111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It began during the last two weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of the Barack Obama administration. The Congress will last from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011, and it began its first session on January 6, 2009. The apportionment of seats in the House is based on the 2000 U.S. Census. In the November 4, 2008 elections, the Democratic Party increased its majorities in both chambers. A new delegate seat was created for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Major events

 * January 2009: Two Senate seats were disputed when the Congress convened:
 * An appointment dispute over the Illinois seat vacated by President Barack Obama arose following Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged solicitation of bribes in exchange for an appointment to the Senate. Roland Burris (D) was appointed to the seat on December 31, 2008, his credentials were accepted on January 12, 2009, and he was sworn in to office on January 15, 2009.
 * An election dispute over the Minnesota seat previously held by incumbent Norm Coleman (R), between Coleman and challenger Al Franken (D), was decided in late June 2009 in favor of Franken, who was sworn in on July 7, 2009.
 * January 8, 2009: Joint session counted the Electoral College votes of the 2008 presidential election.
 * January 20, 2009: Inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
 * November 2, 2010: 2010 general elections scheduled.

Enacted

 * January 29, 2009: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
 * February 4, 2009: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act,
 * February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,
 * March 11, 2009: Omnibus Appropriations Act,
 * March 30, 2009: Omnibus Public Land Management Act,
 * April 21, 2009: Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act,
 * May 20, 2009: Helping Families Save Their Homes Act,
 * May 22, 2009: Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act,
 * May 22, 2009: Credit CARD Act,
 * June 22, 2009: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, as Division A of
 * June 24, 2009: Supplemental Appropriations Act,
 * October 28, 2009: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,

Proposed

 * (in alphabetical order)


 * American Clean Energy and Security Act
 * District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act
 * Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
 * Employee Free Choice Act
 * Employment Non-Discrimination Act
 * Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009
 * Food Safety Enhancement Act
 * Gun Show Loophole Closing Act
 * Health insurance reform proposals:
 * America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
 * Healthy Americans Act
 * United States National Health Care Act
 * Military Readiness Enhancement Act
 * Presidential Records Act Amendments
 * Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009
 * Respect for Marriage Act
 * Shark Conservation Act
 * Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
 * Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
 * Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
 * Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
 * Uniting American Families Act
 * Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act
 * See also: Active Legislation, 111th Congress, via senate.gov

Vetoed

 * None

Major resolutions

 * TBD

Select committees

 * Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
 * Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
 * Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles Against Judge Samuel B. Kent (June 24, 2009 —  July 22, 2009 )

Hearings

 * January to April 2009: Senate held confirmation hearings for Barack Obama's cabinet.
 * July 13-16, 2009: Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the United States Supreme Court.

Party summary

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

Senate

 * President:
 * Dick Cheney (R), until January 20, 2009
 * Joe Biden (D), from January 20, 2009
 * President pro tempore: Robert Byrd (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader and Conference Chairman : Harry Reid
 * Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): Richard Durbin
 * Conference Vice Chairman: Charles Schumer
 * Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Menendez
 * Conference Secretary: Patty Murray
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Byron Dorgan
 * Steering and Outreach Committee Chair: Debbie Stabenow
 * Committee Outreach Chair: Jeff Bingaman
 * Rural Outreach Chair: Blanche Lincoln
 * Chief Deputy Whip: Barbara Boxer
 * Deputy Whips: Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, and Russ Feingold

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell
 * Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip): Jon Kyl
 * Counselor to the Minority Leader: TBD
 * Conference Chairman: Lamar Alexander
 * Conference Vice Chair: Lisa Murkowski
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John Ensign, until June 17, 2009. John Thune, from June 25, 2009.
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: John Cornyn

