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A view of the U.S. Capitol, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 ...
Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years.
The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C. , on January 3, 2021, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's first presidency and the first two years of Joe ...
The last-minute gambit paid off, and 30 minutes past the Friday midnight deadline, Congress managed to dodge a shutdown. The bill passed by a vote of 366 to 34 in the House and 85 to 11 in the Senate.
Each block represents one of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. "D#" is a Democratic/active senator, "I#" is an Independent senator, and "R#" is a Republican/active senator. They are arranged so that the parties are separated, and a majority is clear by crossing the middle.
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 have been on offense in the 2024 election cycle, defending 11 seats compared with 23 for Democrats. Three-term incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, lost to GOP candidate Bernie Moreno
Meanwhile, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for reelection this year, with Democrats looking to upend the current 220–212 Republican majority.