18-540: (Redirected from Judiciary Committee ) A judiciary committee is a committee of a legislative body that considers issues related to the legal system. It may refer to: United States House Committee on the Judiciary , a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary , a standing committee of
36-596: A Congress counts against that total. A longer term for the task force would cause the Judiciary Committee to exceed this limit. Chairman: Adam Schiff (D-CA) Ranking member: Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Established in September 2008, the Judicial Task force on Judicial Impeachment was to look into charges against District Judge Thomas Porteous . The investigation was not completed by the end of
54-602: A bachelor's degree or a higher degree; this was a historically high level of education for a United States Congress. In addition, 167 members of the House and 55 members of the Senate had law degrees. Only 18 members of Congress had no college education. Ethnic minorities in the 115th Congress consisted of 52 African American members , 45 Hispanic or Latino members , 18 Asian-American or Pacific Islander members , and two members of Native American ancestry . Women comprised 20.1% of
72-801: A bid for another office. Collins was succeeded as ranking member by Jordan, who represents Ohio's 4th congressional district , but who has never taken a bar examination or practiced law. Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 14 (Chair), H.Res. 15 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 70 (R), H.Res. 71 (D), H.Res. 502 (D), H.Res. 908 (R), H.Res. 1431 (García) Sources: H.Res. 24 (Chair), H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 46 (D), H.Res. 68 (R), H.Res. 903 (R), H.Res. 1037 (R) Sources: H.Res. 6 (Chair), H.Res. 45 (D), H.Res. 51 (R) and H.Res. 95 (D) Sources: Sources: Chairman: Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI); Ranking member: John Conyers (D-MI) The Antitrust Task Force during
90-420: A temporary subcommittee to examine the pending merger between XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio . The task force operated like any other subcommittee, except that it only has a six-month term. House Rules limit each full committee to just five subcommittees, and any task force, special subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing committee that is established for a cumulative period longer than six months in
108-401: The 115th Congress , the chairman of the committee was Republican Bob Goodlatte of Virginia , and the ranking minority member was initially Democrat John Conyers of Michigan . On November 26, 2017, Conyers stepped down from his position as ranking member, while he faced an ethics investigation. On November 28, 2017, Jerrold Nadler of New York was named as acting ranking member. In
126-473: The 116th Congress , the House flipped from Republican to Democratic control. Doug Collins , a Republican from Georgia's 9th congressional district , became ranking member and served from 2019 to 2020. In early 2020, Collins stepped down from his leadership position when he became a candidate in the 2020 special election held to replace retiring U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson . Under House Republican rules, members must relinquish leadership positions if they launch
144-541: The 108th Congress existed from March 26, 2003, to September 26, 2003. All Judiciary Committee Members also served as members of the Task Force, and conducted hearings and investigations into consolidation of the Bell Telephone Companies. Chairman: John Conyers (D-MI); Ranking member: Steve Chabot (R-OH) The Antitrust Task Force during the 110th Congress was established February 28, 2007, as
162-473: The 110th Congress, and it was reestablished after the 111th Congress convened in January 2009. The responsibilities of the Task Force were expanded to include the case of Judge Samuel B. Kent , leading to hearings and his subsequent impeachment by the full House of Representatives. The Task force finally voted to impeach Porteous on January 21, 2010. 115th Congress The 115th United States Congress
180-536: The House and the Senate, and, with inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, attained an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 109th Congress in 2005. Several political scientists described the legislative accomplishments of this Congress as modest, considering that both Congress and the presidency were under unified Republican Party control. Section contents: Senate : Majority (R) , Minority (D) • House : Majority (R) , Minority (D) The average age of members of
198-467: The House of Representatives during the 115th Congress was 57.8 years, while the average age of U.S. senators was 61.8 years. The most common occupation of senators prior to being elected to their posts was law, followed by public service/politics and business. In the House of Representatives, business was the dominant prior occupation, followed by public service/politics and law. In the 115th Congress, 94.1% of House members and 100% of senators had attained
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#1732765234947216-554: The Judiciary , also called the House Judiciary Committee , is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives . It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts , federal administrative agencies, and federal law enforcement entities. The Judiciary Committee is often involved in the impeachment process against federal officials. Because of
234-491: The United States Senate See also [ edit ] Council of the judiciary Judicial Council (disambiguation) National Judicial Council (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Judiciary committee . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
252-469: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_committee&oldid=1092917219 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages United States House Committee on the Judiciary The U.S. House Committee on
270-651: The legal nature of its oversight, committee members usually have a legal background, but this is not required. In the 118th Congress , the chairman of the committee is Republican Jim Jordan of Ohio , and the ranking minority member is Democrat Jerry Nadler of New York . The committee was created on June 3, 1813, for the purpose of considering legislation related to the judicial system . This committee approved impeachment resolutions/ articles of impeachment against presidents in four instances: against Andrew Johnson ( in 1867 ), Richard Nixon ( in 1974 ), Bill Clinton ( in 1998 ), and Donald Trump ( in 2019 ). In
288-405: The membership in the 115th Congress, which had 109 women and 326 men. This represented an increase of 21 women from the 114th Congress . Seven openly LGBT members served in the 115th Congress. Tammy Baldwin , Jared Polis , Sean Patrick Maloney , Mark Takano , David Cicilline , and Mark Pocan are openly gay, while Kyrsten Sinema is openly bisexual. The majority of the 115th Congress
306-707: Was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's first presidency . The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States census . The Republican Party retained their majority in both
324-554: Was religiously affiliated, with 90.7% identifying as Christians. Approximately half of the Christians were Protestant. Other religious faiths of congressmembers in the 115th Congress included Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. The numbers refer to their Senate classes . All of the class 3 seats were contested in the November 2016 elections . Class 1 terms end with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2018; Class 2 began in
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