At the moment, Democrats have the majority in both houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, because of the recent Republican gains in the November elections, the Republicans will hold a majority in the House once those elected take office in late January of 2011. The Democrats will still hold a majority in the Senate.
Democrats have been the majority since January 2007.
The US House of Representatives is controlled by the Democratic party. The Democrats out number the Republicans by a count of 233 to 202.
The Republicans are the majority party in the House of Representatives. The Democrats are the majority party in the Senate.
The number of Republicans and Democrats in the House changes every 2 years. The current House of Representatives, of the 112th United States Congress, now seats 242 Republicans and 193 Democrats.
No. Since the Democrats control the House, they get to appoint a majority of the committee members.
No. Since the Democrats control the House, they get to appoint a majority of the committee members.
The Virginia Senate is controlled by the democrats and the House by the republicans.
HouseMembership435 Members5 Delegates1 Resident CommissionerParty Divisions247 Republicans188 Democrats0 Independents
The first half was controlled completely by democrats. The second half controlled by the republicans in the house, and democrats in the senate which would give democrats the majority
Republicans hold the State Senate with a 30 to 20 majority and the Democrats hold the House with a 104 to 99 majority.
In the US, no one single party has a majority in the House, Senate AND White House. Currently the President and a slim majority of the Senate are Democrats, but Republicans hold a majority in the House.
There will be 197 democrats and 242 republicans.
Republicans