (D)▌ 5 .Virginia Foxx (R)▌ 6 .Howard Coble (R)▌ 7 .Mike McIntyre (D)▌ 8 .Larry Kissell (D)▌ 9 .Sue Myrick (R)▌ 10 .Patrick McHenry (R)▌ 11 .Heath Shuler (D)▌ 12 .Mel Watt (D)▌ 13 .Brad Miller (D)▌ At-large .Rick Berg (R)▌ 1 .Steve Chabot (R)▌ 2 .Jean Schmidt (R)▌ 3 .Mike Turner (R)▌ 4 .Jim Jordan (R)▌ 5 .Bob Latta (R)▌ 6 .Bill Johnson (R)▌ 7 .Steve Austria (R)▌ 8 .John Boehner (R)▌ 9 .Marcy Kaptur (D)▌ 10 .Dennis Kucinich (D)▌ 11 .Marcia Fudge (D)▌ 12 .Pat Tiberi (R)▌ 13 .Betty Sutton (D)▌ 14 .Steve LaTourette (R)▌ 15 .Steve Stivers (R)▌ 16 .Jim Renacci (R)▌ 17 .Tim Ryan (D)▌ 18 .Bob Gibbs (R)▌ 1 .John Sullivan (R)▌ 2 .Dan Boren (D)▌ 3 .Frank Lucas (R)▌ 4 .Tom Cole (R)▌ 5 .James Lankford (R)▌ 1 .David Wu (D), until August 3, 2011▌ Suzanne Bonamici (D), from January 31, 2012▌ 2 .Greg Walden (R)▌ 3 .Earl Blumenauer (D)▌ 4 .Peter DeFazio (D)▌ 5 .Kurt Schrader (D)▌ 1 .Bob Brady (D)▌ 2 .Chaka Fattah (D)▌ 3 .Mike Kelly (R)▌ 4 .Jason Altmire (D)▌ 5 .Glenn Thompson (R)▌ 6 .Jim Gerlach (R)▌ 7 .Pat Meehan (R)▌ 8 .Mike Fitzpatrick (R)▌ 9 .Bill Shuster (R)▌ 10 .Tom Marino (R)▌ 11 .Lou Barletta (R)▌ 12 .Mark Critz (D)▌ 13 .Allyson Schwartz (D)▌ 14 .Michael Doyle (D)▌ 15 .Charlie Dent (R)▌ 16 .Joseph Pitts (R)▌ 17 .Tim Holden (D)▌ 18 .Timothy Murphy (R)▌ 19 .Todd Platts (R)▌ 1 .David Cicilline (D)▌ 2 .James Langevin (D)▌ 1 .Tim Scott (R), until January 2, 2013[ 25] Vacant from January 2, 2013 ▌ 2 .Joe Wilson (R)▌ 3 .Jeff Duncan (R)▌ 4 .Trey Gowdy (R)▌ 5 .Mick Mulvaney (R)▌ 6 .Jim Clyburn (D)▌ 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 .Stephen Fincher (R)▌ 9 .Steve Cohen (D)▌ 1 .Louie Gohmert (R)▌ 2 .Ted Poe (R)▌ 3 .Sam Johnson (R)▌ 4 .Ralph Hall (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 .Ron Paul (R)▌ 15 .Ruben Hinojosa (D)▌ 16 .Silvestre Reyes (D)▌ 17 .Bill Flores (R)▌ 18 .Sheila Jackson Lee (D)▌ 19 .Randy Neugebauer (R)▌ 20 .Charlie Gonzalez (D)▌ 21 .Lamar Smith (R)▌ 22 .Pete Olson (R)▌ 23 .Quico Canseco (R)▌ 24 .Kenny Marchant (R)▌ 25 .Lloyd Doggett (D)▌ 26 .Michael Burgess (R)▌ 27 .Blake Farenthold (R)▌ 28 .Henry Cuellar (D)▌ 29 .Gene Green (D)▌ 30 .Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)▌ 31 .John Carter (R)▌ 32 .Pete Sessions (R)▌ 1 .Rob Bishop (R)▌ 2 .Jim Matheson (D)▌ 3 .Jason Chaffetz (R)▌ At-large .Peter Welch (D)▌ 1 .Rob Wittman (R)▌ 2 .Scott Rigell (R)▌ 3 .Bobby Scott (D)▌ 4 .Randy Forbes (R)▌ 5 .Robert Hurt (R)▌ 6 .Bob Goodlatte (R)▌ 7 .Eric Cantor (R)▌ 8 .Jim Moran (D)▌ 9 .Morgan Griffith (R)▌ 10 .Frank Wolf (R)▌ 11 .Gerry Connolly (D)▌ 1 .Jay Inslee (D), until March 20, 2012▌ Suzan DelBene (D), from November 13, 2012[ 23] ▌ 2 .Rick Larsen (D)▌ 3 .Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)▌ 4 .Doc Hastings (R)▌ 5 .Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)▌ 6 .Norman Dicks (D)▌ 7 .Jim McDermott (D)▌ 8 .Dave Reichert (R)▌ 9 .Adam Smith (D)▌ 1 .David McKinley (R)▌ 2 .Shelley Moore Capito (R)▌ 3 .Nick Rahall (D)▌ 1 .Paul Ryan (R)▌ 2 .Tammy Baldwin (D)▌ 3 .Ron Kind (D)▌ 4 .Gwen Moore (D)▌ 5 .Jim Sensenbrenner (R)▌ 6 .Tom Petri (R)▌ 7 .Sean Duffy (R)▌ 8 .Reid Ribble (R)▌ At-large .Cynthia Lummis (R)▌ American Samoa .Eni Faleomavaega (D)▌ District of Columbia .Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)▌ Guam .Madeleine Bordallo (D)▌ Northern Mariana Islands .Gregorio Sablan (D)▌ Puerto Rico .Pedro Pierluisi (Resident Commissioner) (D/NPP )[ 26] ▌ U.S. Virgin Islands .Donna Christian-Christensen (D)Percentage of members from each party by state, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican). Members' party membership by district. Democratic
