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President
Obama
Barack Hussein Obama D · since Jan 20, 2009
Senate
53 D · 47 R
100 senators · 112th Congress
House
240 R · 190 D
430 representatives
Supreme Court
5 R · 4 D
9 justices by appointing party
Union
50 states
27 amendments in force
Unemployment
7.8%
Sep 2012 · $1 then ≈ $1.46 today
Public debt
$16.2T
as of Oct 16, 2012 · 3 armed conflicts
2012-10-16/executiveThe administration
President Barack Hussein Obama D
since Jan 20, 2009
Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar D
since Jan 20, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton D
since Jan 21, 2009
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu D
since Jan 21, 2009
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano D
since Jan 21, 2009
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Ken Shinseki
since Jan 21, 2009
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan D
since Jan 21, 2009
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack D
since Jan 21, 2009
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice D
since Jan 22, 2009
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lisa P. Jackson D
since Jan 23, 2009
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood R
since Jan 23, 2009
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
since Jan 26, 2009
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan D
since Jan 26, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder D
since Feb 3, 2009
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis D
since Feb 24, 2009
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk D
since Mar 18, 2009
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius D
since Apr 28, 2009
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper I
since Aug 9, 2010
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta D
since Jul 1, 2011
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus I
since Sep 6, 2011
White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew D
since Jan 27, 2012
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeff Zients D
since Jan 27, 2012
Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank D
since Jun 11, 2012
2012-10-16/congress112th Congress
Senate · 53 D · 47 R
Mark Begich (Democrat, AK)Mark L. Pryor (Democrat, AR)Dianne Feinstein (Democrat, CA)Barbara Boxer (Democrat, CA)Mark Udall (Democrat, CO)Michael F. Bennet (Democrat, CO)Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, CT)Thomas R. Carper (Democrat, DE)Christopher A. Coons (Democrat, DE)Bill Nelson (Democrat, FL)Daniel K. Akaka (Democrat, HI)Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat, HI)Tom Harkin (Democrat, IA)Richard J. Durbin (Democrat, IL)Mary L. Landrieu (Democrat, LA)John F. Kerry (Democrat, MA)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democrat, MD)Barbara A. Mikulski (Democrat, MD)Debbie Stabenow (Democrat, MI)Carl Levin (Democrat, MI)Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, MN)Al Franken (Democrat, MN)Claire McCaskill (Democrat, MO)Jon Tester (Democrat, MT)Max Baucus (Democrat, MT)Kay R. Hagan (Democrat, NC)Kent Conrad (Democrat, ND)Ben Nelson (Democrat, NE)Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat, NH)Robert Menendez (Democrat, NJ)Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat, NJ)Jeff Bingaman (Democrat, NM)Tom Udall (Democrat, NM)Harry Reid (Democrat, NV)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat, NY)Charles E. Schumer (Democrat, NY)Sherrod Brown (Democrat, OH)Jeff Merkley (Democrat, OR)Ron Wyden (Democrat, OR)Robert P. Casey, Jr. (Democrat, PA)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, RI)Jack Reed (Democrat, RI)Tim