2015–2017 U.S. legislative term
House of Representatives member pin for the 114th U.S. Congress The114th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of theUnited States of America federal government, composed of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives . It met inWashington, D.C. , from January 3, 2015, to January 3, 2017, during the final two years ofBarack Obama's presidency . The seats in the House wereapportioned based on the2010 United States census .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The2014 elections gave the Republicans control of the Senate and the House for the first time since the109th Congress . With 248 seats in theHouse of Representatives and 54 seats in theSenate , this Congress began with the largestRepublican majority since the71st Congress of 1929–1931. As of 2025[update]
PresidentBarack Obama gave theState of the Union Address on January 20, 2015 Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on March 3, 2015Secretary of StateJohn Kerry , Secretary of EnergyErnest Moniz , and Secretary of the TreasuryJack Lew defended theJoint Comprehensive Plan of Action at a hearing of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee on July 23, 2015 Pope Francis addressed Congress September 24, 2015.January 6, 2015: IncumbentSpeaker of the House John Boehner was re-elected even though several members of his own party once again chose not to vote for him.[ 4] [ 5] January 20, 2015:2015 State of the Union Address March 3, 2015:Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addressed ajoint session of Congress regardingsanctions against Iran . Netanyahu was invited by SpeakerJohn Boehner without consulting President Obama.[ 6] [ 7] March 9, 2015: U.S. SenatorTom Cotton wrote and senta letter to the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran , signed by 47 of the Senate's 54 Republicans, attempting to cast doubt on the Obama administration's authority to engage innuclear-proliferation negotiations with Iran .[ 8] March 25, 2015:Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani addressed ajoint session of Congress .[ 9] April 29, 2015:Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe addressed ajoint session of Congress ,[ 10] [ 11] [ 10] September 24, 2015:Pope Francis addressed ajoint session of Congress ,[ 12] September 25, 2015:House Speaker John Boehner announced that he would resign as Speaker and from the House at the end of October 2015.[ 13] [ 14] Kevin McCarthy , the presumptive favorite to succeed John Boehner, unexpectedly withdrew his candidacy for the office.[ 15] October 29, 2015:Paul Ryan waselected to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House receiving 236 votes (of 432 votes cast).[ 5] James G. Blaine in 1869.[ 16] January 12, 2016:2016 State of the Union Address June 8, 2016:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a joint session of Congress.[ 17] June 22–23, 2016: In the wake of theOrlando nightclub shooting , Congress debated gun control reform.[ 18] sit-in protest held by Democrats that halted business in the chamber for more than 24 hours. November 8, 2016:Donald Trump andMike Pence elected as president and vice-president inpresidential elections , while the Republicans retain majority at bothSenate andHouse of Representatives . January 12, 2015:Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–1 (text) (PDF) February 27, 2015:Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act ,Pub.L. 114-3 March 4, 2015:Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 ,Pub.L. 114-4 April 16, 2015:Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–10 (text) (PDF) May 22, 2015:Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–17 (text) (PDF) May 29, 2015:Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–22 (text) (PDF) June 2, 2015:USA FREEDOM Act: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–23 (text) (PDF) June 29, 2015:Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–27 (text) (PDF) July 6, 2015:Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act ,Pub. L. 114–29 (text) (PDF) September 25, 2015:Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015 ,Pub.L. 114-50 September 30, 2015:National Winstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015 ,Pub.L. 114-52 November 2, 2015:Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–74 (text) (PDF) November 5, 2015:Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015,Pub. L. 114–86 (text) (PDF) November 25, 2015:SPACE Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–90 (text) (PDF) November 25, 2015:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ,Pub.L. 114-92 December 4, 2015:Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act ,Pub. L. 114–94 (text) (PDF) [ 19] December 10, 2015:Every Student Succeeds Act ,Pub. L. 114–95 (text) (PDF) December 18, 2015:Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (including theVisa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 ),Pub. L. 114–113 (text) (PDF) December 28, 2015:Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–114 (text) (PDF) January 28, 2016:Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act ,Pub.L. 114-117 February 8, 2016:International Megan's Law to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Other Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders ,Pub.L. 114-119 February 8, 2016:Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 ,Pub. L. 114–120 (text) (PDF) February 24, 2016:Internet Tax Freedom Act contained in Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015,Pub. L. 114–125 (text) (PDF) [ 20] May 9, 2016:Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act ,Pub.L. 114-151 June 28, 2016:Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ,Pub. L. 114-182 June 30, 2016:Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) ,Pub.L. 114-187 July 20, 2016:Global Food Security Act of 2016 ,Pub. L. 114–195 (text) (PDF) July 29, 2016:Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiences (MEGABYTE) Act of 2016 ,Pub.L. 114-210 September 28, 2016:Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act ,Pub. L. 114–222 (text) (PDF) September 29, 2016:Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act ,Pub.L. 114-223 October 7, 2016:Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act ,Pub. L. 114–236 (text) (PDF) [ 21] December 10, 2016:Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 ,Pub.L. 114-254 December 13, 2016:21st Century Cures Act ,Pub. L. 114–255 (text) (PDF) [ 22] December 14, 2016:First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act ,Pub.L. 114-268 December 14, 2016:Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act ,Pub.L. 114-274 December 16, 2016:Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act ,Pub. L. 114-281 December 16, 2016:United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016 ,Pub.L. 114-304 December 16, 2016:Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2016 ,Pub.L. 114-308 December 16, 2016:Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act ,Pub.L. 114-319 December 23, 2016:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ,Pub.L. 114-328 January 6, 2017:American Innovation and Competitiveness Act ,Pub.L. 114-329 February 24, 2015:Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (S. 1 ) March 31, 2015: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 oftitle 5, United States Code , of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating torepresentation case procedures . (S.J.Res. 8 ) October 22, 2015:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 1735 ) December 19, 2015: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 oftitle 5, United States Code , of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units " (S.J.Res. 23 ) December 19, 2015: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 oftitle 5, United States Code , of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" (S.J.Res. 24 ) January 8, 2016: The Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762 ) January 19, 2016: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 oftitle 5, United States Code , of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States " under theFederal Water Pollution Control Act (S.J.Res. 22 ) June 8, 2016: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary" (H.J.Res. 88 ) July 22, 2016: Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2016 (H.R. 1777 ) September 23, 2016:Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (S. 2040 ) (Passed over Veto) Resignations and new members are discussed in the"Changes in membership" section , below. Final Senate membership 44Democrats House of Representatives [ edit ] Final House membership 187Democrats 2 Vacant
Party(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant Democratic Independent Republican End ofprevious Congress 201 0 234 435 0 Begin (January 3, 2015) 188 0 247 435 0 January 5, 2015[ a] 246 434 1 February 6, 2015[ b] 245 433 2 March 31, 2015[ c] 244 432 3 May 5, 2015[ a] 245 433 2 June 2, 2015[ b] 246 434 1 September 10, 2015[ c] 247 435 0 October 31, 2015[ d] 246 434 1 June 7, 2016[ d] 247 435 0 June 23, 2016[ e] 187 434 1 July 20, 2016[ f] 186 433 2 September 6, 2016[ g] 246 432 3 November 8, 2016[ e] [ f] [ g] 188 247 435 0 December 4, 2016[ h] 187 434 1 December 31, 2016[ i] 246 433 2 Final voting share Non-voting members 4 1 1 6 0 Beginning of thenext Congress 194 0 241 435 0
114th U.S. Congress House of Representatives Member Pin Section contents: Senate :Majority (R) ,Minority (D) •House :Majority (R) ,Minority (D)
Senate President pro tempore
[ edit ] [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Senators are listed by state and then bySenate classes , In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2016; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2018; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 2020.
