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From 2017 to 2019 and since 2025 in the United States, the Republican Party has held the Senate, House of Representatives, and the presidency. [1] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump, and Vice President (President of the Senate) Mike Pence, all Republicans, are pictured during the first trifecta in the 115th United States Congress.
The Republican platform, as of to date, is officially opposed to same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues. [95] [96] Groups advocating for LGBT issues inside the party include the Log Cabin Republicans, Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, and College Republicans. In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v.
In March, Johnson said House Republicans would pursue “aggressive” and “radical changes” in the first 100 days of a Republican trifecta. He said on Oct. 28 that there would be “massive ...
The last time Republicans held a trifecta in Washington came in 2017 and 2018 during Trump's first term, when he signed into law dozens of bills including a $1.5 trillion tax cut.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: . Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Many of the platform items mirror policies supported on the 2020 platform, but the list of 274 platform planks indicates the Republican Party in Texas that continues to slide to the right, said ...
The first Republican statewide primary was held in 1926, but drew only 15,239 voters. By contrast, the Democratic primary in the same year drew 821,234 voters, as disfranchisement was well established, and Texas was essentially a one-party, white-only voting state. Only two more Republican primaries were run in the next thirty-four years. [5]
Republican lawmakers told USA TODAY they do expect to unite around one thing in 2025: Trump's agenda. “We have an obligation to deliver now so that necessarily changes things.