Representatives of the 117th round of the US Congress will be officially sworn in today, Sunday, which means the flow of new lawmakers to the Capitol building in light of the ongoing Corona epidemic, according to what CNN reported.
The US Constitution stipulates that the Congress shall convene on January 3 at noon Eastern Time, which is one of the rare times that sessions are held on Sunday, the official holiday in the United States. The new and old deputies will take the oath and the House of Representatives will vote in full to choose a new speaker for the House, and it is expected that it will remain Nancy Pelosi, who presided over the last round, plays the same role.
Democrats in the House of Representatives had kept their majority in the elections last November, but their majority will now be narrow after they suffered losses, despite expectations that they will win more seats, while the performance of Republicans in Congress exceeded expectations, and are preparing to add a large number of women to their ranks in Congress. the new.
In the House of Representatives, the balance of power remains undisputed yet, with all eyes turned to the run-off election for the two Georgia state seats, which will be held on Tuesday, to determine who will have control over the Senate.
The new representatives include a number of prominent figures from Democrats and Republicans who drew attention to them at the national level before they set foot on Congress.
In the House of Representatives, a number of progressive Democrats were able to oust the seat occupants in the preliminary races, including Cory Bush of Missouri and Jamal Baumat of New York State, who defeated the Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Elliot Angel.
It is scheduled that the first day of the new Congress will be different this year, with the implementation of precautionary measures in light of the Corona epidemic. Whereas, the number of senators to take an oath will be smaller to reduce crowding and it is expected that senators will perform the values in groups of two to allow for social distancing.
Members of the House of Representatives will also take the oath in larger groups, since the number is greater, and the new members will take the oath first.
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