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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.
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.
In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party won control of the House 222–213, taking the majority for the first time since the 115th Congress, while the Democratic Party gained one seat in the Senate, where they already had effective control, and giving them a 51–49-seat majority (with a caucus of 48 Democrats and three independents).
In the Senate, Republicans briefly held the majority at the start; however, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators – Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California – were sworn in, resulting in 50 seats held by Republicans, 48 seats held by Democrats, and two held by independents who caucus with the ...
Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner: VA: January 3, 2017: Elizabeth Warren: MA: January 3, 2017: Chair of Senate Democratic ...
Republicans currently have majority control of the House of Representatives. The GOP took back the House by a slim marigin in the 2022 midterm elections. Of the 435 voting seats in the House, 220 ...
Democratic 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 15 James Buchanan: Democratic 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 16 Abraham Lincoln: Republican: National Union 2 4.1 4.1 0 4.1 0 4.1 0 0 17 Andrew Johnson: National Union: Democratic 0 3.9 0 3.9 0 3.9 0 0 3.9 18 Ulysses Grant: Republican 2 8 8 0 6 2 6 2 0 19 Rutherford Hayes: Republican 1 4 2 2 0 4 0 2 2 20 James Garfield ...
Republicans are favored — though certainly not guaranteed — to gain control of the U.S. Senate this November. Currently, Democrats (and independents who caucus with the party) hold 51 Senate ...