The One Hundred and Fourteenth United States Congress is the current 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, 2015 to January 3, 2017, during the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency. The 2014 elections gave the Republicans control of the Senate (and control of both houses of Congress) for the first time since the 109th Congress. With 247 seats in the House of Representatives and 54 seats in the Senate, this Congress began with the largest Republican majority since the 71st Congress of 1929â€"1931.
Major events
- January 6, 2015: Incumbent Speaker of the House John Boehner was re-elected despite the defections of 25 members from his own Republican caucus, twice the amount from the previous Congress.
- January 20, 2015: 2015 State of the Union Address
- March 3, 2015: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress regarding sanctions against Iran. Netanyahu was invited by Speaker John Boehner without consulting President Obama.
- March 9, 2015: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton wrote and sent a 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 in nuclear-proliferation negotiations with Iran.
- March 25, 2015: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani addressed a joint session of Congress.
- April 29, 2015: Japanese Prime Minister ShinzÅ Abe addressed a joint session of Congress, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so.
Scheduled
- September 24, 2015Â : Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress, without consulting President Obama, becoming the first Pope to do so.
- November 8, 2016Â : United States elections, 2016, including United States Senate elections, 2016 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2016.
Major legislation
Enacted
- January 12, 2015: Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, Pub.L. 114â€"1, H.R. 26
- April 16, 2015: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, Pub.L. 114â€"10, H.R. 2
- May 22, 2015: Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, Pub.L. 114â€"17, H.R. 1191
- June 2, 2015: "USA FREEDOM Act": Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015, Pub.L. 114â€"23, H.R. 2048
Proposed
Vetoed
- February 24, 2015: Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (S. 1)
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section, below.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
[ Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D) ]
Senate
- President: Joe Biden (D)
- President pro tempore: Orrin Hatch (R)
- President pro tempore emeritus: Patrick Leahy (D)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell
- Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): John Cornyn
- Conference Chairman: John Thune
- Conference Vice Chair: Roy Blunt
- Senatorial Committee Chair: Roger Wicker
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Barrasso
- Chief Deputy Whip: Mike Crapo
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Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader and Caucus Chair: Harry Reid
- Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip): Dick Durbin
- Caucus Vice Chair and Policy Committee Chair: Chuck Schumer
- Caucus Secretary: Patty Murray
- Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: Jon Tester
- Policy Committee Vice Chair: Debbie Stabenow
- Policy Committee Strategic Policy Adviser: Elizabeth Warren
- Policy Committee Policy Development Adviser: Mark Warner
- Steering and Outreach Committee Chair: Amy Klobuchar
- Steering and Outreach Committee Vice Chair: Jeanne Shaheen
- Chief Deputy Whip: Barbara Boxer
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House of Representatives
- Speaker: John Boehner (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
- Majority Whip: Steve Scalise
- Majority Chief Deputy Whip: Patrick McHenry
- Conference Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
- Conference Vice-Chair: Lynn Jenkins
- Conference Secretary: Virginia Foxx
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Greg Walden
- Policy Committee Chairman: Luke Messer
- Senior Deputy Whips: Kristi Noem, Dennis Ross, Aaron Schock (until March 31, 2015), Steve Stivers, Ann Wagner
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
- Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer
- Assistant Democratic Leader: Jim Clyburn
- Caucus Chairman: Xavier Becerra
- Caucus Vice-Chairman: Joe Crowley
- Campaign Committee Chairman: Ben Ray Luján
- Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chairs: Rosa DeLauro (Steering) and Donna Edwards (Policy)
- Organization, Study, and Review Chairman: Karen Bass
- Policy and Communications Chairman: Steve Israel
- Senior Chief Deputy Minority Whip: John Lewis
- Chief Deputy Minority Whips: G. K. Butterfield, Diana DeGette, Keith Ellison, Jan Schakowsky, Kyrsten Sinema, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Peter Welch
Members
Senate
Senators are listed by state then seniority. The numbers refer to their Senate classes.
House of Representatives
Changes in membership
Senate
There have been no Senate vacancies in this Congress.
House of Representatives
Committees
[Section contents: Senate, House, Joint ] Listed alphabetically by chamber, including Chairperson and Ranking Member.
Senate
House
Joint
Employees and legislative agency directors
Senate
Source: "Senate Organization Chart for the 114th Congress". Senate.gov. US Senate. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.Â
- Chaplain: Barry C. Black
- Parliamentarian: Elizabeth MacDonough
- Secretary: Julie E. Adams
- Sergeant at Arms: Frank J. Larkin
- Secretary for the Majority: Laura Dove
- Secretary for the Minority: Gary B. Myrick
House of Representatives
Source: "Officers and Organizations of the House". House.gov. US House. Retrieved January 26, 2015.Â
- Chaplain: Patrick J. Conroy
- Chief Administrative Officer: Ed Cassidy
- Clerk: Karen L. Haas
- Historian: Matthew Wasniewski
- Parliamentarian: Thomas J. Wickham Jr.
- Sergeant at Arms: Paul D. Irving
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Stephen T. Ayers
- Comptroller General of the United States: Eugene Louis Dodaro
- Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Douglas Elmendorf
- Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
- Public Printer of the United States: Davita Vance-Cooks
See also
- United States elections, 2014 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States Senate elections, 2014
- United States elections, 2016 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate elections, 2016
- List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama
Notes
References
External links
- United States House of Representatives official website
- United States Senate official website
- Bills and Resolutions:
- House Amendments
- House Bills
- House Concurrent Resolutions
- House Joint Resolutions
- House Resolutions
- Senate Concurrent Resolutions
- Senate Resolutions
- Roll Call Votes:
- House
- Senate