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The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's ...
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Throughout the course of the 115th Congress, we curated statements and reactions by members of Congress on a variety of different policy areas and topics. Click on a tile below to read about what members of the 115th Congress said about the following issues.
Switching chambers
At the beginning of the 115th Congress, 50 of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives. This included 27 of 52 Senate Republicans, 22 of 46 Senate Democrats, and one of the two independents who caucused with the Democrats.
Salary
Members of Congress were paid $174,000 per year. Senate majority and minority leaders, as well as the president pro tempore, received $193,400. The speaker of the House received $223,500. Some historical facts about the salary of United States Congressmembers: 1. In 1789, members of Congress received a $6 per diem. 2. In 1874, members of Congress earned $5,000 per year. 3. In 1990, members of Congress earned $98,400 per year. 4. From 2000-2006, the salary of a member of the United States Cong...
Demographics
The 115th Congress surpassed the 114th Congress as the most diverse Congress in the nation's history. There were three black, four Hispanic, and three Asian senators. There were also 21 women and one openly LGBTQ member of the Senate. Overall, 26 percent of the Senate was made up of women or minorities, and the remaining 74 percent was white men. There were 94 racial or ethnic minorities in the House and 83 women, as well as six openly LGBTQ members. Overall, 34 percent of the House was made...
The list of acts of the 115th United States Congress includes all Acts of Congress and ratified treaties by the 115th United States Congress, which began on January 3, 2017, and ended on January 3, 2019. Acts include public and private laws, which are enacted after being passed by Congress and signed by the President; however, if the President ...
Public Law Number (linked To Wikisource)Date Of EnactmentOfficial Short Title (s)Official TitleJanuary 20, 2017Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional ...To amend title 5, United States Code, to ...January 20, 2017(No short title)To provide for an exception to a ...January 31, 2017To ensure the Government Accountability ...February 14, 2017(No short title) unofficially known as ...Providing for congressional disapproval ...Jan 3, 2017 · Find legislation, committee reports, hearings, and other documents of the 115th U.S. Congress (2017-2018) on Congress.gov. Browse by date, bill type, subject, or policy area.
The 115th Congress, sworn in on Jan. 3, 2017, is the most racially diverse in history and boasts more women serving in the Senate than ever before. But increased diversity in the new Congress is ...
Jan 25, 2019 · And while the 115th Congress was more legislatively active than its recent predecessors, the proportion of substantive to ceremonial legislation was much the same, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. congressional data. Between its inception in January 2017 and its final day on Jan. 3, the GOP-led 115th Congress enacted 442 ...
115th Congress, 2017-2018. Members of the 115th United States Congress introduced 13,556 pieces of legislation, and 867 of those received a vote. Ballotpedia identified 79 of those votes as key votes —votes that helped citizens understand where their legislators stood on major policy issues. [1] This page tracked key votes from the 115th ...
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