118th Congress (To Form A More Perfect Union)

The **118th United States Congress** was a 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 met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025, during the third and fourth years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

The elections of November 2022 decided control of both houses. Republicans made major gains in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, granting them a majority in Congress.

### Members

100 Senators435 Representatives

6 non-voting delegates

## Major events

* January 3, 2023: The 118th Congress Officially began, with Republicans controlling both the House of Representative and the Senate.
* January 9, 2023: Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA-14) proposed H.R.37 - A Resolution to Impeach President Joe Biden for abuse of power.
* January 11, 2023: The House of Representatives votes 253-177 to Impeach President Biden, with 5 votes abstaining.
* January 16, 2023: The Senate begins impeachment hearings on President Biden for abuse of power.
* November 5, 2024: The 2024 House of Representatives elections occur for the membership of the next Congress.

## Major Resolutions

### Adopted

* H.R.3: Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors

## Leadership

Note: Democrats refer to themselves as a "Caucus"; Republicans refer to themselves as a "Conference".

### Senate

#### Presiding

* President: Kamala Harris (D)
* President pro tempore: Mitch McConnell (R)
* President pro tempore *emeritus*: None

#### Majority (Republican) Leadership

* Senate Majority Leader: John Cornyn
* Senate Majority Whip: John Thune
* Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: John Barrasso
* Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Joni Ernst
* Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford
* Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Josh Hawley
* Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip: Mike Crapo
* Senate Republican Deputy Whips: Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn, James Lankford, Shelley Moore Capito, Jerry Moran, Mitt Romney, Tim Scott, Thom Tillis, Herschel Walker and Todd Young

#### Minority (Democratic) Leadership

* Senate Minority Leader: Michael Bennet
* Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin
* Senate Assistant Democratic Leader: Patty Murray
* Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Debbie Stabenow
* Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren
* Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee: Amy Klobuchar
* Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Cory Booker and Joe Manchin
* Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Tammy Baldwin
* Chair of the Senate Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Ben Ray Luján
* Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whips: Cory Booker, Jeff Merkley, and Brian Schatz

### House of Representatives

#### Majority (Republican) leadership

* House Majority Leader and Chair of the House Republican Steering Committee: Steve Scalise
* House Majority Whip: Elise Stefanik
* Chair of the House Republican Conference: Mike Johnson
* Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference: Rich Hudson
* Secretary of the House Republican Conference: Burgess Owens
* Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee: Gary Palmer
* Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee: Tom Emmer
* House Republican Chief Deputy Whip: Drew Ferguson

#### Minority (Democratic) leadership

* House Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries
* House Minority Whip: Katherine Clark
* Assistant House Minority Leader: Pete Aguilar
* Chair of the House Democratic Caucus: Melania Stansbury
* Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus: Kai Kahele
* Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Sean Patrick Maloney
* Co-Chairs of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee: Matt Cartwright, Debbie Dingell, Ted Lieu, Joe Neguse, London Breed
* House Democratic Junior Caucus Leadership Representative: Mondaire Jones
* House Democratic Freshman Caucus Leadership Representative: Barbara Sharief
* Co-Chairs of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Barbara Lee, Eric Swalwell, and Jake Auchincloss
* House Democratic Assistant to the Minority Whip: Cori Bush
* House Democratic Senior Chief Deputy Whips: G.K. Butterfield and Jan Schakowsky
* House Democratic Chief Deputy Whips: Henry Cuellar, Sheila Jackson Lee, Dan Kildee, Stephanie Murphy, Jimmy Panetta, Terri Sewell, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Peter Welch

## Members

### Senate

The numbers refer to their Senate classes. All class 3 seats will be contested in the November 2022 elections. In this Congress, class 3 means their term commenced in the current Congress, requiring re-election in 2028; class 1 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2024; and class 2 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2026.

* 3. Mo Brooks (R)

Alaska* 2. Dan Sullivan (R)
* 3. Sarah Palin (R)

Arizona* 1. Kyrsten Sinema (D)
* 3. Mark Brnovich (R)

Arkansas* 2. Tom Cotton (R)
* 3. John Boozman (R)

California* 1. Dianne Feinstein (D)
* 3. Alex Padilla (D)

Colorado* 2. John Hickenlooper (D)
* 3. Michael Bennet (D)

Connecticut* 1. Chris Murphy (D)
* 3. Richard Blumenthal (D)

Delaware* 1. Tom Carper (D)
* 2. Chris Coons (D)

Florida* 1. Rick Scott (R)
* 3. Marco Rubio (R)

Georgia* 2. Jon Ossoff (D)
* 3. Herschel Walker (R)

Hawaii* 1. Mazie Hirono (D)
* 3. Brian Schatz (D)

Idaho* 2. Jim Risch (R)
* 3. Mike Crapo (R)

Illinois* 2. Dick Durbin (D)
* 3. Tammy Duckworth (D)

Indiana* 1. Mike Braun (R)
* 3. Todd Young (R)

Iowa* 2. Joni Ernst (R)
* 3. Randy Feenstra (R)

Kansas* 2. Roger Marshall (R)
* 3. Jerry Moran (R)

