In the US, as of the 2012 elections, the Republican party holds the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. There are 234 Republicans and 201 Democrats in the House.
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(dtd: 9/01/11) As of this date the majority party in The House is the Republican Party.
since the 1960s, the south has voted mostly for what party?
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The Majority party has the most memebers.
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The House of representatives.
As of 2021, the Democratic Party holds the majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Based on the November 2016 elections the Republican Party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House is elected by the members of the House of Representatives. Before the vote each party chooses their candidate. The majority party's candidate will then win the election (assuming his or her party's representatives vote according to the party's decision).
The majority party in the US House of Representatives elects the person who will become the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is a powerful position in the US Congress.
The Republicans are the majority party in the House of Representatives. The Democrats are the majority party in the Senate.
Speaker of the House
Speaker of the House of Representatives. They are normally a senior member of the majority party in the House, and are chosen by their party for the position.
As of the 2012 election in the US, the minority party in the Senate is the Republican Party. There are 45 Republicans in the Senate, 53 Democrats, and 2 Independents. The Independents caucused with the Democrats, so the majority party has 55 seats.
The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives. The majority leader in this house is the Speaker of the House.
The term 'majority government' is not generally used in the US. President Obama is a Democrat. Currently, the Republican Party holds a majority in the US House of Representatives, and the Democrats in the US Senate.