Political parties
Political Parties
The Republicans and the Democrats.
Australia has 13 political parties that either have a seat in the senate or a seat in the house of reps. The biggest party is the Coalition.
H. Dewayne Kreager has written: 'Political trends as indicated by the activities of political parties in the Senate of the Seventy-Third Congress' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Legislative bodies, Political parties
John Bell condemned sectional political parties.
Floor Leaders are leaders of their political parties in each of the houses of the legislature. In the United States Senate, they are elected by their respective party conferences to serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_Leader
That depends which one was the original, "non-other" party. There are the dozens of political parties. To get to the point, the two major political parties in the US are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. As of early 2011, there is a Democratic president, a majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives and a majority of Democrats in the Senate.
Gerrymandering can impact the composition and representation of the Senate by allowing political parties to manipulate district boundaries to their advantage. This can result in unequal representation of voters and potentially skew the balance of power in the Senate towards one party.
There are only Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives. There are however, 2 Independents in addition to Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.
Constitutional Party candidate John Bell condemned sectional political parties and sectional strife in the U.S. Senate.
The legislative branch of government typically consists of two parties, particularly in a bicameral system like that of the United States, which comprises the House of Representatives and the Senate. In such systems, two major political parties often dominate the political landscape, influencing legislation and governance. This two-party system fosters competition and debate over policies and ideologies, shaping the political environment.