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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.
Republicans have won control of the Senate, ... Only two other Black women have been elected to the Senate: Carol Moseley Braun in 1992 and Kamala Harris in 2016. ... including 130 Democrats, 45 ...
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.
Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan and US Democratic Senate candidate, arrives for a campaign event with US Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, in Flint, Michigan, US ...
As of January 2025, 64 women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress, of which 26 (16 Democrats and 10 Republicans) are currently serving (out of 100 possible seats). Nancy Kassebaum (born July 29, 1932) is the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age of 92.
Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference ...
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 Senate of the 119th Congress is composed in 2025 of 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and 2 independents; both the independents caucus with the Democrats. The leaders are Senators John Thune ( R ) of South Dakota and Chuck Schumer ( D ) of New York . [ 1 ]