Who controlled the house and senate during the bush years?

Answer 1

Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States. This period was 1993 through to 2001. Apart from 1993 to 1995 which was controlled by the democrats, the republicans controlled the house and senate till 2001.

Answer 2

For the first six years of the Reagan presidency (1981-87) The Republicans controlled the Senate, and the Democrats the House f Representatives In 1986, the Democrats recaptured the Senate (while retaining the House) and thereafter remained in control of both chamber until losing both in 1994.

Answer 3

The republicans for the first 4yrs. The Democrats have been in control since 2004.

Edited:

This is not correct. The Republican Party kept control of both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate until 2007. The Democratic Party wrested control of both houses of the 110th Congress, although by a very slim margin, especially in the Senate.

The composition of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2007) was as follows:

Senate: 44 D, 55 R House: 202 D, 231 R

The composition of the 110th Congress (2007 - ) is as follows:

Senate: 49 D, 49 R House: 233 D, 198 R

Reference:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774721.html

Actually, the above response is not correct with respect to the Senate during the first two years of the Bush Administration. When President Bush took office, the Senate was split 50-50 between the Democrats and Republicans. With VP Cheney's tiebreaking vote, the Republicans controlled the Senate until Senator Jim Jeffords from Vermont switched from a Republican to an Independent in June 2001 and sided with the Democrats, which controlled that Chamber until November, 2002.

The following is cut and pasted from the official Senate website http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm:

Note: From January 3 to January 20, 2001, with the Senate divided evenly between the two parties, the Democrats held the majority due to the deciding vote of outgoing Democratic Vice President Al Gore. Senator Thomas A. Daschle served as majority leader at that time. Beginning on January 20, 2001, Republican Vice President Richard Cheney held the deciding vote, giving the majority to the Republicans. Senator Trent Lott resumed his position as majority leader on that date. On May 24, 2001, Senator James Jeffords of Vermont announced his switch from Republican to Independent status, effective June 6, 2001. Jeffords announced that he would caucus with the Democrats, giving the Democrats a one-seat advantage, changing control of the Senate from the Republicans back to the Democrats. Senator Thomas A. Daschle again became majority leader on June 6, 2001. Senator Paul D. Wellstone (D-MN) died on October 25, 2002, and Independent Dean Barkley was appointed to fill the vacancy. The November 5, 2002 election brought to office elected Senator James Talent (R-MO), replacing appointed Senator Jean Carnahan (D-MO), shifting balance once again to the Republicans -- but no reorganization was completed at that time since the Senate was out of session.

Answer 4

The Democrats had a wide control ofthe house and had 60 votes in the senate.

Answer 5

The republicans controlled the House and Senate during the majority of the Clinton years (1993 through 2000). From 1993 to 1995, the Democrats controlled Congress.

Answer 6

The Republicans controlled the House from January 1995 on.

Answer 7

two years dems 6 repubs

Answer 8

sss

Answer 9

Democrats