Kentucky* 2. Mitch McConnell (R)
* 3. Rand Paul (R)

Louisiana* 2. Bill Cassidy (R)
* 3. John Kennedy (R)

Maine* 1. Angus King (I)
* 2. Susan Collins (R)

Maryland* 1. Ben Cardin (D)
* 3. Chris Van Hollen (D)

Massachusetts* 1. Elizabeth Warren (D)
* 2. Ed Markey (D)

Michigan* 1. Debbie Stabenow (D)
* 2. Gary Peters (D)

Minnesota* 1. Amy Klobuchar (DFL)
* 2. Tina Smith (DFL)

Mississippi* 1. Roger Wicker (R)
* 2. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Missouri* 1. Josh Hawley (R)
* 3. Eric Schmitt (R)
* 2. Steve Daines (R)

Nebraska* 1. Deb Fischer (R)
* 2. Ben Sasse (R)

Nevada* 1. Jacky Rosen (D)
* 3. Adam Laxalt (R)

New Hampshire* 2. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
* 3. Chris Sununu (R)

New Jersey* 1. Bob Menendez (D)
* 2. Cory Booker (D)

New Mexico* 1. Martin Heinrich (D)
* 2. Ben Ray Luján (D)

New York* 1. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
* 3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)

North Carolina* 2. Thom Tillis (R)
* 3. Ted Budd (R)

North Dakota* 1. Kevin Cramer (R)
* 3. John Hoeven (R)

Ohio* 1. Sherrod Brown (D)
* 3. Josh Mandel (R)

Oklahoma* 2. Jim Inhofe (R) through July 23rd, 2023
	+ Greg Treat (R) after July 23rd, 2023
* 3. James Lankford (R)

Oregon* 2. Jeff Merkley (D)
* 3. Ron Wyden (D)

Pennsylvania* 1. Bob Casey Jr. (D)
* 3. Sean Parnell (R)

Rhode Island* 1. Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
* 2. Jack Reed (D)

South Carolina* 2. Lindsey Graham (R)
* 3. Tim Scott (R)

South Dakota* 2. Mike Rounds (R)
* 3. John Thune (R)

Tennessee* 1. Marsha Blackburn (R)
* 2. Bill Hagerty (R)

Texas* 1. Ted Cruz (R)
* 2. John Cornyn (R)

Utah* 1. Mitt Romney (R)
* 3. Mike Lee (R)

Vermont* 1. Bernie Sanders (I)
* 3. TJ Donovan (D)

Virginia* 1. Tim Kaine (D)
* 2. Mark Warner (D)

Washington* 1. Maria Cantwell (D)
* 3. Patty Murray (D)

West Virginia* 1. Joe Manchin (D)
* 2. Shelley Moore Capito (R)

Wisconsin* 1. Tammy Baldwin (D)
* 3. Ron Johnson (R)

Wyoming* 1. John Barrasso (R)
* 2. Cynthia Lummis (R)

### House of Representatives

All 435 seats will be filled by election in November 2022.

The numbers refer to the congressional district of the given state in this Congress. Eight new congressional districts will be created or re-created, while eight others will be eliminated as a result of the 2020 United States census.

* 2. Barry Moore (R)
* 3. Mike Rogers (R)
* 4. Robert Aderholt (R)
* 5. Dale Strong (R)
* 6. Gary Palmer (R)
* 7. Terri Sewell (D)

Alaska* At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona* 1. Walter Blackman (R)
* 2. Mike Boyd (R)
* 3. Raúl Grijalva (D)
* 4. Paul Gosar (R)
* 5. Andy Biggs (R)
* 6. David Schweikert (R)
* 7. Ruben Gallego (D)
* 8. Debbie Leslie (R)
* 9. Greg Stanton (D)

Arkansas* 1. Rick Crawford (R)
* 2. French Hill (R)
* 3. Steve Womack (R)
* 4. Bruce Westerman (R)

California* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD
* 16. TBD
* 17. TBD
* 18. TBD
* 19. TBD
* 20. TBD
* 21. TBD
* 22. TBD
* 23. TBD
* 24. TBD
* 25. TBD
* 26. TBD
* 27. TBD
* 28. TBD
* 29. TBD
* 30. TBD
* 31. TBD
* 32. TBD
* 33. TBD
* 34. TBD
* 35. TBD
* 36. TBD
* 37. TBD
* 38. TBD
* 39. TBD
* 40. TBD
* 41. TBD
* 42. TBD
* 43. TBD
* 44. TBD
* 45. TBD
* 46. TBD
* 47. TBD
* 48. TBD
* 49. TBD
* 50. TBD
* 51. TBD
* 52. TBD

Colorado* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD

Connecticut* 1. Muad Hrezi (D)
* 2. Joe Courtney (D)
* 3. Rosa DeLauro (D)
* 4. Jim Himes (D)
* 5. George Logan (R)

Delaware* At-large. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)