House of Representatives [ edit ] ▌ 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 Ann Kirkpatrick (D)▌ 2 Martha McSally (R)▌ 3 Raúl Grijalva (D)▌ 4 Paul Gosar (R)▌ 5 Matt Salmon (R)▌ 6 David Schweikert (R)▌ 7 Ruben Gallego (D)▌ 8 Trent Franks (R)▌ 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 Mike Honda (D)▌ 18 Anna Eshoo (D)▌ 19 Zoe Lofgren (D)▌ 20 Sam Farr (D)▌ 21 David Valadao (R)▌ 22 Devin Nunes (R)▌ 23 Kevin McCarthy (R)▌ 24 Lois Capps (D)▌ 25 Steve Knight (R)▌ 26 Julia Brownley (D)▌ 27 Judy Chu (D)▌ 28 Adam Schiff (D)▌ 29 Tony Cardenas (D)▌ 30 Brad Sherman (D)▌ 31 Pete Aguilar (D)▌ 32 Grace Napolitano (D)▌ 33 Ted Lieu (D)▌ 34 Xavier Becerra (D)▌ 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 Janice Hahn (D), until December 4, 2016Vacant ▌ 45 Mimi Walters (R)▌ 46 Loretta Sanchez (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 Larson (D)▌ 2 Joe Courtney (D)▌ 3 Rosa DeLauro (D)▌ 4 Jim Himes (D)▌ 5 Elizabeth Esty (D)▌ At-large John Carney (D)▌ 1 Jeff Miller (R)▌ 2 Gwen Graham (D)▌ 3 Ted Yoho (R)▌ 4 Ander Crenshaw (R)▌ 5 Corrine Brown (D)▌ 6 Ron DeSantis (R)▌ 7 John Mica (R)▌ 8 Bill Posey (R)▌ 9 Alan Grayson (D)▌ 10 Daniel Webster (R)▌ 11 Rich Nugent (R)▌ 12 Gus Bilirakis (R)▌ 13 David Jolly (R)▌ 14 Kathy Castor (D)▌ 15 Dennis Ross (R)▌ 16 Vern Buchanan (R)▌ 17 Tom Rooney (R)▌ 18 Patrick Murphy (D)▌ 19 Curt Clawson (R)▌ 20 Alcee Hastings (D)▌ 21 Ted Deutch (D)▌ 22 Lois Frankel (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 Lynn Westmoreland (R)▌ 4 Hank Johnson (D)▌ 5 John Lewis (D)▌ 6 Tom Price (R)▌ 7 Rob Woodall (R)▌ 8 Austin Scott (R)▌ 9 Doug Collins (R)▌ 10 Jody Hice (R)▌ 11 Barry Loudermilk (R)▌ 12 Rick Allen (R)▌ 13 David Scott (D)▌ 14 Tom Graves (R)▌ 1 Mark Takai (D), until July 20, 2016▌ Colleen Hanabusa (D), from November 8, 2016▌ 2 Tulsi Gabbard (D)▌ 1 Raul 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 Davis (D)▌ 8 Tammy Duckworth (D)▌ 9 Jan Schakowsky (D)▌ 10 Bob Dold (R)▌ 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 Aaron Schock (R), until March 31, 2015▌ Darin LaHood (R), from September 10, 2015▌ 1 Pete Visclosky (D)▌ 2 Jackie Walorski (R)▌ 3 Marlin Stutzman (R)▌ 4 Todd Rokita (R)▌ 5 Susan Brooks (R)▌ 6 Luke Messer (R)▌ 7 André Carson (D)▌ 8 Larry Bucshon (R)▌ 9 Todd Young (R)▌ 1 Rod Blum (R)▌ 2 David Loebsack (D)▌ 3 David Young (R)▌ 4 Steve King (R)▌ 1 Tim Huelskamp (R)▌ 2 Lynn Jenkins (R)▌ 3 Kevin Yoder (R)▌ 4 Mike Pompeo (R)▌ 1 Ed Whitfield (R), until September 6, 2016▌ James Comer (R), from November 8, 2016▌ 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 Charles Boustany (R)▌ 4 John Fleming (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 Donna Edwards (D)▌ 5 Steny Hoyer (D)▌ 6 John Delaney (D)▌ 7 Elijah Cummings (D)▌ 8 Chris Van Hollen (D)▌ 1 Richard Neal (D)▌ 2 Jim McGovern (D)▌ 3 Niki Tsongas (D)▌ 4 Joe Kennedy (D)▌ 5 Katherine Clark (D)▌ 6 Seth Moulton (D)▌ 7 Mike Capuano (D)▌ 8 Stephen Lynch (D)▌ 9 Bill Keating (D)▌ 1 Dan Benishek (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 Candice Miller (R), until December 31, 2016Vacant ▌ 11 Dave Trott (R)▌ 12 Debbie Dingell (D)▌ 13 John Conyers (D)▌ 14 Brenda Lawrence (D)▌ 1 Tim Walz (DFL)[ k] ▌ 2 John Kline (R)▌ 3 Erik Paulsen (R)▌ 4 Betty McCollum (DFL)[ k] ▌ 5 Keith Ellison (DFL)[ k] ▌ 6 Tom Emmer (R)▌ 7 Collin Peterson (DFL)[ k] ▌ 8 Rick Nolan (DFL)[ k] ▌ 1 Alan Nunnelee (R), until February 6, 2015▌ Trent Kelly (R), from June 2, 