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Congress Years Total Democrats Opposition [18] Others Vacancies Total Democrats Opposition Others Vacancies President Trifecta 34th: 1855–1857 62 39: 21 2 — 234 83 100: 51 — Franklin Pierce: No Congress Years Total Democrats Republicans Others Vacancies Total Democrats Republicans Others Vacancies President Trifecta 35th: 1857–1859 64 ...
Congress [c] has 535 voting members: 100 senators and 435 representatives. The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members. [6] Congress convenes for a two-year term, commencing every other January.
The degree to which the president of the United States has control of Congress often determines their political strength, such as the ability to pass sponsored legislation, ratify treaties, and have Cabinet members and judges approved. Early in the 19th century, divided government was rare but since the 1970s it has become increasingly common.
From April 1945 to August 2023, of the 115 million net jobs added, 83 million (72%) were under Democrats and 32 million (28%) were under Republicans. [8] Economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watson estimated job growth at 2.6% annually for Democratic presidents, about 2.2 times faster than the 1.2% for Republican presidents, for the 1949–2012 ...
The bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on September 19, 2019, during the 116th Congress by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). [24] The bill received 106 co-sponsors. [34] It passed the House on December 12, 2019, by a vote of . All Democrats voted for the measure, and all but 2 Republicans voted against it.
Four of the top five presidents in terms of total jobs added were Democrats. For these 13 presidents beginning with Truman, total job creation was 2.4 times faster under Democrats, 70.5 million for the seven Democratic presidents and 29.1 million for the six Republican presidents.
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives. ... though all members are Democrats. Its mission has been to ...
January 3, 2021: 117th Congress officially begins. Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in; though because of the COVID-19 pandemic, House members-elect did not all gather in the chamber to be sworn in, but rather, were summoned to the chambers in seven groups of about 72 people. [5]