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The current House speaker is Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California. She was elected to a fourth (second consecutive) term as speaker on January 3, 2021, the first day of the 117th Congress.
John Boehner | |
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In office January 5, 2011 – October 29, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Nancy Pelosi |
Succeeded by | Paul Ryan |
House Minority Leader |
Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Nancy Pelosi (Democratic Party)
The current House speaker is Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California. She was elected to a fourth (second consecutive) term as speaker on January 3, 2021, the first day of the 117th Congress.
112th United States Congress | |
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Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 6 non-voting delegates |
Senate Majority | Democratic |
Senate President | Joe Biden (D) |
House Majority | Republican |
51 years (January 29, 1970)
Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008.
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Current leaders
Nancy Patricia Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/; née D’Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician serving as speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1987.
List of party leaders
79 years (February 20, 1942)
Speaker: Pelosi (D), CA | |
Majority Leader: Hoyer (D), MD | Minority Leader: McCarthy (R), CA |
Majority Whip: Clyburn (D), SC | Minority Whip: Scalise (R), LA |
Majority and Minority Leaders
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50 years (May 28, 1971)
In the United States, divided government describes a situation in which one party controls the executive branch while another party controls one or both houses of the legislative branch.
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology or the will of their donors or constituents. Whips are the party’s “enforcers”.
Bakersfield, California, United States
Majority Whip James E. Clyburn.
The House elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it first convenes after a general election for its two-year term, or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. A majority of votes cast (as opposed to a majority of the full membership of the House) is necessary to elect a speaker.
56 years (January 26, 1965)