112th United States Congress (SIADD)

The One Hundred Twelfth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2011, and will end on January 3, 2013, 17 days before the end of the presidential term to which John McCain was elected in 2008. Senators elected to regular terms in 2006 will complete those terms in this Congress. This Congress includes the last House of Representatives elected from congressional districts that were apportioned based on the 2000 census.

In the 2010 midterm elections, the Republican Party won the majority in the House of Representatives. While the Democrats kept their Senate majority, it was reduced from the previous Congress. This is the first Congress in which the House and Senate are controlled by different parties since the 107th Congress (2001–2003), and the first Congress to begin that way since the 99th Congress (1985–1987). In this Congress, the House of Representatives has the largest number of Republican members, 242, since the 80th Congress (1947–1949). This is also the first Congress since 1947 in which a member of the Kennedy family has not served.

Senate

 * President of the Senate: Tim Pawlenty (R)
 * President pro tempore: Daniel Inouye (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader and Caucus Chair: Harry Reid
 * Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): Dick Durbin
 * Caucus Vice Chair and Policy Committee Chair: Chuck Schumer
 * Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair and Caucus Secretary: Patty Murray
 * Policy Committee Vice Chair: Debbie Stabenow
 * Steering and Outreach Committee Vice Chair: Daniel Akaka
 * Chief Deputy Whip: Barbara Boxer

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell
 * Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip): Jon Kyl
 * Conference Chairman: Lamar Alexander, until 2012
 * John Thune, from 2012
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John Thune, until 2012
 * John Barrasso, from 2012
 * Conference Vice Chair: John Barrasso, until 2012
 * Roy Blunt, from 2012
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: John Cornyn
 * Deputy Whips: Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo, Saxby Chambliss, Rob Portman, Olympia Snowe, David Vitter, Roger Wicker

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: John Boehner (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Eric Cantor
 * Majority Whip: Kevin McCarthy
 * Majority Chief Deputy Whip: Peter Roskam
 * Conference Chair: Jeb Hensarling
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: Pete Sessions
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Tom Price
 * Conference Vice-Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
 * Conference Secretary: John Carter

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi
 * Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer
 * Assistant Democratic Leader: Jim Clyburn
 * Senior Chief Deputy Minority Whip: John Lewis
 * Chief Deputy Minority Whips: Maxine Waters, Jim Matheson, Jan Schakowsky, Joseph Crowley, Diana DeGette, G. K. Butterfield, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Peter Welch
 * Caucus Chairman: John B. Larson
 * Caucus Vice-Chairman: Xavier Becerra
 * Campaign Committee Chairman: Steve Israel
 * Steering/Policy Committee Co-Chairs: Rosa DeLauro and George Miller
 * Organization, Study, and Review Chairman: Mike Capuano