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  1. May 1, 2024 · Use the interactive below to explore how members voted in 2023, and how their voting records aligned (or didn’t align) with their caucus memberships. Show official caucuses. Official caucus membership. Progressive Caucus. New Democrat Coalition. Blue Dog Coalition. Problem Solvers Caucus.

  2. Nov 8, 2021 · The following is a profile of the 117th Congress (2021-2022).5 Party Breakdown In the 117th Congress, the current party alignments as of November 8, 2021,6 are as follows: House of Representatives: 225 Democrats (including 4 Delegates), 215 Republicans (including 1 Delegate and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico), and 1 vacant seat.

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  4. A Committee Meeting in the U.S. House of Representatives. The United States Congress is composed of 435 representatives and 100 senators. The representatives are elected to two-year terms, and the entire body is up for re-election every two years. Senators have six-year terms, with one-third of them up for re-election every two years.

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    The United States Congress is composed of 435 representatives and 100 senators. The representatives are elected to two-year terms, and the entire body is up for re-election every two years. Senators have six-year terms, with one-third of them up for re-election every two years. Under the original Constitution, senators were chosen by state legislat...

    Descriptive representation—The statistics above directly address what political scientists call descriptive representation, which concerns “the extent to which a representative resembles those being represented.” (5) Collectively, we would ask: to what extent do our representatives resemble the population being represented, and does it matter if th...

    What if we did away with elections for Congressional members? What if we chose Representatives and Senators by lottery—Representatives for one six-year, non-renewable term and Senators for one nine-year, non-renewable term? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of selecting our legislators this way? Would you put qualifications in place re...

    Quoted in Eric Anderson, “The Persistent Female Leadership Gap Hurts Us All,” SE2 Communications. May 22, 2019.
    Michael Parenti, Democracy for the Few. 9thedition. Boston: Wadsworth. Page 198.
    Quoted in Michael Waldman, The Fight to Vote. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2016. Page 11. ​
    A. W. Geiger, Kristen Bialik, and John Gramlich, “The Changing Face of Congress in 6 Charts,” Pew Research Center. February 15, 2019. Will Tucker, “Personal wealth: a nation of extremes, and a Cong...
  5. Jan 27, 2022 · The Federalist Party was an American political party during the First Party System, in the period 1791 to 1816, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801. The party was formed by Alexander Hamilton, who, in about 1791-92, built a network of supporters in the principal cities to support ...

  6. Sort View Congress Chamber Party Members by US State or Territory . Congress. Check all; 118 (2023-2024) [230] 117 (2021-2022 ...

  7. Sort View Congress Chamber Party Members by US State or Territory . Congress. Check all; 118 (2023-2024) [546] 117 (2021-2022 ...