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Publication Date: May 2005
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Government
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The official clergy of Congress are the two chaplains  one in the House, the other in the Senate. They are among the elected officers of their respective houses. At the beginning of each Congress, the House chaplain is elected for a two-year term. The Senate chaplain does not have to be reelected at the beginning of a new Congress. This fact sheet is one of a series on the legislative process.