![]() ![]() In the Senate, women hold 25 of 100 seats, tying the record number they held in the 116th Congress. A record 128 women are serving in the newly elected House, accounting for 29% of the chamber’s total. That represents a 59% increase from the 96 women who were serving in the 112th Congress a decade ago, though it remains far below women’s share of the overall U.S. history and a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.Ĭounting both the House of Representatives and the Senate, women account for 153 of 540 voting and nonvoting members of Congress. ![]() Women make up more than a quarter (28%) of all members of the 118th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. She is the first woman to be Senate president pro tempore. 3, 2023, as Murray’s husband, Rob Murray, looks on. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. ![]()
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