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It should be alright to have an image of the US Capitol, even it it's not an image taken between Jan 2023 & Jan 2025. GoodDay ( talk) 21:51, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
I had to remove Grassley's image, as we don't use an image of the president pro tempore-emeritus, in that section. Also, I moved Murray's image below Harris' image, as she's not succeeding Harris as Senate president. The Senate president pro tempore ranks 'below' the Senate president. I used the 116th United States Congress & other preceding US Congresses with the same transition of officials, for what to do. GoodDay ( talk) 01:36, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I've deleted the images of the Senate & House party leaders & whips. We don't have them in any of the preceding th US Congress pages, as they're not constitutional offices. GoodDay ( talk) 05:28, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Jdavi333: in the th US Congress pages where we have images of both the Senate president & president pro tempore shown. We put the Senate president's image above the Senate president pro tempore's image, as one outranks the other. If you disagree with this arrangement? then by all means open an RFC. GoodDay ( talk) 22:47, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
At current, there are only 48 Democrat party members confirmed and 49 Republican party members confirmed for the Senate. Sanders and King often caucus with the Democrats but are not Democrats. This means that as parties are concerned, the Democrats are NOT the majority party, the Republicans are. Georgia will determine if Republicans remain the majority party or if the two parties will tie. Even the first table under Party Summary, titled Senate, concurs with this state of affairs (though it incorrectly shows the Democrat party holding control, which is false, though one can argue with Sanders and King's support, the Democrat CAUCUS has control). Lrwerewolf ( talk) 03:50, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Drdpw: Regarding Special:Diff/1126025553, we do note upcoming membership changes if confirmed by sources. It doesn't make a claim of certainty, but appropriately notes that "is expected to [resign]". So why did you remove this? — CX Zoom[he/him] ( let's talk • { C• X}) 07:45, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
I realize that a lot of times ppl want to look up names by state but this year, with the speakership battle, an alphabetical list by last name of the House would be good along with their votes because it's a roll call vote. Then inquiring minds can see vote by vote who affected the outcome of each vote. 108.51.169.236 ( talk) 20:29, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
See Talk:117th_United_States_Congress#Titles_need_to_be_changed_across_several_articles and also MOS:TABLECAPTION, WP:ALT, etc. Please make sure that this article is accessible and meets the basic requirements of the MoS. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 05:09, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
If anyone wants to add trivial information about Jeffries being the first black leader in Congress, or McConnel being the longest leader in Senate, feel free to add them with sourcing in a separate "Trivia" section. Try not to use the current well-defined concise sections for it. Thanks! — CX Zoom[he/him] ( let's talk • { C• X}) 16:49, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Had to reformat Harris' & Murray's images into single image boxes, because an editor kept objecting (via reverts) that multiple image boxes were not allowed to be used for single images. GoodDay ( talk) 20:57, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Why do some pages say that all these new freshman reps became incumbents on January 3 and some pages say January 7? Has the actual date not been determined? I don't think it's clear whether terms automatically begin on January 3 no matter what or if the term only starts once they've been sworn in. If it's January 7, they why isn't it being recorded that every seat was vacant January 3-7? Benn257 ( talk) 00:44, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
The seat for the Speaker of House was vacant from January 3rd to the 7th. Cwater1 ( talk) 04:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
I'm in agreement with @ Drdpw:'s deletion of the 'president pro tempore-emeritus' & the 'speaker-emerita' honorary titles. I've deleted the former from the xth US Congress pages as well, a honorary title created back in 2001. These are not constitutional offices, but rather 'gold watches' (for lack of a better terminology) handed out by party colleagues. They're too trivial to be included. GoodDay ( talk) 07:15, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