Florida* 1. Matt Gaetz (R)
* 2. Neal Dunn (R)
* 3. Kat Cammack (R)
* 4. John Rutherford (R)
* 5. Al Lawson (D)
* 6. Michael Waltz (R)
* 7. Stephanie Murphy (D)
* 8. Bill Posey (R)
* 9. Darren Soto (D)
* 10. Aramis Ayala (D)
* 11. Daniel Webster (R)
* 12. Gus Bilirakis (R)
* 13. Anna Paulina Luna (R)
* 14. Kathy Castor (D)
* 15. Scott Franklin (R)
* 16. Vern Buchanan (R)
* 17. Greg Steube (R)
* 18. Brian Mast (R)
* 19. Byron Donalds (R)
* 20. Barbara Sharief (D)
* 21. Lois Frankel (D)
* 22. Ted Deutch (D)
* 23. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
* 24. Frederica Wilson (D)
* 25. Mario Díaz-Balart (R)
* 26. Carlos A. Giménez (R)
* 27. Donna Shalala (D)
* 28. Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

Georgia* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD

Hawaii* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD

Idaho* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD

Illinois* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD
* 16. TBD
* 17. TBD

Indiana* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD

Iowa* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD

Kansas* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD

Kentucky* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD

Louisiana* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD

Maine* 1. Chellie Pingree (D)
* 2. Michael Perkins (R)

Maryland* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD

Massachusetts* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD

Michigan* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD

Minnesota* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD

Mississippi* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD

Montana* 1. Matt Rosendale (R)
* 2. Ryan Zinke (R)

Nebraska* 1. Jeff Fortenberry (R)
* 2. Don Bacon (R)
* 3. Adrian Smith (R)

Nevada* 1. Dina Titus (D)
* 2. Jim Wheeler (R)
* 3. Mark Robertson (R)
* 4. Sam Peters (R)

New Hampshire* 1. Tim Baxter (R)
* 2. Robert Burns (R)

New Jersey* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD

New Mexico* 1. Melania Stansbury (D)
* 2. Yvette Herrell (R)
* 3. Teresa Leger Hernandez (D)

New York* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD
* 16. TBD
* 17. TBD
* 18. TBD
* 19. TBD
* 20. TBD
* 21. TBD
* 22. TBD
* 23. TBD
* 24. TBD
* 25. TBD
* 26. TBD

North Carolina* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD

North Dakota* At-large. TBD

Ohio* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD

Oklahoma* 1. Kevin Hern (R)
* 2. Markwayne Mullin (R)
* 3. Frank Lucas (R)
* 4. Tom Cole (R)
* 5. Stephanie Bice (R)

Oregon* 1. Suzanne Bonamici (D)
* 2. Cliff Bentz (R)
* 3. Earl Blumenauer (D)
* 4. Alek Skarlatos (R)
* 5. Amy Ryan Couser (R)
* 6. Lorette Smith (D)

Pennsylvania* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD
* 16. TBD
* 17. TBD

Rhode Island* 1. David Cicilline (D)
* 2. James Langevin (D)

South Carolina* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD

South Dakota* At-large. TBD

Tennessee* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD

Texas* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD
* 12. TBD
* 13. TBD
* 14. TBD
* 15. TBD
* 16. TBD
* 17. TBD
* 18. TBD
* 19. TBD
* 20. TBD
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* 29. TBD
* 30. TBD
* 31. TBD
* 32. TBD
* 33. TBD
* 34. TBD
* 35. TBD
* 36. TBD
* 37. TBD
* 38. TBD

Utah* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD

Vermont* At-large. TBD

Virginia* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD
* 11. TBD

Washington* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD
* 9. TBD
* 10. TBD

West Virginia* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD

Wisconsin* 1. TBD
* 2. TBD
* 3. TBD
* 4. TBD
* 5. TBD
* 6. TBD
* 7. TBD
* 8. TBD

Wyoming* At-large. Anthony Bouchard (R)

Non-Voting members* American Samoa: Aumua Amata Radewagen (R)
* District of Columbia: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
* Guam: Michael San Nicolas (D)
* Northern Mariana Islands: Gregorio Sablan (I)
* Puerto Rico: Jennifer Gonzalez (R-PNP)
* United States Virgin Islands: Stacey Plaskett (D)

## Changes in membership

### Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

(class)

### House of Representatives

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

## 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

Main article: List of current United States congressional joint committees

 Library
 Printing
 Taxation

## Officers and officials

### Congress

* Architect of the Capitol: Brett Blanton
* Attending Physician: Brian P. Monahan

### Senate

* Chaplain: Barry Black
* Curator: Melinda Smith
* Historian: Betty Koed
* Librarian: Leona I. Faust
* Parliamentarian:TBD
* Secretary: TBD
* Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: TBD

### House of Representatives

* Chaplain: Margaret G. Kibben
* Chief Administrative Officer: TBD
* Clerk: TBD
* Historian: Matthew Wasniewski
* Parliamentarian: Jason Smith
* Reading Clerks: Joe Novotny (D) and Susan Cole (R)
* Sergeant at Arms: TBD

## See also:

* 2022 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
	+ 2022 United States Senate elections
	+ 2022 United States House of Representatives elections
* 2024 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
	+ 2024 United States Senate elections
	+ 2024 United States House of Representatives elections