Joint session of the United States Congress information
Gathering of members of both houses of Congress
Joint session of the United States Congress
Seal of the United States Congress
History
Founded
March 4, 1789 (235 years ago) (1789-03-04)
Leadership
Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson (R) since October 25, 2023
President of the Senate
Kamala Harris (D) since January 20, 2021
Structure
Seats
535 voting members
100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting members
Senate political groups
Democratic (48)
Independent (3)[a]
Republican (49)
House of Representatives political groups
Republican (221)
Democratic (213)
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber United States Capitol Washington, D.C. United States of America
Constitution
United States Constitution
A joint session of the United States Congress is a gathering of members of the two chambers of the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Joint sessions can be held on any special occasion, but are required to be held when the president delivers a State of the Union address, when they gather to count and certify the votes of the Electoral College as the presidential election, or when they convene on the occasion of a presidential inauguration. A joint meeting is a ceremonial or formal occasion and does not perform any legislative function, and no resolution is proposed nor vote taken.
Joint sessions and meetings are usually held in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, and are traditionally presided over by the speaker of the House. However, the Constitution requires the vice president (as president of the Senate) to preside over the counting of electoral votes.
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