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Nancy Pelosi (D)
 * Assistant to the Speaker: Chris Van Hollen (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer
 * Majority Whip: Jim Clyburn
 * Senior Chief Deputy Majority Whip: John Lewis
 * Chief Deputy Majority Whips: Maxine Waters, John S. Tanner, Ed Pastor, Jan Schakowsky, Joseph Crowley, Diana DeGette, G.K. Butterfield, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
 * Caucus Chairman: John B. Larson
 * Caucus Vice-Chairman: Xavier Becerra
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: Chris Van Hollen
 * Steering/Policy Committee Co-Chairs: George Miller and Rosa DeLauro
 * Organization, Study, and Review Chairman: Michael Capuano



Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: John Boehner
 * Minority Whip: Eric Cantor
 * Chief Deputy Whip: Kevin McCarthy
 * Conference Chair: Mike Pence
 * Conference Vice-Chair: Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
 * Conference Secretary: John Carter
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Thaddeus McCotter
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: Pete Sessions

Members

 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Alabama

 * Richard Shelby (R)
 * Jeff Sessions (R)

Alaska

 * Lisa Murkowski (R)
 * Mark Begich (D)

Arizona

 * John McCain (R)
 * Jon Kyl (R)

Arkansas

 * Blanche Lincoln (D)
 * Mark Pryor (D)

California

 * Dianne Feinstein (D)
 * Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado

 * Mark Udall (D)
 * Ken Salazar (D), until January 20, 2009
 * Michael Bennet (D), from January 21, 2009

Connecticut

 * Christopher Dodd (D)
 * Joe Lieberman (ID)

Delaware

 * Tom Carper (D)
 * Joe Biden (D), until January 15, 2009
 * Ted Kaufman (D), from January 16, 2009

Florida

 * Bill Nelson (D)
 * Mel Martinez (R), until September 9, 2009
 * George LeMieux (R), from September 10, 2009

Georgia

 * Saxby Chambliss (R)
 * Johnny Isakson (R)

Hawaii

 * Daniel Inouye (D)
 * Daniel Akaka (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

 * Dick Durbin (D)
 * Disputed until January 15, 2009
 * Roland Burris (D), from January 15, 2009

Indiana

 * Richard Lugar (R)
 * Evan Bayh (D)

Iowa

 * Chuck Grassley (R)
 * Tom Harkin (D)

Kansas

 * Sam Brownback (R)
 * Pat Roberts (R)

Kentucky

 * Mitch McConnell (R)
 * Jim Bunning (R)

Louisiana

 * Mary Landrieu (D)
 * David Vitter (R)

Maine

 * Olympia Snowe (R)
 * Susan Collins (R)

Maryland

 * Barbara Mikulski (D)
 * Ben Cardin (D)

Massachusetts

 * Ted Kennedy (D), until August 25, 2009
 * Paul G. Kirk (D), from September 24, 2009
 * John Kerry (D)

Michigan

 * Carl Levin (D)
 * Debbie Stabenow (D)

Minnesota

 * Amy Klobuchar (D)
 * Disputed until June 30, 2009.
 * Al Franken (D), from July 7, 2009

Mississippi

 * Thad Cochran (R)
 * Roger Wicker (R)

Missouri

 * Kit Bond (R)
 * Claire McCaskill (D)

Montana

 * Max Baucus (D)
 * Jon Tester (D)

Nebraska

 * Ben Nelson (D)
 * Mike Johanns (R)

Nevada

 * Harry Reid (D)
 * John Ensign (R)

New Hampshire

 * Judd Gregg (R)
 * Jeanne Shaheen (D)

New Jersey

 * Frank Lautenberg (D)
 * Bob Menendez (D)

New Mexico

 * Jeff Bingaman (D)
 * Tom Udall (D)

New York

 * Chuck Schumer (D)
 * Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), until January 21, 2009
 * Kirsten Gillibrand (D), from January 27, 2009

North Carolina

 * Richard Burr (R)
 * Kay Hagan (D)

North Dakota

 * Kent Conrad (D)
 * Byron Dorgan (D)

Ohio

 * George Voinovich (R)
 * Sherrod Brown (D)

Oklahoma

 * Jim Inhofe (R)
 * Tom Coburn (R)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * Arlen Specter (R, then D)
 * Bob Casey, Jr. (D)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

