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* January 3, 2021: Congress could convene as early as noon ([[Time in Washington, D.C.|EST]]).
* January 3, 2021: Congress could convene as early as noon ([[Time in Washington, D.C.|EST]]).
* January 6, 2021: A [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session]] will count the votes cast by the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] and certify the result.
* January 6, 2021: A [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session]] will count the votes cast by the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] and certify the result.
* January 20, 2021: [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Inauguration]] of President Joe Biden.
* January 20, 2021: [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Fraudual Inauguration]] of President Joe Biden.


==Party summary==
==Party summary==

Revision as of 20:50, 21 December 2020

117th United States Congress
116th ←
→ 118th
United States Capitol (2020)
January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Members100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican[1][a]
Senate PresidentMike Pence (R)
(until January 20, 2021)
Kamala Harris (D)
(from January 20, 2021)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTBD
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2021 – TBD

The 117th United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2023, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency.

The elections of November 2020 were to have decided control of both houses; however, while control of the House will remain with the Democratic Party, the Senate majority may change in January 2021, when two runoff elections will be held in Georgia.

Major events

Scheduled

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.

Senate

  • Senate membership
  • Begin (from January 3, 2021)
    Begin (from January 3, 2021)
Affiliation Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous Congress 46 2 52 100 0
Begin (January 3, 2021) 46 2 51 99 1[a]
Latest voting share 48.5% 51.5%  

House of Representatives

Tentative results as of December 7, 2020. New York's 22nd congressional district race has not yet been settled.

Affiliation Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Libertarian Party (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Libertarian Republican
End of previous Congress 233 1 1 195 430 5
Begin (January 3, 2021) 222 0 0 212 434 1
Latest voting share 51.2% 0.0% 0.0% 48.8%  
Non-voting members 3 1 0 2 6 0

Leadership

Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "Caucus," Republicans refer to themselves as a "Conference."

Senate

Senate President
Mike Pence
Mike Pence (R),
until January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris (D),
from January 20, 2021
Senate President pro tempore
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley (R)

Presiding

Majority (Republican) Leadership

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

House of Representatives

Presiding

See also: 2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

Majority (Democratic) Leadership

Minority (Republican) Leadership

Members

Senate

For year of birth, when first took office, prior background, and education, see List of members of the United States Senate.

The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 1 senators are in the middle of their term (2019–2025), having been elected in 2018 and facing re-election in 2024. Class 2 senators are at the beginning of their term (2021–2027), having been elected in 2020. Class 3 senators are at the end of their term (2017–2023), facing re-election in 2022.

House of Representatives

All 435 seats were filled by election in November 2020.

Further information: List of current members of the United States House of Representatives

Changes in membership

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Georgia
(2) | data-sort-value="Vacant" | Vacant | data-sort-value="January 5, 2021" | David Perdue's term will expire on January 3, 2021, before a runoff election can be held.
There will be a runoff election January 5, 2021.[a] | TBD | TBD

|- | California
(3) | data-sort-value="Kamala Harris" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Kamala Harris
(D) | data-sort-value="January 20, 2021" | Incumbent will resign on/before January 20, 2021 (or in the previous Congress) to become U.S. Vice President.
A new senator will be appointed, but it is unknown if there will be a special election.[12] | TBD | TBD

|}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- ! Louisiana 2 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" |Cedric Richmond
(D) | data-sort-value="January 2021" | Incumbent expected to resign by January 20, 2021, to become Senior Advisor to the President and director of the Office of Public Liaison.[13]
A special election would then be held on a date TBD.[13] | TBD | TBD

|- ! Ohio 11 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" |Marcia Fudge
(D) | data-sort-value="January 2021" | Incumbent expected to resign to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[14]
A special election would then be held on a date TBD.[14] | TBD | TBD

|- ! New Mexico 1 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" |Deb Haaland
(D) | data-sort-value="January 2021" | Incumbent expected to resign to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
A special election would then be held on a date TBD. | TBD | TBD

|}

Committees

Section contents: Senate, House, Joint

Listed by chamber and then alphabetically by committee name, including chair and ranking member.

