115th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 115th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from January 2017 to January 2019, during the early Trump administration, notable for Republican control of both chambers and the passage of major legislation including tax reform.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
controlledBy Republican Party ⓘ
convenesUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: 2016 United States elections
endTime 2019-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 2017-12-29 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 2017-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 116th United States Congress ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityLeader Kevin McCarthy ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
houseMinorityLeader Nancy Pelosi ⓘ
houseMinorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
houseSeats 435 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody federal legislature of the United States ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 115 ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral federal legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetingPlace United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Donald Trump ⓘ
meetsInBuilding United States Capitol ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Building
notableEvent attempted repeal of the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
notableLegislation Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ⓘ
First Step Act ⓘ
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ⓘ
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ⓘ
VA MISSION Act of 2018 ⓘ
partOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United States
precededBy 114th United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 2019-01-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 2018-01-03 ⓘ
senateMajorityLeader Mitch McConnell ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
senateMinorityLeader Charles Schumer ⓘ
surface form: Chuck Schumer
senateMinorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senatePresident Mike Pence ⓘ
senatePresidentProTempore Orrin Hatch ⓘ
senateSeats 100 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Paul Ryan ⓘ
startTime 2017-01-03 ⓘ

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 → congressNumber → 115th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 115-278 → enactedBy → 115th United States Congress ⓘ
VA MISSION Act of 2018 → enactedBy → 115th United States Congress ⓘ
VA-11 → isRepresentedIn → 115th United States Congress ⓘ
116th United States Congress → precededBy → 115th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 115th United States Congress ⓘ