It is looking as though this session may involve a significant number of congressional disapproval joint resolutions. There may need to be some guideline established as to which will be included on this page. Noahp2 ( talk) 23:56, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Does Santos's arrest affect voting share? HandsomeFella ( talk) 15:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Why did you repeatedly remove that Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker on January 7, 2023 just after 15 rounds of balloting? 24.46.59.173 ( talk) 20:22, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Why have the removals of both Representantives Ilhan Omar (MN) and Adam Schiff (CA) from their respective committees been included in the "Major Events" section, but the removal of Representative Eric Swalwell (CA) from his committee has been omitted? It would seem that all three events are of equal significance. Can someone please add Swalwell's removal to the "Major Events" section? Thank you. 66.91.36.8 ( talk) 06:01, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether or not this is a typographical error, but under House Democratic Leadership, the position of Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee appears to be listed twice, once with Joe Neguse (CO) in the position and a second time with Veronica Escobar (TX). I checked the Wikipedia pages for both representatives and Joe Neguse's page seems to confirm his position as chair, but Veronica Escobar's page mentions no chair positions whatsoever. If I were to guess, I'd say the leadership position ascribed to Escobar is a typographical error, but I am hesitant to unilaterally make the edit in case I missed something. Can someone with more knowledge on the matter clarify or make the edit? Thank you. 66.91.36.8 ( talk) 12:03, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Should there a motion to vacate page too? Or some kind of larger representation on the page? MonkeyBBGB ( talk) 00:46, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Should the Speaker portrait infobox include both McCarthy and then McHenry a la the VP/Pro Temp changes we see on the 117th page? DAWGinRoswell 16:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC) DAWGinRoswell 16:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Shouldn't both images of McCarthy & Johnson be on the page, concerning they were/are Speakers of the House? McCarthy's tenure as speaker, shouldn't be ignored. GoodDay ( talk) 18:51, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
I would recommend the multiple image method, used for Pence & Harris at the 117th United States Congress page. GoodDay ( talk) 19:01, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
If "Speaker Emeritus" is considered a role in leadership and stated for Nancy Pelosi, it should now apply to Kevin McCarthy as well. Many sources (such as this article) have stated his role as speaker emeritus, and the Republican representatives are using this title as well.
User:TransTheftAuto is saying that the title has not been officially declared or granted, but the speaker emeritus seems to be more of an honorific title than a substantive officer position. It's not a position elected by the House as a body or appointed by its officers like the speaker; it's a role given by the respective caucus, and the Republican conference may be treating McCarthy's assuming of the role as automatic. Mike Johnson's first speech from the chair even had the words, around the beginning, "I want to express my great thanks for our (conference's) Speaker Emeritus, Kevin McCarthy" (similar to Hakeem Jeffries's speech before it thanking Nancy Pelosi with that role mentioned), and the Republican conference applauded. This seems like tacit approval of that role.
Democrats such as Abigail Spanberger seem to acknowledge McCarthy as an emeritus as well, according to this page: “Prior to assuming the role of Speaker of the House, U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy promised to hold a vote on legislation to ban Member stock trading,” said Spanberger. “Unfortunately, there was no significant movement on this issue in the nine months of Speaker Emeritus McCarthy’s tenure.” 104.175.78.152 ( talk) 04:31, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
We're missing two spans of vacancies, in the House seating images. GoodDay ( talk) 17:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm re-upping this topic since there seem to be a few more potential inclusions in the pipeline. The question is whether CRA joint resolutions (attempts to reverse administrative rules/actions) should be listed on this page. As they've built up I've been leaning towards "no" since their descriptions aren't very informative and it's difficult to determine which are actually major or significant. Noahp2 ( talk) 15:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
The House membership map needs updating to March 22, 2024. I don't know how to accomplish this. GoodDay ( talk) 18:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
I think the issues that Republicans are having with governing in the House and their reliance on Democrats to pass key legislation may warrant its own article. I have created a draft, Draft:2023–24 House of Representatives legislative coalition, which I think talk page watchers of this page may be interested in. I would love help and suggestions, including those from people who don't believe this warrants an article at all. Thanks! Esolo5002 ( talk) 19:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Therequiembellishere, as you should know by now, the WP:ONUS for consensus to this contested change is on you. As OutlawRun and I read the sources, we see nothing that suggests that Menendez is an independent. He is merely running as one, but remains in the Democratic Party. None of the sources you linked say he left the party. You brought up Joe Lieberman, but none of the sources on Menendez today do. That's WP:OR. Different states have different rules. Please self-revert so I don't continue in an edit war with you and discuss this properly. – Muboshgu ( talk) 22:55, 3 June 2024 (UTC)