Johnson (Democrat, SD)Jim Webb (Democrat, VA)Mark R. Warner (Democrat, VA)Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat, VT)Maria Cantwell (Democrat, WA)Patty Murray (Democrat, WA)Herb Kohl (Democrat, WI)John D. Rockefeller, IV (Democrat, WV)Joe Manchin, III (Democrat, WV)Joseph I. Lieberman (Independent, CT)Bernard Sanders (Independent, VT)Lisa Murkowski (Republican, AK)Jeff Sessions (Republican, AL)Richard C. Shelby (Republican, AL)John Boozman (Republican, AR)Jon Kyl (Republican, AZ)John McCain (Republican, AZ)Marco Rubio (Republican, FL)Saxby Chambliss (Republican, GA)Johnny Isakson (Republican, GA)Chuck Grassley (Republican, IA)James E. Risch (Republican, ID)Mike Crapo (Republican, ID)Mark Kirk (Republican, IL)Richard G. Lugar (Republican, IN)Daniel Coats (Republican, IN)Pat Roberts (Republican, KS)Jerry Moran (Republican, KS)Mitch McConnell (Republican, KY)Rand Paul (Republican, KY)David Vitter (Republican, LA)Scott P. Brown (Republican, MA)Olympia J. Snowe (Republican, ME)Susan M. Collins (Republican, ME)Roy Blunt (Republican, MO)Roger F. Wicker (Republican, MS)Thad Cochran (Republican, MS)Richard Burr (Republican, NC)John Hoeven (Republican, ND)Mike Johanns (Republican, NE)Kelly Ayotte (Republican, NH)Dean Heller (Republican, NV)Rob Portman (Republican, OH)James M. Inhofe (Republican, OK)Tom Coburn (Republican, OK)Patrick J. Toomey (Republican, PA)Lindsey Graham (Republican, SC)Jim DeMint (Republican, SC)John Thune (Republican, SD)Bob Corker (Republican, TN)Lamar Alexander (Republican, TN)Kay Bailey Hutchison (Republican, TX)John Cornyn (Republican, TX)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican, UT)Mike Lee (Republican, UT)Ron Johnson (Republican, WI)John Barrasso (Republican, WY)Michael B. Enzi (Republican, WY)
House · 240 R · 190 D
Terri A. Sewell (Democrat, AL-7)Mike Ross (Democrat, AR-4)Ed Pastor (Democrat, AZ-4)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat, AZ-7)Ron Barber (Democrat, AZ-8)Bob Filner (Democrat, CA-51)Joe Baca (Democrat, CA-43)Howard L. Berman (Democrat, CA-28)Laura Richardson (Democrat, CA-37)Fortney Pete Stark (Democrat, CA-13)Lynn C. Woolsey (Democrat, CA-6)George Miller (Democrat, CA-7)Henry A. Waxman (Democrat, CA-30)Lois Capps (Democrat, CA-23)Sam Farr (Democrat, CA-17)Michael M. Honda (Democrat, CA-15)Loretta Sanchez (Democrat, CA-47)Xavier Becerra (Democrat, CA-31)Susan A. Davis (Democrat, CA-53)Karen Bass (Democrat, CA-33)Jerry McNerney (Democrat, CA-11)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat, CA-34)Jackie Speier (Democrat, CA-12)Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat, CA-14)Barbara Lee (Democrat, CA-9)Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat, CA-38)Judy Chu (Democrat, CA-32)Jim Costa (Democrat, CA-20)John Garamendi (Democrat, CA-10)Zoe Lofgren (Democrat, CA-16)Doris O. Matsui (Democrat, CA-5)Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, CA-8)Adam B. Schiff (Democrat, CA-29)Brad Sherman (Democrat, CA-27)Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat, CA-39)Mike Thompson (Democrat, CA-1)Maxine Waters (Democrat, CA-35)Janice Hahn (Democrat, CA-36)Jared Polis (Democrat, CO-2)Ed Perlmutter (Democrat, CO-7)Diana DeGette (Democrat, CO-1)Joe Courtney (Democrat, CT-2)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat, CT-3)James A. Himes (Democrat, CT-4)John B. Larson (Democrat, CT-1)Christopher Murphy (Democrat, CT-5)John C. Carney Jr. (Democrat, DE-AL)Corrine Brown (Democrat, FL-3)Alcee L. Hastings (Democrat, FL-23)Theodore E. Deutch (Democrat, FL-19)Kathy Castor (Democrat, FL-11)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat, FL-20)Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat, FL-17)John