Senator Mark Kirk Competitors

The U.S. House of Representatives (USHR) is one of two chambers in the United States Congress. It is composed of 441+ House Offices, each of which serves as its own hiring authority. These House Offices consist of Member Offices, Committees, and Support Offices, such as but not limited to the Clerk, Chief Administrative Officer, Sergeant at Arms, Chaplain, Parliamentarian, Historian, Congressional Ethics, General Counsel, Legislative Counsel, Law Revision Counsel, and Inspector General. USHR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. All job postings will either expire after 30 days or once 100 applications are received. All travel-related expenses associated with the interview and hiring process must be paid by the applicant, to include any relocation expenses. Employment may be contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a criminal history records check. Employment is at-will. All qualified applicants are required to meet the USHR's employment requirements – for more information, visit https://www.house.gov/employment. This page is managed by the U.S. House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which is committed to helping create and cultivate a diverse and inclusive congressional workforce within USHR that reflects the American people. For questions, please contact careers@mail.house.gov. To receive notifications when USHR posts a new career opportunity that matches your interest, click "Create Job Alert" under the "Jobs" tab.

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each U.S. state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. Senators serve staggered six-year terms. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building. The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House, including consenting to treaties as a precondition to their ratification and consenting or confirmation of appointments of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials, military officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, and other federal uniformed officers, as well as trial of federal officials impeached by the House. The Senate is both a more deliberative and more prestigious body than the House of Representatives, due to its longer terms, smaller size, and statewide constituencies, which historically led to a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere. The Senate has been described by some members of the American media as the "world's greatest deliberative body.