118th United States Congress

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The 118th United States Congress is the current two-year session of the U.S. federal legislature, convened in January 2023 and composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
congressionalTermOfHouseMembers 2 years
congressionalTermOfSenators 6 years
congressNumber 118
convenedOn 2023-01-03
country United States of America
electionForHouseHeldOn 2022-11-08
electionForSenateClassIIIHeldOn 2022-11-08
endDate 2025-01-03
followedBy 119th United States Congress
hasChamberType lower house
upper house
hasMajorityInHouse Republican Party
hasMajorityInSenate Democratic Party
hasMinorityInHouse Democratic Party
hasMinorityInSenate Republican Party
hasWebsite https://www.congress.gov
houseMinorityLeaderAtStart Hakeem Jeffries
jurisdiction United States federal law
languageOfRecord English
legislativeBranchOf Federal government of the United States
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
lowerHouse United States House of Representatives
meetsIn United States Capitol
meetsInBuilding Capitol Building
meetsUnder United States Constitution
numberOfNonVotingDelegates 6
numberOfSenators 100
numberOfVotingRepresentatives 435
precededBy 117th United States Congress
presidentDuringCongress Joe Biden
presidentOfTheSenate Kamala Harris
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate Patty Murray
senateMajorityLeader Chuck Schumer
senateMinorityLeader Mitch McConnell
sessionNumber 118
speakerOfTheHouseAtStart Kevin McCarthy
speakerOfTheHouseFrom Kevin McCarthy
Mike Johnson
speakerOfTheHouseFromDate 2023-01-07
2023-10-25
speakerOfTheHouseUntilDate 2023-10-03
startDate 2023-01-03
termLength 2 years
timePeriod 2023–2025
upperHouse United States Senate
vicePresidentDuringCongress Kamala Harris


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