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A government trifecta is a political situation in which the same political party controls the executive branch and both ... This page was last edited on 21 ...
The Republican Party retained their majority in both the House and the Senate, and, with inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, attained an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 109th Congress in 2005.
This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government trifecta period, dating back to the 73rd Congress (1933–1935). This ties with the previous 14-year Republican trifecta from 1897 to 1911 as the longest trifectas of Congress and is the last time, (as of the year 2024), that a trifecta was achieved that lasted longer than a decade.
Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans win the House, completing their 2024 ...
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.
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 39: 20 5 — 237 131: 94 13 — James Buchanan: Yes 36th: 1859–1861 66 38: 26 2 — 237 [19] 101 113: 23 — No 37th ...
The Democratic Party last controlled the House from 2019 to 2023 under Nancy Pelosi's leadership, ultimately losing their majority as a result of the 2022 midterms.
Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority, and with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson to his own term in office, maintaining an overall federal government trifecta. This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2/3rd supermajority in the Senate. The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history ...