At least 65 of the current 529 voting members of Congress (or 12%) are immigrants or the children of immigrants. Democrats far outnumber Republicans among both first- and second-generation immigrants in both chambers. First- or second-generation immigrants in Congress represent 23 different states, and they hail from a variety of countries and territories.
After the 2016 presidential election, Facebook users began using the “angry” button much more often when reacting to posts created by members of Congress.
Between Feb. 24, 2016 and Election Day, the congressional Facebook audience used the “angry” button in response to lawmakers’ posts a total of 3.6 million times. But during the same amount of time following the election, that number increased more than threefold, to nearly 14 million. The trend toward using the “angry” reaction continued during the last three months of 2017.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to shorten the chamber’s August recess isn’t unprecedented, but it’s unusual in an election year. Senators are now on track to be in session for 385 days during the current Congress – far more days than the average and the highest total of any Senate going back to 1971.
The results of U.S. Senate elections increasingly are aligned with states’ party preferences in presidential elections – a trend that could have major implications in this year’s battle for control of the Senate.
The vast majority of the regular and special Senate elections held since 2013 – 69 of 73 – have been won by candidates who belonged to the party that won that state’s most recent presidential race.
A record share of registered voters in America say the issue of which party controls Congress will be a factor in their vote in November. Six-in-ten say they consider their midterm vote as essentially one either for Donald Trump or against him.
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress this week, read five facts about Americans and the popular social media network.
As of the end of February, 52 representatives have announced that they’re not running for new terms – the most since 1992, when 65 representatives chose not to pursue re-election. The 36 Republicans who are leaving the House by choice after this year are the most for the GOP since 1930.
Among members of the new 115th Congress, 91% describe themselves as Christians. This is nearly the same percentage as in the 87th Congress from 1961 to 1962, when 95% of members were Christian. Read more from our Faith on the Hill report.