The House majority is the Republican party, but the Senate it is the Democratic party.
The highest ranking member of the majority party in the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House. The party with the most seats in the US Senate, elects a "majority leader".
The Democratic Party.
House leaders have more organizational control over the actions of representatives than Senate leaders do.
In Britain, they are the House of Lords and the House of Commons. In Canada, they are the Senate and the House of Commons.
242 U. S. House seats and 19 U. S. Senate seats under Democratic control remained under Democratic control. 138 U. S. House seats and 10 U. S. Senate seats under Republican control remained under Republican control. 49 U. S. House seats and 4 U. S. Senate seats went from Republican control to Democratic control. 6 U. S. House seat and 1 U. S. Senate seat went from Democratic control to Republican control. Net changes: The Republican Party lost 43 House seats and 3 Senate seats. The Democratic Party gained 43 House seats and 3 Senate seats. The change was due largely to the embarrassment brought onto the Republican Party when former President Nixon's role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up was revealed.
When one party controls the House and the other controls the Senate it is called divided government.
senate
During Obama's first term, the Democratic Party controlled both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
when one party controls the House and another party controls the Senate
The democrats are the majority party in the senate and the house. The democrats are majority party in the congress of 2007.
When one party controls the House and the other controls the Senate it is called divided government.
Majority party.
The highest ranking member of the majority party in the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House. The party with the most seats in the US Senate, elects a "majority leader".
In the Senate and House, independents usually occupy seats that curve around. Crossbenches are often referred to as these seats.
Democrats
The Republican Party.
the Democrats control the Senate in 2011