Barrow (Democrat, GA-12)John Lewis (Democrat, GA-5)David Scott (Democrat, GA-13)Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat, GA-2)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat, GA-4)Colleen Hanabusa (Democrat, HI-1)Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat, HI-2)Leonard L. Boswell (Democrat, IA-3)Bruce L. Braley (Democrat, IA-1)David Loebsack (Democrat, IA-2)Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (Democrat, IL-2)Jerry F. Costello (Democrat, IL-12)Luis V. Gutiérrez (Democrat, IL-4)Daniel Lipinski (Democrat, IL-3)Bobby L. Rush (Democrat, IL-1)Danny K. Davis (Democrat, IL-7)Mike Quigley (Democrat, IL-5)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat, IL-9)Joe Donnelly (Democrat, IN-2)Peter J. Visclosky (Democrat, IN-1)André Carson (Democrat, IN-7)Ben Chandler (Democrat, KY-6)John A. Yarmuth (Democrat, KY-3)Cedric L. Richmond (Democrat, LA-2)Barney Frank (Democrat, MA-4)John W. Olver (Democrat, MA-1)John F. Tierney (Democrat, MA-6)Michael E. Capuano (Democrat, MA-8)Niki Tsongas (Democrat, MA-5)William R. Keating (Democrat, MA-10)Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat, MA-9)Edward J. Markey (Democrat, MA-7)James P. McGovern (Democrat, MA-3)Richard E. Neal (Democrat, MA-2)Donna F. Edwards (Democrat, MD-4)Elijah E. Cummings (Democrat, MD-7)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat, MD-2)John P. Sarbanes (Democrat, MD-3)Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat, MD-5)Chris Van Hollen (Democrat, MD-8)Michael H. Michaud (Democrat, ME-2)Chellie Pingree (Democrat, ME-1)Hansen Clarke (Democrat, MI-13)Dale E. Kildee (Democrat, MI-5)John D. Dingell (Democrat, MI-15)John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI-14)Sander M. Levin (Democrat, MI-12)Gary C. Peters (Democrat, MI-9)Keith Ellison (Democrat, MN-5)Timothy J. Walz (Democrat, MN-1)Collin C. Peterson (Democrat, MN-7)Betty McCollum (Democrat, MN-4)Russ Carnahan (Democrat, MO-3)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democrat, MO-1)Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat, MO-5)Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat, MS-2)Larry Kissell (Democrat, NC-8)Brad Miller (Democrat, NC-13)Heath Shuler (Democrat, NC-11)Melvin L. Watt (Democrat, NC-12)Mike McIntyre (Democrat, NC-7)G. K. Butterfield (Democrat, NC-1)David E. Price (Democrat, NC-4)Steven R. Rothman (Democrat, NJ-9)Robert E. Andrews (Democrat, NJ-1)Rush Holt (Democrat, NJ-12)Albio Sires (Democrat, NJ-13)Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat, NJ-8)Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat, NJ-6)Martin Heinrich (Democrat, NM-1)Ben Ray Luján (Democrat, NM-3)Shelley Berkley (Democrat, NV-1)Gary L. Ackerman (Democrat, NY-5)Maurice D. Hinchey (Democrat, NY-22)Edolphus Towns (Democrat, NY-10)Timothy H. Bishop (Democrat, NY-1)Carolyn McCarthy (Democrat, NY-4)William L. Owens (Democrat, NY-23)Steve Israel (Democrat, NY-2)Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY-15)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democrat, NY-28)Joseph Crowley (Democrat, NY-7)Eliot L. Engel (Democrat, NY-17)Nita M. Lowey (Democrat, NY-18)José E. Serrano (Democrat, NY-16)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat, NY-14)Brian Higgins (Democrat, NY-27)Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat, NY-11)Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat, NY-6)Jerrold Nadler (Democrat, NY-8)Paul Tonko (Democrat, NY-21)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat, NY-12)Kathleen C. Hochul (Democrat, NY-26)Dennis J. Kucinich (Democrat, OH-10)Betty Sutton (Democrat, OH-13)Marcia L. Fudge (Democrat, OH-11)Tim Ryan (Democrat, OH-17)Marcy