118th United States Congress

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## 118th United States Congress

←117th
*119th*→

United States Capitol

**January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025**

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Sessions:

**1st:** January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2024
**2nd:** January 3, 2024 – present

### House Speaker

Kevin McCarthy (R),
*January 7 – October 3, 2023*
Mike Johnson (R),
*from October 25, 2023*

The **118th United States Congress** is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government that convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2023, after the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency.

The 2022 elections decided control of both chambers. In the United States Senate, the Democratic Party had a net gain of one seat, increasing their majority. However, with Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema leaving the party during the final days of the 117th Congress, there are 48 Democratic members of the Senate, 49 Republicans, and 3 independents (all of whom caucus with the Democrats).

In the United States House of Representatives, Republicans underperformed the polls in the 2022 elections, but gained a slim majority. The Republicans' margin of victory was the same as the Democrats' in 2020, with 1 vacancy at the start of the Congress due to Virginia congressman Donald McEachin's death in November 2022.

## Major Events

### January 2023

On January 3, 2023, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell becomes the longest-serving party leader in the Senate.

19-20 House Republicans vote against House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, leading to multiple ballots being cast for the first time in 100 years (since 1923). McCarthy is finally elected Speaker on the fifteenth ballot and assumed office on January 7.

## Composition

### Senate

*Listed by state, then by seniority. If a senator left office or took office after January 3, 2023, and before January 3, 2025, it shall be indicated. Party affiliation is also indicated.*

#### Alabama

* Tommy Tuberville (R)
* Katie Britt (R)

#### Alaska

* Lisa Murkowski (R)
* Dan Sullivan (R)

#### Arizona

* Kyrsten Sinema (I)
* Mark Kelly (D)

#### Arkansas

* John Boozman (R)
* Tom Cotton (R)

#### California

* Dianne Feinstein (D) (until September 29, 2023)
	+ Laphonza Butler (D) (from October 3, 2023)
* Alex Padilla (D)

#### Colorado

* Michael Bennet (D)
* John Hickenlooper (D)

#### Connecticut

* Richard Blumenthal (D)
* Chris Murphy (D)

#### Delaware

* Tom Carper (D)
* Chris Coons (D)

#### Florida

* Marco Rubio (R)
* Rick Scott (R)

#### Georgia

* Jon Ossoff (D)
* Raphael Warnock (D)

#### Hawaii

* Brian Schatz (D)
* Mazie Hirono (D)

#### Idaho

* Mike Crapo (R)
* Jim Risch (R)

#### Illinois

* Dick Durbin (D)
* Tammy Duckworth (D)

#### Indiana

* Todd Young (R)
* Mike Braun (R)

#### Iowa

* Chuck Grassley (R)
* Joni Ernst (R)

#### Kansas

* Jerry Moran (R)
* Roger Marshall (R)

#### Kentucky

* Mitch McConnell (R)
* Rand Paul (R)

#### Louisiana

* Bill Cassidy (R)
* John Kennedy (R)

#### Maine

* Susan Collins (R)
* Angus King (I)

#### Maryland

* Ben Cardin (D)
* Chris Van Hollen (D)

#### Massachusetts

* Elizabeth Warren (D)
* Ed Markey (D)

#### Michigan

* Debbie Stabenow (D)
* Gary Peters (D)

#### Minnesota

* Amy Klobuchar (DFL)
* Tina Smith (DFL)

#### Mississippi

* Roger Wicker (R)
* Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

#### Missouri

* Josh Hawley (R)
* Eric Schmitt (R)

#### Montana

* Jon Tester (D)
* Steve Daines (R)

#### Nebraska

* Deb Fischer (R)
* Ben Sasse (R) (until January 8, 2023)
	+ Pete Ricketts (R) (from January 23, 2023)

#### Nevada

* Catherine Cortez Masto (D)
* Jacky Rosen (D)

#### New Hampshire

* Jeanne Shaheen (D)
* Maggie Hassan (D)

#### New Jersey

* Bob Menendez (D)
* Cory Booker (D)

#### New Mexico

* Martin Heinrich (D)
* Ben Ray Lujan (D)

#### New York

* Chuck Schumer (D)
* Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

#### North Carolina

* Thom Tillis (R)
* Ted Budd (R)

#### North Dakota

* John Hoeven (R)
* Kevin Cramer (R)

#### Ohio

* Sherrod Brown (D)
* J. D. Vance (R)

#### Oklahoma

* James Lankford (R)
* Markwayne Mullin (R)

#### Oregon

* Ron Wyden (D)
* Jeff Merkley (D)

#### Pennsylvania

* Bob Casey Jr. (D)
* John Fetterman (D)

#### Rhode Island

* Jack Reed (D)
* Sheldon Whitehouse (D)

#### South Carolina

* Lindsey Graham (R)
* Tim Scott (R)

#### South Dakota

* John Thune (R)
* Mike Rounds (R)

#### Tennessee

* Marsha Blackburn (R)
* Bill Hagerty (R)

#### Texas

* John Cornyn (R)
* Ted Cruz (R)

#### Utah

* Mike Lee (R)
* Mitt Romney (R)

#### Vermont

* Bernie Sanders (I)
* Peter Welch (D)

#### Virginia

* Mark Warner (D)
* Tim Kaine (D)

#### Washington

* Patty Murray (D)
* Maria Cantwell (D)

#### West Virginia

* Joe Manchin (D)
* Shelley Moore Capito (R)

#### Wisconsin

* Ron Johnson (R)
* Tammy Baldwin (D)

#### Wyoming

* John Barrasso (R)
* Cynthia Lummis (R)