 * Lindsey Graham (R)
 * Jim DeMint (R)

South Dakota

 * Tim Johnson (D)
 * John Thune (R)

Tennessee

 * Lamar Alexander (R)
 * Bob Corker (R)

Texas

 * Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
 * John Cornyn (R)

Utah

 * Orrin Hatch (R)
 * Bob Bennett (R)

Vermont

 * Patrick Leahy (D)
 * Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia

 * Jim Webb (D)
 * Mark Warner (D)

Washington

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

West Virginia

 * Robert Byrd (D)
 * Jay Rockefeller (D)

Wisconsin

 * Herb Kohl (D)
 * Russ Feingold (D)

Wyoming

 * Mike Enzi (R)
 * John Barrasso (R)

Alabama
(4-3 Republican)
 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Jo Bonner (R)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Bobby Bright (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Mike D. Rogers (R)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Robert Aderholt (R)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Parker Griffith (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Spencer Bachus (R)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Artur Davis (D)

Alaska
(1 Republican)
 * Alaska's at-large congressional district. Don Young (R)

Arizona
(5-3 Democratic)
 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Trent Franks (R)
 * Arizona's 3rd congressional district. John Shadegg (R)
 * Arizona's 4th congressional district. Ed Pastor (D)
 * Arizona's 5th congressional district. Harry Mitchell (D)
 * Arizona's 6th congressional district. Jeff Flake (R)
 * Arizona's 7th congressional district. Raúl M. Grijalva (D)
 * Arizona's 8th congressional district. Gabrielle Giffords (D)

Arkansas
(3-1 Democratic)
 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Marion Berry (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Vic Snyder (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John Boozman (R)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Mike Ross (D)

California
(33-19 Democratic, 1 vacancy)
 * California's 1st congressional district. Mike Thompson (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Wally Herger (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Dan Lungren (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Tom McClintock (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Doris Matsui (D)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Lynn Woolsey (D)
 * California's 7th congressional district. George Miller (D)
 * California's 8th congressional district. Nancy Pelosi (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. Barbara Lee (D)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Ellen Tauscher (D), until June 26, 2009
 * Vacant, thereafter
 * California's 11th congressional district. Jerry McNerney (D)
 * California's 12th congressional district. Jackie Speier (D)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Pete Stark (D)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Anna Eshoo (D)
 * California's 15th congressional district. Mike Honda (D)
 * California's 16th congressional district. Zoe Lofgren (D)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Sam Farr (D)
 * California's 18th congressional district. Dennis Cardoza (D)
 * California's 19th congressional district. George Radanovich (R)
 * California's 20th congressional district. Jim Costa (D)
 * California's 21st congressional district. Devin Nunes (R)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. Kevin McCarthy (R)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Lois Capps (D)
 * California's 24th congressional district. Elton Gallegly (R)
 * California's 25th congressional district. Howard McKeon (R)
 * California's 26th congressional district. David Dreier (R)
 * California's 27th congressional district. Brad Sherman (D)
 * California's 28th congressional district. Howard Berman (D)
 * California's 29th congressional district. Adam Schiff (D)
 * California's 30th congressional district. Henry Waxman (D)
 * California's 31st congressional district. Xavier Becerra (D)
 * California's 32nd congressional district. Hilda Solis (D), until February 24, 2009
 * Judy Chu (D), from July 16, 2009
 * California's 33rd congressional district. Diane Watson (D)
 * California's 34th congressional district. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
 * California's 35th congressional district. Maxine Waters (D)
 * California's 36th congressional district. Jane Harman (D)
 * California's 37th congressional district. Laura Richardson (D)
 * California's 38th congressional district. Grace Napolitano (D)
 * California's 39th congressional district. Linda Sánchez (D)
 * California's 40th congressional district. Edward R. Royce (R)
 * California's 41st congressional district. Jerry Lewis (R)
 * California's 42nd congressional district. Gary Miller (R)
 * California's 43rd congressional district. Joe Baca (D)
 * California's 44th congressional district. Ken Calvert (R)
 * California's 45th congressional district. Mary Bono Mack (R)
 * California's 46th congressional district. Dana Rohrabacher (R)
 * California's 47th congressional district. Loretta Sanchez (D)
 * California's 48th congressional district. John Campbell (R)
 * California's 49th congressional district. Darrell Issa (R)
 * California's 50th congressional district. Brian Bilbray (R)
 * California's 51st congressional district. Bob Filner (D)
 * California's 52nd congressional district. Duncan D. Hunter (R)
 * California's 53rd congressional district. Susan Davis (D)