Senate

Main article: List of United States Senate committees
Committee Chair Ranking Member
Aging (Special) TBD TBD
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry TBD TBD
Appropriations TBD TBD
Armed Services TBD TBD
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs TBD TBD
Budget TBD TBD
Commerce, Science and Transportation TBD TBD
Energy and Natural Resources TBD TBD
Environment and Public Works TBD TBD
Ethics (Select) TBD TBD
Finance TBD TBD
Foreign Relations TBD TBD
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions TBD TBD
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs TBD TBD
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select) TBD TBD
Intelligence (Select) TBD TBD
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus) TBD TBD
Judiciary TBD TBD
Rules and Administration TBD TBD
Small Business and Entrepreneurship TBD TBD
Veterans' Affairs TBD TBD

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States House of Representatives committees
Committee Chair Ranking Member
Agriculture David Scott (D-GA) Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Kay Granger (R-TX)
Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) Jason Smith (R-MO)
Climate Crisis (Select) TBD TBD
Education and Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Ethics TBD TBD
Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Foreign Affairs Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Mike McCaul (R-TX)
Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) John Katko (R-NY)
House Administration Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) TBD
Intelligence (Permanent Select) TBD TBD
Judiciary Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Jim Comer (R-KY)
Rules Jim McGovern (D-MA) TBD
Science, Space and Technology Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Small Business Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Sam Graves (R-MO)
Veterans' Affairs Mark Takano (D-CA) Mike Bost (R-IL)
Ways and Means Richard Neal (D-MA) Kevin Brady (R-TX)

Joint

Main article: List of current United States congressional joint committees
Committee Chair Vice Chair Ranking Member Vice Ranking Member
Economic TBD TBD TBD TBD
Inaugural Ceremonies (Special)
until January 20, 2021 		Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Library Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) TBD TBD TBD
Printing TBD Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) TBD TBD
Taxation[d] Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) TBD TBD Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The Congress will begin January 3, 2021, with 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats and 1 vacancy. Georgia's class 2 seat is vacant at least until the runoff election on January 5, 2021. The class 3 seat, however, is not vacant, despite a special runoff on the same day, as the interim appointee will continue to serve until that result is certified. Republican Kelly Loeffler will remain in Georgia's class 3 seat at least until the resolution of her election due to being appointed to fill a term that expires on January 3, 2023. Republican David Perdue's class 2 seat in Georgia will be vacant on January 3, 2021. The resolution of their runoffs may last until January 22, 2021, which is the final deadline for Georgia to certify results. This page will be updated if/when there is a change in the majority as a result of the runoffs, but the session is certain to begin with a Republican majority.
  2. ^ a b Caucuses with Democrats.
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party and its members are counted as Democrats.
  4. ^ The Joint Taxation Committee leadership rotate the chair and vice chair and the ranking members between the House and Senate at the start of each session (calendar year) in the middle of the congressional term. The first session leadership is shown here.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Thorning, Michael (November 12, 2020). "Tied Senate: Who Controls a 50-50 Chamber?". Bipartisan Policy Center. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Balluck, Kyle (November 10, 2020). "McConnell reelected as Senate GOP leader". TheHill. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Senate Leadership Elections | C-SPAN.org". c-span.org.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Swanson, Ian (November 10, 2020). "Senate Democrats reelect Schumer as leader by acclamation". TheHill. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e Treene, Alayna. "Nancy Pelosi re-elected as House Democratic leader". Axios.
  6. ^ Balluck, Kyle (November 19, 2020). "House Democrats pick Aguilar as No. 6 leader in next Congress". TheHill. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  7. ^ Ferris, Sarah; Mutnick, Ally (December 3, 2020). "Democrats elect Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney to lead campaign arm". POLITICO. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Zanona, Melanie (November 20, 2020). "Huddle: Trump's cronies hold steady". POLITICO. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  9. ^ a b McPherson, Lindsey (November 19, 2020). "House Democrats elect Aguilar, Allred in contested leadership elections". Roll Call. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Clyburn, Jim. "Whip Clyburn Announces Chief Deputy Whips for 117th Congress". House Majority Whip. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Bresnahan, John; Zanona, Melanie (November 17, 2020). "McCarthy heads into next Congress with eye on speaker's gavel". POLITICO. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Bowman, Bridget (November 7, 2020). "Win by Biden and Harris opens up California Senate seat". Roll Call. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  13. ^ a b Murphy, Paul (November 16, 2020). "Cedric Richmond will be Senior Advisor to the President; to resign House seat before inauguration". WWL-TV. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Nichola, Hans (December 8, 2020). "Biden to pick Vilsack for agriculture secretary, Fudge for HUD". Axios. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
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