A new report shows that while fewer Americans identify as Christian, members of the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly still do.
As a growing share of U.S. adults turns away from religion, Christianity still thrives in one American institution: the U.S. Congress . Members of the 119th Congress overwhelmingly identify as religious, and though the share of Christian members of Congress has dropped slightly in recent years, Christians are still overrepresented in the Capitol.
According to data compiled by CQ Roll Call and organized by Pew Research Center, 461 members of the incoming Senate and House of Representatives - or 87% - identify as Christians. That's down from 88% two years ago and 92% a decade ago, but it is far ahead of the 62% of U.S. adults who identify as Christian, per Pew's polling. In one way, the incoming Congress will be record-breaking: for the first time, multiple members describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated, or 'none'
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