Colorado
(5-2 Democratic)
 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Diana DeGette (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. Jared Polis (D)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John Salazar (D)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Betsy Markey (D)
 * Colorado's 5th congressional district. Doug Lamborn (R)
 * Colorado's 6th congressional district. Mike Coffman (R)
 * Colorado's 7th congressional district. Ed Perlmutter (D)

Connecticut
(5 Democrats)
 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. John Larson (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Joe Courtney (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Rosa DeLauro (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Jim Himes (D)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. Chris Murphy (D)

Delaware
(1 Republican)
 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Michael N. Castle (R)

Florida
(15-10 Republican)
 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Jeff Miller (R)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Allen Boyd (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Corrine Brown (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. Ander Crenshaw (R)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Ginny Brown-Waite (R)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Cliff Stearns (R)
 * Florida's 7th congressional district. John Mica (R)
 * Florida's 8th congressional district. Alan Grayson (D)
 * Florida's 9th congressional district. Gus Bilirakis (R)
 * Florida's 10th congressional district. Bill Young (R)
 * Florida's 11th congressional district. Kathy Castor (D)
 * Florida's 12th congressional district. Adam Putnam (R)
 * Florida's 13th congressional district. Vern Buchanan (R)
 * Florida's 14th congressional district. Connie Mack IV (R)
 * Florida's 15th congressional district. Bill Posey (R)
 * Florida's 16th congressional district. Tom Rooney (R)
 * Florida's 17th congressional district. Kendrick Meek (D)
 * Florida's 18th congressional district. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
 * Florida's 19th congressional district. Robert Wexler (D)
 * Florida's 20th congressional district. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
 * Florida's 21st congressional district. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
 * Florida's 22nd congressional district. Ron Klein (D)
 * Florida's 23rd congressional district. Alcee Hastings (D)
 * Florida's 24th congressional district. Suzanne Kosmas (D)
 * Florida's 25th congressional district. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Georgia
(7-6 Republican)
 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Jack Kingston (R)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Sanford Bishop (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Lynn Westmoreland (R)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Hank Johnson (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. John Lewis (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Tom Price (R)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. John Linder (R)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Jim Marshall (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Nathan Deal (R)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Paul Broun (R)
 * Georgia's 11th congressional district. Phil Gingrey (R)
 * Georgia's 12th congressional district. John Barrow (D)
 * Georgia's 13th congressional district. David Scott (D)

Hawaii
(2 Democrats)
 * Hawaii's 1st congressional district. Neil Abercrombie (D)
 * Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. Mazie Hirono (D)

Idaho
(1-1 Split)
 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Walter Minnick (D)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Michael K. Simpson (R)

Illinois
(12-7 Democratic)
 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Bobby Rush (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Dan Lipinski (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Luis Gutierrez (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Michael Quigley (D), from April 21, 2009
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Peter Roskam (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Danny K. Davis (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Melissa Bean (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Janice D. Schakowsky (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Mark Steven Kirk (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Debbie Halvorson (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Jerry Costello (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Judy Biggert (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Bill Foster (D)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Timothy V. Johnson (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Donald Manzullo (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Philip Hare (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Aaron Schock (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. John Shimkus (R)