2015▌ 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 Smith (R)▌ At-large Ryan Zinke (R)▌ 1 Jeff Fortenberry (R)▌ 2 Brad Ashford (D)▌ 3 Adrian Smith (R)▌ 1 Dina Titus (D)▌ 2 Mark Amodei (R)▌ 3 Joe Heck (R)▌ 4 Cresent Hardy (R)▌ 1 Frank Guinta (R)▌ 2 Annie Kuster (D)▌ 1 Donald Norcross (D)▌ 2 Frank LoBiondo (R)▌ 3 Tom MacArthur (R)▌ 4 Chris Smith (R)▌ 5 Scott Garrett (R)▌ 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)▌ 2 Steve Pearce (R)▌ 3 Ben Ray Luján (D)▌ 1 Lee Zeldin (R)▌ 2 Peter King (R)▌ 3 Steve Israel (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), from May 5, 2015▌ 12 Carolyn Maloney (D)▌ 13 Charles Rangel (D)▌ 14 Joseph Crowley (D)▌ 15 José E. Serrano (D)▌ 16 Eliot Engel (D)▌ 17 Nita Lowey (D)▌ 18 Sean Patrick Maloney (D)▌ 19 Chris Gibson (R)▌ 20 Paul Tonko (D)▌ 21 Elise Stefanik (R)▌ 22 Richard Hanna (R)▌ 23 Thomas Reed (R)▌ 24 John Katko (R)▌ 25 Louise Slaughter (D)▌ 26 Brian Higgins (D)▌ 27 Chris Collins (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 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 George Holding (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 John Boehner (R), until October 31, 2015▌ Warren Davidson (R), from June 7, 2016▌ 9 Marcy Kaptur (D)▌ 10 Mike Turner (R)▌ 11 Marcia Fudge (D)▌ 12 Pat Tiberi (R)▌ 13 Tim Ryan (D)▌ 14 David Joyce (R)▌ 15 Steve Stivers (R)▌ 16 Jim Renacci (R)▌ 1 Jim Bridenstine (R)▌ 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 Chaka Fattah (D), until June 23, 2016▌ Dwight Evans (D), from November 8, 2016▌ 3 Mike Kelly (R)▌ 4 Scott Perry (R)▌ 5 Glenn Thompson (R)▌ 6 Ryan Costello (R)▌ 7 Pat Meehan (R)▌ 8 Mike Fitzpatrick (R)▌ 9 Bill Shuster (R)▌ 10 Tom Marino (R)▌ 11 Lou Barletta (R)▌ 12 Keith Rothfus (R)▌ 13 Brendan Boyle (D)▌ 14 Michael Doyle (D)▌ 15 Charles Dent (R)▌ 16 Joe Pitts (R)▌ 17 Matt Cartwright (D)▌ 18 Tim Murphy (R)▌ 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)▌ 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 Stephen Fincher (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 Ruben Hinojosa (D)▌ 16 Beto O'Rourke (D)▌ 17 Bill Flores (R)▌ 18 Sheila Jackson Lee (D)▌ 19 Randy Neugebauer (R)▌ 20 Joaquin Castro (D)▌ 21 Lamar 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)▌ 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)▌ 4 Mia Love (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 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 Jim McDermott (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)▌ 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 Reid Ribble (R)▌ At-large Cynthia Lummis (R)▌ American Samoa Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)▌ District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)▌ Guam Madeleine Bordallo (D)▌ Northern Mariana Islands Gregorio Sablan (I)[ l] ▌ Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi (Resident Commissioner) (D/PNP )[ m] ▌ United States Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett (D)Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, July 22, 2015 Composition of the House by district (2014 election results). Bright red are pick-ups by Republicans, bright blue are pick-ups by Democrats. Percentage of members from each party by state, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican). House majority leadership
House minority leadership
Changes in membership [ edit ] There were no changes in Senate membership during this Congress.
