56th Congress

Der 56. Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten ist die Periode des House of Representatives von 1. Februar bis 31. März 2019. Die Mitglieder des Repräsentantenhauses sowie die Senatorin für Astoria wurden in einer General Election von 18. bis 21. Januar gewählt.

Die Nummerierung des Kongresses richtet sich nach der Nummerierung des Repräsentantenhauses, da diese Kammer des Kongresses bei den Wahlen komplett neu besetzt wird. Der Senat hat den Charakter einer ständig tagenden Kammer und er ist letztlich immer dieselbe.

Mitglieder

House of Representatives

	Name	Party	State	since	Comment	Term (uninterrupted)	Mandates Feb. 1	Mandates Feb. 9
	Eugene Duangan	Democrat	Serena	April 1, 2017	Speaker	12th Term	175	175
	Ryan Greenspan	Republican	Astoria	February 1, 2019	Dean	1st Term	117	117
	(Herbert C. Walker)	Independent	Freeland		Did not assume office		96
	(Nicolas Dietz Sr.)	Republican	New Alcantara		Did not assume office		45
	Overall	Majority: 147	2/3-Majority: 195			56th Congress	433	292

Senate

AA	Cadence Jackson	Sworn in on February 9
AA	vacant	Election had to be announced four times due to lack of candidacies
AS	Kathleen Johnson
FL	vacant	Sen.-elect Caviness never took the oath; not filled in this session.
FL	Antony West	Lost his mandates on February 27 due to absence.
LA	Orville Ingram	Sworn in on March 12.
LA	Jake U. Smith	Lost his mandates on February 24 due to absence.
NA	Steve McQueen
SE	Tamara Arroyo

Voting Record

Y	Yea
N	Nay
p	present
/	not voting
–	vacant

POTUS = Ben Kingston, President of the United States

Date	Code	Title	Initiator	House		Senate						Outcome	President
				Du	Gr	AA	AS	FL	LA	NA	SE
01. 02.	O. 007	Election of the Speaker	Speaker pro tempore	D	G							DUANGAN
04. 02.	P. 008	Kevin Lomax to be Attorney General	POTUS			Y	Y	Y	/	Y	Y	CONFIRMED	APPOINTED
08. 02.	H.R. 009	Fourth Popular Petitions Revision Bill	Rep. Duangan (D-SE)	Y	Y	Y	Y	/	/	Y	Y	PASSED	SIGNED INTO LAW
08. 02.	S. 010	Transition Bill	Sen. Johnson (D-AS)	Y	N	N	Y	/	/	p	Y	PASSED	SIGNED INTO LAW
04. 03.	S. 012	Judicial Delegations Reform Act	Sen. Johnson (D-AS)	Y	p	Y	Y	–	Y	Y	Y	PASSED	SIGNED INTO LAW
23. 03.	P. 013	Diana Baker to be Director of the FBI	POTUS			N	p	–	/	N	N	REJECTED
27. 03.	P. 014	VADM Michelle Clarkson to be Chief of Naval Operations	POTUS			Y	Y	–	N	Y	Y	CONFIRMED	APPOINTED

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