Indiana
(5-4 Democratic)
 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Pete Visclosky (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Joe Donnelly (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Mark Souder (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Steve Buyer (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Dan Burton (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Mike Pence (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. André Carson (D)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Brad Ellsworth (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Baron Hill (D)

Iowa
(3-2 Democratic)
 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Bruce Braley (D)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. David Loebsack (D)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Leonard Boswell (D)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Tom Latham (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Steve King (R)

Kansas
(3-1 Republican)
 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Jerry Moran (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Lynn Jenkins (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Dennis Moore (D)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Todd Tiahrt (R)

Kentucky
(4-2 Republican)
 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Ed Whitfield (R)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Brett Guthrie (R)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John Yarmuth (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Geoff Davis (R)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Harold Rogers (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Ben Chandler (D)

Louisiana
(6-1 Republican)
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Steve Scalise (R)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Joseph Cao (R)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Charlie Melancon (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. John C. Fleming (R)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Rodney Alexander (R)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Bill Cassidy (R)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. Charles Boustany (R)

Maine
(2 Democrats)
 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Chellie Pingree (D)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Mike Michaud (D)

Maryland
(7-1 Democratic)
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Frank Kratovil (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. John Sarbanes (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Donna Edwards (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Steny Hoyer (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Roscoe Bartlett (R)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Elijah Cummings (D)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Chris Van Hollen (D)

Massachusetts
(10 Democrats)
 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. John Olver (D)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Richard Neal (D)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Jim McGovern (D)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Barney Frank (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Niki Tsongas (D)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. John Tierney (D)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Ed Markey (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Mike Capuano (D)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Stephen Lynch (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Bill Delahunt (D)

Michigan
(8-7 Democratic)
 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. Bart Stupak (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Peter Hoekstra (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Vern Ehlers (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. David Lee Camp (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Dale E. Kildee (D)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Fred Upton (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Mark Schauer (D)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Mike Rogers (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Gary Peters (D)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Candice Miller (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Thaddeus McCotter (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. Sander Levin (D)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. John Conyers Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. John Dingell (D)

Minnesota
(5-3 Democratic)
 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Tim Walz (D)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. John Kline (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Erik Paulsen (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Betty McCollum (D)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Keith Ellison (D)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Michele Bachmann (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Collin Peterson (D)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Jim Oberstar (D)

Mississippi
(3-1 Democratic)
 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Travis Childers (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Bennie Thompson (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Gregg Harper (R)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Gene Taylor (D)

Missouri
(5-4 Republican)
 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Todd Akin (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Russ Carnahan (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Ike Skelton (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Emanuel Cleaver (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. Sam Graves (R)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Roy Blunt (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Jo Ann Emerson (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)

Montana
(1 Republican)
 * Montana's at-large congressional district. Denny Rehberg (R)

Nebraska
(3 Republicans)
 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Jeff Fortenberry (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Lee Terry (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Adrian Smith (R)

Nevada
(2-1 Democratic)
 * Nevada's 1st congressional district. Shelley Berkley (D)
 * Nevada's 2nd congressional district. Dean Heller (R)
 * Nevada's 3rd congressional district. Dina Titus (D)

New Hampshire
(2 Democrats)
 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Carol Shea-Porter (D)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Paul Hodes (D)

New Jersey
(8-5 Democratic)
 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Rob Andrews (D)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Frank LoBiondo (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. John Adler (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Chris Smith (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Scott Garrett (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Frank Pallone (D)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Leonard Lance (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Steve Rothman (D)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Donald M. Payne (D)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Rush D. Holt Jr. (D)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Albio Sires (D)

New Mexico
(3 Democrats)
 * New Mexico's 1st congressional district. Martin Heinrich (D)
 * New Mexico's 2nd congressional district. Harry Teague (D)
 * New Mexico's 3rd congressional district. Ben R. Luján (D)

