when will new members of congress be sworn in?
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When a New Congress Begins. On January 3, 2019, the Senate convenes its first session of the 116th Congress. The proceedings of this first day follow a well established routine. Having presented their credentials to the Senate, newly elected and reelected senators are sworn in by the vice president.
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['Richard Burr, North Carolina, Chairman. (until May 15, 2020)', 'Marco Rubio, Florida, Acting Chairman. (from May 18, 2020)', 'Jim Risch, Idaho.', 'Susan Collins, Maine.', 'Roy Blunt, Missouri.', 'Tom Cotton, Arkansas.', 'John Cornyn, Texas.', 'Ben Sasse, Nebraska.']
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Representatives must be 25 years old and must have been U.S. citizens for at least 7 years. Representatives serve 2-year terms.
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Selection. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote.
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['April 30, 1789. Inauguration. ... ', 'July 4, 1789. Congress enacts tariff. ... ', 'March 26, 1790. First naturalization law. ... ', 'May 29, 1790. Ratifying the Constitution. ... ', 'May 31, 1790. Copyright law. ... ', 'July 16, 1790. Establishing the capital. ... ', 'August 4, 1790. Revolutionary War debts. ... ', 'December 6, 1790. Moving the capital.']
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The bipartisan bill was co-introduced by Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) as well as Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA). It passed the House Ways and Means Committee on April 2, 2019 and passed the full House on May 23, 2019 by a vote of 417–3.
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['ceremonial duties. Head of State.', 'meeting with foreign officials. Head of State.', 'calling special sessions of Congress. Chief Legislator.', 'pass/veto bills. Chief Legislator.', 'delivering the State of the Union address. ... ', 'execute laws. ... ', 'grants pardons, reprieves, and amnesty. ... ', 'makes appointments to official positions.']
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According to Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, elected representatives must be at least 25 years old, and have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years. They must also live in the state they represent in Congress.
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Afterward, when the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Pelosi was again elected speaker, becoming the first former speaker to return to the post since Sam Rayburn in 1955. Pelosi announced the commencement of impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump on September 24, 2019.
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The current speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, was elected to the office on January 3, 2019, the first day of the 116th Congress.
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A person is limited to being elected twice, or once if they have already served more than two years as President. Congress passed the amendment on 21 March 1947. It was ratified on 27 February 1951.
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Appropriations legislation On September 26, 2019, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (H.R. ... A final appropriations deal was announced on December 16. The appropriations legislation was divided into two bills: the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R.
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Members of the House are elected every two years and must be 25 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and a resident of the state (but not necessarily the district) they represent.
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The inauguration of the President will take place on Friday, 20 January 2017 and will be the fifty-eighth Presidential Inauguration. Official information on the Presidential Inauguration is always available from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies website.
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Four years later, the oath was administered by Supreme Court associate justice William Cushing. Since the 1797 inauguration of John Adams, it has become customary for the new president to be sworn into office by the Supreme Court's chief justice.
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Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives House leadership is elected every two years at the beginning of a new Congress. The Speaker of the House is elected by the entire membership of the House, and other majority party and minority party leaders are selected by members of each party''s delegation.
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The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor appointment. Congress has 535 voting members: 435 representatives and 100 senators.