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Freshman class of the House of Representatives, January 2011 House majority leadership
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Changes in membership [ edit ] Senate changes State (class) Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ b] Nevada (1)John Ensign (R)Resigned May 3, 2011, due to anEthics Committee investigation.[ 27] Successor appointed April 27, 2011 and laterelected for a full six-year term. Dean Heller (R)[ 28] May 9, 2011[ 29] Hawaii (3)Daniel Inouye (D)Died December 17, 2012[ 30] Successor appointed December 26, 2012, to serve untila special election was held to finish the term ending January 3, 2017. Brian Schatz (D)December 27, 2012 South Carolina (3)Jim DeMint (R)Resigned January 1, 2013, to runThe Heritage Foundation [ 31] Successor appointed January 2, 2013, to serve untila special election was held to finish the term ending January 3, 2017. Tim Scott (R)January 2, 2013[ 32]
House of Representatives [ edit ] House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ b] New York 26th Christopher Lee (R)Resigned February 9, 2011, due to a personal scandal.[ 33] A special election was held May 24, 2011.[ 34] Kathy Hochul (D)June 1, 2011 California 36th Jane Harman (D)Resigned February 28, 2011, to become the head of theWoodrow Wilson Center .[ 35] A special election was held July 12, 2011.[ 36] Janice Hahn (D)July 19, 2011 Nevada 2nd Dean Heller (R)Resigned May 9, 2011, when appointed to the Senate.[ 28] A special election was held September 13, 2011.[ 37] Mark Amodei (R)September 15, 2011 New York 9th Anthony Weiner (D)Resigned June 21, 2011, due toa personal scandal .[ 38] A special election was held September 13, 2011.[ 39] Bob Turner (R)September 15, 2011 Oregon 1st David Wu (D)Resigned August 3, 2011, due to a personal scandal.A special election was held January 31, 2012.[ 40] Suzanne Bonamici (D)February 7, 2012 Arizona 8th Gabby Giffords (D)Resigned January 25, 2012, to focus on recovery from2011 Tucson shooting .[ 41] A special election was held June 12, 2012.[ 42] Ron Barber (D)June 19, 2012 New Jersey 10th Donald M. Payne (D)Died March 6, 2012.[ 43] A special election was held November 6, 2012.[ 44] Donald Payne Jr. (D)November 15, 2012[ 24] Washington 1st Jay Inslee (D)Resigned March 20, 2012, to focus ongubernatorial campaign .[ 45] A special election was held November 6, 2012.[ 46] Suzan DelBene (D)November 13, 2012[ 23] Michigan 11th Thaddeus McCotter (R)Resigned July 6, 2012, for personal reasons.[ 47] A special election was held November 6, 2012.[ 48] David Curson (D)November 13, 2012[ 23] Kentucky 4th Geoff Davis (R)Resigned July 31, 2012, for personal reasons.[ 49] A special election was held November 6, 2012.[ 50] Thomas Massie (R)November 13, 2012[ 23] California 18th Dennis Cardoza (D)Resigned August 15, 2012, for personal reasons.[ 51] Vacant until the next Congress Illinois 2nd Jesse Jackson Jr. (D)Resigned November 21, 2012, due to a personal scandal. California 51st Bob Filner (D)Resigned December 3, 2012, to becomemayor of San Diego . South Carolina 1st Tim Scott (R)Resigned January 2, 2013, when appointed to theUnited States Senate .[ 25]
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