New York
(27-2 Democratic)
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Tim Bishop (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Steve Israel (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Peter T. King (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Carolyn McCarthy (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Gary Ackerman (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Gregory W. Meeks (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Joseph Crowley (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Jerrold Nadler (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Anthony D. Weiner (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Ed Towns (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Yvette D. Clarke (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Nydia Velázquez (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Michael McMahon (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Carolyn B. Maloney (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Charles B. Rangel (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. José Serrano (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Eliot L. Engel (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Nita Lowey (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. John Hall (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), until January 26, 2009
 * Scott Murphy (D), from April 29, 2009
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Paul Tonko (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Maurice Hinchey (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. John M. McHugh (R), until September 21, 2009
 * Bill Owens (D), elected on November 3, 2009
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Michael Arcuri (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Dan Maffei (D)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Chris Lee (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Brian Higgins (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Eric Massa (D)

North Carolina
(8-5 Democratic)
 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. G. K. Butterfield (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Bob Etheridge (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Walter B. Jones (R)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. David Price (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Virginia Foxx (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Howard Coble (R)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Mike McIntyre (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Larry Kissell (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Patrick McHenry (R)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Heath Shuler (D)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Mel Watt (D)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Brad Miller (D)

North Dakota
(1 Democrat)
 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district. Earl Pomeroy (D)

Ohio
(10-8 Democratic)
 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Steve Driehaus (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Jean Schmidt (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Michael R. Turner (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Jim Jordan (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Bob Latta (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Charlie Wilson (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Steve Austria (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. John A. Boehner (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Marcy Kaptur (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Dennis J. Kucinich (D)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Marcia Fudge (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Pat Tiberi (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Betty Sutton (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Steve LaTourette (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Mary Jo Kilroy (D)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. John Boccieri (D)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. Tim Ryan (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Zack Space (D)

Oklahoma
(4-1 Republican)
 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. John Sullivan (R)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Dan Boren (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Frank Lucas (R)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Cole (R)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Mary Fallin (R)

Oregon
(4-1 Democratic)
 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. David Wu (D)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Greg Walden (R)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Earl Blumenauer (D)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. Peter DeFazio (D)
 * Oregon's 5th congressional district. Kurt Schrader (D)

Pennsylvania
(12-7 Democratic)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Bob Brady (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Chaka Fattah (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Kathy Dahlkemper (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Jason Altmire (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Glenn Thompson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Jim Gerlach (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Joe Sestak (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Patrick Murphy (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Bill Shuster (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Chris Carney (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Paul E. Kanjorski (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Murtha (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Allyson Schwartz (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Michael F. Doyle (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Charlie Dent (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Joseph R. Pitts (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Tim Holden (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Tim Murphy (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Todd Platts (R)

Rhode Island
(2 Democrats)
 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Patrick J. Kennedy (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. James Langevin (D)

South Carolina
(4-2 Republican)
 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Joe Wilson (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Gresham Barrett (R)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Bob Inglis (R)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. John Spratt (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Jim Clyburn (D)

South Dakota
(1 Democrat)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)

Tennessee
(5-4 Democratic)
 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Phil Roe (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Duncan (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Zach Wamp (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Lincoln Davis (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Jim Cooper (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Bart Gordon (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Marsha Blackburn (R)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John S. Tanner (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Steve Cohen (D)

Texas
(20-12 Republican)
 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Louie Gohmert (R)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Ted Poe (R)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Sam Johnson (R)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Ralph Hall (R)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Jeb Hensarling (R)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Joe Barton (R)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. John Culberson (R)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Kevin Brady (R)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Al Green (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Michael McCaul (R)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Mike Conaway (R)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Kay Granger (R)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Mac Thornberry (R)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. Ron Paul (R)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Rubén Hinojosa (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. Silvestre Reyes (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Chet Edwards (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)
 * Texas's 19th congressional district. Randy Neugebauer (R)
 * Texas's 20th congressional district. Charlie Gonzalez (D)
 * Texas's 21st congressional district. Lamar S. Smith (R)
 * Texas's 22nd congressional district. Pete Olson (R)
 * Texas's 23rd congressional district. Ciro Rodriguez (D)
 * Texas's 24th congressional district. Kenny Marchant (R)
 * Texas's 25th congressional district. Lloyd Doggett (D)
 * Texas's 26th congressional district. Michael C. Burgess (R)
 * Texas's 27th congressional district. Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
 * Texas's 28th congressional district. Henry Cuellar (D)
 * Texas's 29th congressional district. Gene Green (D)
 * Texas's 30th congressional district. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
 * Texas's 31st congressional district. John Carter (R)
 * Texas's 32nd congressional district. Pete Sessions (R)

