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Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
Republicans currently have majority control of the House of Representatives. The GOP took back the House by a slim marigin in the 2022 midterm elections. Of the 435 voting seats in the House, 220 ...
Republicans only needed to win one more race to retake control of the chamber that is currently controlled 51-49 by Democrats, which they managed to do on Tuesday.
The 119th Congress began at 12 p.m. EST on January 3, 2025, following the adjournment of the 118th Congress. [26] The Senate began with Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in senators. [ 27 ] West Virginia Governor Jim Justice was sworn in on January 13 due to the state's constitution creating issues of succession. [ 28 ]
In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party won control of the House 222–213, taking the majority for the first time since the 115th Congress, while the Democratic Party gained one seat in the Senate, where they already had effective control, and giving them a 51–49-seat majority (with a caucus of 48 Democrats and three independents).
Republican Rep. Don Bacon will serve a fifth term in Congress representing Nebraska’s 2 nd congressional district, according to the Associated Press, which called his race at 6:11 p.m. EST ...
Republicans will control both houses of Congress next year, giving Donald Trump control of all three branches of government. The GOP has held onto their narrow majority, allowing them the chance ...
In the Senate, Republicans briefly held the majority at the start; however, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators – Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California – were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by independents who caucus with the ...