113th United States Congress

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113th United States Congress
112th ←
→ 114th
United States Capitol (2011)
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Members100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentJoe Biden (D)
House majorityRepublican Party
House SpeakerJohn Boehner (R)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 2013 – Present

The One Hundred Thirteenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. It is composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives based on the results of the 2012 Senate elections and the 2012 House elections. The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census. It first met in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2013, and is scheduled to end on January 3, 2015. Senators elected to regular terms in 2008 are in the last two years of those terms during this Congress. At its outset, this Congress has 43 African American members (all but 1 in the House of Representatives), [1] a record high number of female (100)[2] and LGBT (7)[3] members, and a member of the Kennedy family, after a brief pause from federal elective office for that family.

Major events

Party summary

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

Senate

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
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Democratic Independent Republican
End of previous congress 51 2 47 100 0
Begin 53 2 45 100 0
Latest voting share 55% 45%

House of Representatives

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
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Democratic Republican
End of previous congress 191 240 431 4
Begin 200 233 433 2
Latest voting share 46.2% 53.8%
Non-voting members 6 0 6 0

Leadership

Section contents: Senate: Majority (D), Minority (R) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)

Senate

Senate President
Joe Biden (D)
Senate President pro tempore
Patrick Leahy (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

House Speaker
John Boehner (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

For year of birth, when first took office, when current term expires, prior background, and education, see List of current United States Senators.

Senators are listed by state, and the numbers refer to their Senate classes.

House of Representatives

Party membership of the House, by district
  Democratic
  Republican
For year of birth, when first took office, prior background, religious affiliation and education, see Current members of the United States House of Representatives.
For maps of congressional districts, see List of United States congressional districts.

Template:Congress TOC states

Changes in membership

Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Massachusetts
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Kerry
(D) | style="font-size:80%" | Will resign if confirmed by the senate to be U.S. Secretary of State.
The appointed successor will serve until a special election is held to finish the term ending January 3, 2015. | TBD | TBD

|}

House of Representatives

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Illinois 2nd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) resigned November 21, 2012, near the end of the previous Congress for health reasons.[8]
A special election will be held April 9, 2013. | TBD | TBD

|- | South Carolina 1st | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Tim Scott (R) resigned January 2, 2013, near the end of the previous Congress, when appointed to the U.S. Senate.[9]
A special election will be held on May 7, 2013.[10] | TBD | TBD

|- | colspan=5 |

|- | Missouri 8th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jo Ann Emerson
(R) | style="font-size:80%" | Will resign in February to become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association[11]
A special election date has not yet been set. | TBD | TBD

|}

Committees

[ Section contents: Senate, House, Joint ]

Senate

Main article: List of United States Senate committees

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States House of Representatives committees

Joint committees

Main article: List of United States congressional joint committees

References and external links

  1. ^ Burke, Lauren Victoria (November 7, 2012). "Congress: 5 New African Americans Will Join Congress in 2013". politic365. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Mendelberg, Tali and Karpowitz, Christopher F. (November 8, 2012). "More Women, but Not Nearly Enough". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Moulton, Brian (November 12, 2012). "Kyrsten Sinema Headed to the U.S. House of Representatives". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  4. ^ Schroeder, Robert, "Boehner re-elected House speaker", MarketWatch, January 3, 2013. Not all the small-number votes included in this source. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  5. ^ H.J.Res. 122
  6. ^ a b "Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies". Inaugural.senate.gov. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  7. ^ Newlin, Eliza. "Res. Com. Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR, At-large) - The Almanac of American Politics". Nationaljournal.com. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  8. ^ "Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns: Read his resignation letter". Washington Post. November 21, 2012.
  9. ^ 2012 Congressional Record, Vol. 158, Page H7467 (December 30, 2012)
  10. ^ Adcox, Seanna (January 2, 2013). "Special election for Tim Scott's seat set". AP. Retrieved January 3, 2013. Haley's order means party primaries for Scott's former seat from the coastal district will be March 19. Any necessary runoffs would be April 2. The general election will be May 7. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Missouri rep leaving Congress in February". December 3, 2012.
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