Kaptur (Democrat, OH-9)Dan Boren (Democrat, OK-2)Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat, OR-4)Kurt Schrader (Democrat, OR-5)Earl Blumenauer (Democrat, OR-3)Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat, OR-1)Jason Altmire (Democrat, PA-4)Mark S. Critz (Democrat, PA-12)Tim Holden (Democrat, PA-17)Allyson Y. Schwartz (Democrat, PA-13)Chaka Fattah (Democrat, PA-2)Robert A. Brady (Democrat, PA-1)Michael F. Doyle (Democrat, PA-14)James R. Langevin (Democrat, RI-2)David N. Cicilline (Democrat, RI-1)James E. Clyburn (Democrat, SC-6)Jim Cooper (Democrat, TN-5)Steve Cohen (Democrat, TN-9)Charles A. Gonzalez (Democrat, TX-20)Silvestre Reyes (Democrat, TX-16)Rubén Hinojosa (Democrat, TX-15)Gene Green (Democrat, TX-29)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat, TX-30)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat, TX-18)Henry Cuellar (Democrat, TX-28)Lloyd Doggett (Democrat, TX-25)Al Green (Democrat, TX-9)Jim Matheson (Democrat, UT-2)James P. Moran (Democrat, VA-8)Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat, VA-11)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat, VA-3)Peter Welch (Democrat, VT-AL)Norman D. Dicks (Democrat, WA-6)Jim McDermott (Democrat, WA-7)Rick Larsen (Democrat, WA-2)Adam Smith (Democrat, WA-9)Ron Kind (Democrat, WI-3)Tammy Baldwin (Democrat, WI-2)Gwen Moore (Democrat, WI-4)Nick J. Rahall II (Democrat, WV-3)Don Young (Republican, AK-AL)Jo Bonner (Republican, AL-1)Spencer Bachus (Republican, AL-6)Martha Roby (Republican, AL-2)Mo Brooks (Republican, AL-5)Robert B. Aderholt (Republican, AL-4)Mike Rogers (Republican, AL-3)Tim Griffin (Republican, AR-2)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican, AR-1)Steve Womack (Republican, AR-3)Benjamin Quayle (Republican, AZ-3)Trent Franks (Republican, AZ-2)Jeff Flake (Republican, AZ-6)Paul A. Gosar (Republican, AZ-1)David Schweikert (Republican, AZ-5)Brian P. Bilbray (Republican, CA-50)Mary Bono Mack (Republican, CA-45)David Dreier (Republican, CA-26)Elton Gallegly (Republican, CA-24)Wally Herger (Republican, CA-2)Jerry Lewis (Republican, CA-41)Daniel E. Lungren (Republican, CA-3)John Campbell (Republican, CA-48)Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Republican, CA-25)Gary G. Miller (Republican, CA-42)Jeff Denham (Republican, CA-19)Dana Rohrabacher (Republican, CA-46)Edward R. Royce (Republican, CA-40)Duncan Hunter (Republican, CA-52)Devin Nunes (Republican, CA-21)Kevin McCarthy (Republican, CA-22)Ken Calvert (Republican, CA-44)Tom McClintock (Republican, CA-4)Darrell Issa (Republican, CA-49)Mike Coffman (Republican, CO-6)Cory Gardner (Republican, CO-4)Scott R. Tipton (Republican, CO-3)Doug Lamborn (Republican, CO-5)Sandy Adams (Republican, FL-24)Connie Mack (Republican, FL-14)David Rivera (Republican, FL-25)Cliff Stearns (Republican, FL-6)Allen B. West (Republican, FL-22)C. W. Bill Young (Republican, FL-10)Steve Southerland II (Republican, FL-2)Ander Crenshaw (Republican, FL-4)John L. Mica (Republican, FL-7)Jeff Miller (Republican, FL-1)Richard B. Nugent (Republican, FL-5)Thomas J. Rooney (Republican, FL-16)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican, FL-18)Dennis A. Ross (Republican, FL-12)Bill Posey (Republican, FL-15)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican, FL-9)Vern Buchanan (Republican, FL-13)Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican, FL-21)Daniel Webster (Republican, FL-8)Paul C. Broun (Republican, GA-10)Phil Gingrey (Republican, GA-11)Jack Kingston (Republican, GA-1)Lynn A. Westmoreland (Republican, GA-3)Tom Price (Republican, GA-6)Tom Graves (Republican, GA-9)Rob Woodall (Republican, GA-7)Austin Scott (Republican, GA-8)Tom Latham (Republican, IA-4)Steve King (Republican, IA-5)Raúl R. Labrador (Republican, ID-1)Michael K. Simpson (Republican, ID-2)Judy Biggert (Republican, IL-13)Timothy V. Johnson (Republican, IL-15)Donald A. Manzullo (Republican, IL-16)Robert T. Schilling (Republican, IL-17)Joe Walsh (Republican, IL-8)Aaron Schock (Republican, IL-18)Robert J. Dold (Republican, IL-10)Randy Hultgren (Republican, IL-14)Peter J. Roskam (Republican, IL-6)John Shimkus (Republican, IL-19)Adam Kinzinger (Republican, IL-11)Dan Burton (Republican, IN-5)Mike Pence (Republican, IN-6)Todd Rokita (Republican, IN-4)Larry Bucshon (Republican, IN-8)Todd Young (Republican, IN-9)Marlin A. Stutzman (Republican, IN-3)Tim Huelskamp (Republican, KS-1)Mike Pompeo (Republican, KS-4)Lynn Jenkins (Republican, KS-2)Kevin Yoder (Republican, KS-3)Ed Whitfield (Republican, KY-1)Brett Guthrie (Republican, KY-2)Harold Rogers (Republican, KY-5)Jeffrey M. Landry (Republican, LA-3)Rodney Alexander (Republican, LA-5)Charles W. Boustany Jr. (Republican, LA-7)John Fleming (Republican, LA-4)Bill Cassidy (Republican, LA-6)Steve Scalise (Republican, LA-1)Roscoe G. Bartlett (Republican, MD-6)Andy Harris (Republican, MD-1)Dave Camp (Republican, MI-4)Mike Rogers (Republican, MI-8)Candice S. Miller (Republican, MI-10)Dan Benishek (Republican, MI-1)Justin Amash (Republican, MI-3)Fred Upton (Republican, MI-6)Bill Huizenga (Republican, MI-2)Tim Walberg (Republican, MI-7)Chip Cravaack (Republican, MN-8)Michele Bachmann (Republican, MN-6)John Kline (Republican, MN-2)Erik Paulsen (Republican, MN-3)W. Todd Akin (Republican, MO-2)Jo Ann Emerson (Republican, MO-8)Vicky Hartzler (Republican, MO-4)Billy Long (Republican, MO-7)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican, MO-9)Sam Graves (Republican, MO-6)Alan Nunnelee (Republican, MS-1)Gregg Harper (Republican, MS-3)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican, MS-4)Denny Rehberg (Republican, MT-AL)Sue Wilkins Myrick (Republican, NC-9)Howard Coble (Republican, NC-6)Renee L. Ellmers (Republican, NC-2)Walter B. Jones (Republican, NC-3)Patrick T. McHenry (Republican, NC-10)Virginia Foxx (Republican, NC-5)Rick Berg (Republican, ND-AL)Lee Terry (Republican, NE-2)Jeff Fortenberry (Republican, NE-1)Adrian Smith (Republican, NE-3)Charles F. Bass (Republican, NH-2)Frank C. Guinta (Republican, NH-1)Jon Runyan (Republican, NJ-3)Scott Garrett (Republican, NJ-5)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican, NJ-11)Leonard Lance (Republican, NJ-7)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican, NJ-2)Christopher H. Smith (Republican, NJ-4)Stevan Pearce (Republican, NM-2)Joseph J. Heck (Republican, NV-3)Mark E. Amodei (Republican, NV-2)Ann Marie Buerkle (Republican, NY-25)Nan A. S. Hayworth (Republican, NY-19)Michael G. Grimm (Republican, NY-13)Christopher P. Gibson (Republican, NY-20)Richard L. Hanna (Republican, NY-24)Peter T. King (Republican, NY-3)Tom Reed (Republican, NY-29)Robert L. Turner (Republican, NY-9)Steve Austria (Republican, OH-7)Steven C. LaTourette (Republican, OH-14)Jean Schmidt (Republican, OH-2)John A. Boehner (Republican, OH-8)Patrick J. Tiberi (Republican, OH-12)James B. Renacci (Republican, OH-16)Steve Stivers (Republican, OH-15)Steve Chabot (Republican, OH-1)Bob Gibbs (Republican, OH-18)Bill Johnson (Republican, OH-6)Jim Jordan (Republican, OH-4)Robert E. Latta (Republican, OH-5)Michael R. Turner (Republican, OH-3)John Sullivan (Republican, OK-1)Tom Cole (Republican, OK-4)James Lankford (Republican, OK-5)Frank D. Lucas (Republican, OK-3)Greg Walden (Republican, OR-2)Todd Russell Platts (Republican, PA-19)Jim Gerlach (Republican, PA-6)Michael G. Fitzpatrick (Republican, PA-8)Joseph R. Pitts (Republican, PA-16)Tim Murphy (Republican, PA-18)Patrick Meehan (Republican, PA-7)Charles W. Dent (Republican, PA-15)Lou Barletta (Republican, PA-11)Bill Shuster (Republican, PA-9)Tom Marino (Republican, PA-10)Mike Kelly (Republican, PA-3)Glenn Thompson (Republican, PA-5)Tim Scott (Republican, SC-1)Mick Mulvaney (Republican, SC-5)Trey Gowdy (Republican, SC-4)Jeff Duncan (Republican, SC-3)Joe Wilson (Republican, SC-2)Kristi L. Noem (Republican, SD-AL)Stephen Lee Fincher (Republican, TN-8)Diane Black (Republican, TN-6)John J. Duncan, Jr. (Republican, TN-2)David P. Roe (Republican, TN-1)Marsha Blackburn (Republican, TN-7)Scott DesJarlais (Republican, TN-4)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican, TN-3)Francisco "Quico" Canseco (Republican, TX-23)Ron Paul (Republican, TX-14)Ralph M. Hall (Republican, TX-4)Randy Neugebauer (Republican, TX-19)Blake Farenthold (Republican, TX-27)Joe Barton (Republican, TX-6)John Abney Culberson (Republican, TX-7)Jeb Hensarling (Republican, TX-5)Sam Johnson (Republican, TX-3)Ted Poe (Republican, TX-2)Lamar Smith (Republican, TX-21)K. Michael Conaway (Republican, TX-11)Bill Flores (Republican, TX-17)Kenny Marchant (Republican, TX-24)Pete Olson (Republican, TX-22)Mac Thornberry (Republican, TX-13)Kevin Brady (Republican, TX-8)Louie Gohmert (Republican, TX-1)Michael C. Burgess (Republican, TX-26)Kay Granger (Republican, TX-12)John R. Carter (Republican, TX-31)Michael T. McCaul (Republican, TX-10)Pete Sessions (Republican, TX-32)Jason Chaffetz (Republican, UT-3)Rob Bishop (Republican, UT-1)Eric Cantor (Republican, VA-7)Frank R. Wolf (Republican, VA-10)J. Randy Forbes (Republican, VA-4)Robert Hurt (Republican, VA-5)E. Scott Rigell (Republican, VA-2)Bob Goodlatte (Republican, VA-6)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican, VA-9)Robert J. Wittman (Republican, VA-1)Doc Hastings (Republican, WA-4)David G. Reichert (Republican, WA-8)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican, WA-3)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican, WA-5)Thomas E. Petri (Republican, WI-6)Reid J. Ribble (Republican, WI-8)Paul D. Ryan (Republican, WI-1)Sean P. Duffy (Republican, WI-7)F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (Republican, WI-5)David B. McKinley (Republican, WV-1)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican, WV-2)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican, WY-AL)
2012-10-16/supreme-courtThe bench
Antonin Scalia R
Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986
Anthony McLeod Kennedy R
Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Feb 11, 1988
Clarence Thomas R
Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991
Ruth Bader Ginsburg D
Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993
Stephen Gerald Breyer D
Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994
John Glover Roberts, Jr. R
Chief Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Sep 29, 2005
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. R
Associate Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Jan 31, 2006
Sonia Sotomayor D
Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2009
Elena Kagan D
Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2010
2012-10-16/militaryArmed conflicts under way
War against al-Qaida
since Sep 11, 2001 · U.S. principal party
War in Afghanistan (Taliban insurgency)
since Jan 1, 2003 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat
Yemen: Houthis and AQAP
since Jan 1, 2009 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat
2012-10-16/weekWithin a week · Oct 9, 2012 – Oct 23, 2012
Order Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran
Oct 9, 2012 · EO 13628

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.