Utah
(2-1 Republican)
 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Rob Bishop (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. Jim Matheson (D)
 * Utah's 3rd congressional district. Jason Chaffetz (R)

Vermont
(1 Democrat)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Peter Welch (D)

Virginia
(6-5 Democratic)
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Rob Wittman (R)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Glenn Nye (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Robert C. Scott (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Randy Forbes (R)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Tom Perriello (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Bob Goodlatte (R)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Eric Cantor (R)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Jim Moran (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Rick Boucher (D)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Frank Wolf (R)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. Gerry Connolly (D)

Washington
(6-3 Democratic)
 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Jay Inslee (D)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Rick Larsen (D)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Brian Baird (D)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Doc Hastings (R)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Norm Dicks (D)
 * Washington's 7th congressional district. Jim McDermott (D)
 * Washington's 8th congressional district. Dave Reichert (R)
 * Washington's 9th congressional district. Adam Smith (D)

West Virginia
(2-1 Democratic)
 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Alan Mollohan (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Shelley Moore Capito (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Nick Rahall (D)

Wisconsin
(5-3 Democratic)
 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Paul Ryan (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Tammy Baldwin (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Ron Kind (D)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Gwen Moore (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Tom Petri (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Dave Obey (D)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Steve Kagen (D)

Wyoming
(1 Republican)
 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district. Cynthia Lummis (R)

Non-voting members

 * American Samoa's at-large congressional district. Eni Faleomavaega (D)
 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
 * Guam's at-large congressional district. Madeleine Bordallo (D)
 * Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district. Gregorio C. Sablan (I)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Pedro Pierluisi (D and PNP)
 * Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district. Donna Christian-Christensen (D)

Senate
Four of the changes are associated with the 2008 presidential election and appointments to the Obama administration, one Senator changed parties, one election was disputed, one Senator died, one Senator resigned, and three appointed Senators will serve only until special elections are held during this congress.

House of Representatives
The five changes to date have been associated with appointments to the Obama administration, four directly and one indirectly. One Congressman will resign to take a public policy job. House vacancies are filled by elections.

Employees

 * Architect of the Capitol: Stephen T. Ayers (Acting)
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Brian Monahan

Senate

 * Chaplain: Barry C. Black
 * Curator: Diane K. Skvarla
 * Historian: Richard A. Baker
 * Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
 * Secretary: Nancy Erickson
 * Sergeant at Arms: Terrance W. Gainer
 * Secretary for the Majority: Lula J. Davis
 * Secretary for the Minority: David J. Schiappa

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Daniel P. Coughlin
 * Chief Administrative Officer: Daniel P. Beard
 * Clerk: Lorraine Miller
 * Historian: Robert Remini
 * Parliamentarian: John V. Sullivan
 * Reading Clerks: Jaime Zapata, Susan Cole
 * Sergeant at Arms: Wilson “Bill” Livingood
 * Inspector General: James J. Cornell
 * See also: Rules of the House: "Other officers and officials"

Elections

 * United States congressional elections, 2008
 * United States Senate elections, 2008
 * United States House of Representatives elections, 2008

Membership lists

 * Members of the 111th United States Congress
 * List of freshman class members of the 111th United States Congress
 * List of current United States Senators by age and generation
 * List of current United States Senators by age
 * List of current United States Representatives by age and generation