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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Democratic 2 8 6 2 2 6 2 4 2 45 Donald Trump: Republican 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 46 Joe Biden: Democratic 1 4 4 [e] 0 2 2 2 2 0 47: Donald Trump: Republican 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 No. President President's party Elections won Years served Senate with Senate opposed House with House opposed Congress with Congress divided Congress opposed
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.
However, since 1920, Democrats have controlled the Senate for about 58 years. During most of that period Senate Democrats earned a larger share of Senate seats than their share of the national House vote. Since filibuster rules were revised in 1975, the Democratic Party earned filibuster-proof supermajorities three times after the 1974, 1976 ...
27 sitting Senate members, 2 of whom are Republicans and 25 Democrats; 236 candidates for House and Senate, including 130 Democrats, 45 Republicans and 61 third-party candidates. Here’s a full ...
The last time either party had a filibuster-proof majority was in early 2010 when Democrats had 60 seats in the Senate. Republicans came closest to matching that result when they had 59 of the ...
The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes of their respective parties on major issues. As the second-ranking members of Senate leadership, if ...
The party leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate. Each party is led by a floor leader who directs the legislative agenda of their caucus in the Senate, and who is augmented by an Assistant Leader ...