House of Representatives [ edit ] House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ n] New York 11th Michael Grimm Incumbent resigned January 5, 2015, following a guilty plea on one count of felony tax evasion.[ 27] special election was held May 5, 2015.[ 28] Dan Donovan May 12, 2015 Mississippi 1st Alan Nunnelee Incumbent died February 6, 2015.[ 29] special election runoff was held June 2, 2015.[ 30] [ 31] Trent Kelly June 9, 2015 Illinois 18th Aaron Schock Incumbent resigned March 31, 2015, following a spending scandal.[ 32] [ 33] special election was held September 10, 2015. Darin LaHood September 17, 2015 Ohio 8th John Boehner Incumbent resigned October 31, 2015.[ 34] special election was held June 7, 2016. Warren Davidson June 9, 2016[ 35] Pennsylvania 2nd Chaka Fattah Incumbent resigned June 23, 2016, following a conviction of corruption charges.[ 36] special election was held November 8, 2016.[ 37] Dwight Evans November 14, 2016 Hawaii 1st Mark Takai Incumbent died July 20, 2016.[ 38] special election was held November 8, 2016.[ 39] Colleen Hanabusa November 14, 2016 Kentucky 1st Ed Whitfield Incumbent resigned September 6, 2016, following an ethics investigation.[ 40] special election was held November 8, 2016.[ 41] James Comer November 14, 2016 California 44th Janice Hahn Incumbent resigned December 4, 2016, to become a member of theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors .[ 42] Vacant until the next Congress Michigan's 10th Candice Miller Incumbent resigned December 31, 2016, to becomeMacomb County Public Works Commissioner.[ 43]
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House of Representatives [ edit ] Source:"Senate Organization Chart for the 114th Congress" .Senate.gov . US Senate.Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2015 .
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^a b InNew York's 11th district Michael Grimm (R) resigned January 5, 2015, andDan Donovan (R) was elected May 5, 2015. ^a b InMississippi's 1st district Alan Nunnelee (R) died February 6, 2015, andTrent Kelly (R) was elected June 2, 2015. ^a b InIllinois's 18th district Aaron Schock (R) resigned March 31, 2015, andDarin Lahood (R) was elected September 10, 2015. ^a b InOhio's 8th district John Boehner (R) resigned October 31, 2015, andWarren Davidson (R-) was elected June 7, 2016. ^a b InPennsylvania's 2nd district Chaka Fattah (D) resigned June 23, 2016, andDwight Evans (D) was elected November 8, 2016. ^a b InHawaii's 1st district Mark Takai (D) died July 20, 2016, andColleen Hanabusa (D) was elected November 8, 2016. ^a b InKentucky's 1st district Ed Whitfield (R) resigned September 6, 2016, andJames Comer (R) was elected November 8, 2016. ^ InCalifornia's 44th district Janice Hahn (D) resigned December 4, 2016. ^ InMichigan's 10th district Candice Miller (R) resigned December 31, 2016. ^a b Senators King (ME) and Sanders (VT) had no political affiliation but caucused with the Democratic Party. ^a b c d e f g h 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. ^ Sablan caucuses with the Democratic Party.[ 26] ^ Like many members of the PNP, Pedro Pierluisi affiliates with both the PNP and the Democratic Party. ^ When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began. ^ H.J.Res. 129 : "Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress."^ H.Con.Res. 104 : "Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress."^ "House Calendars for January 3, 2017 - 115th Congress, 1st Session-Calendar of year 2017" .www.govinfo.gov .^ Walsh, Deirdre (January 6, 2015)."Boehner Overcomes Big Opposition to Remain Speaker" . 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