African Americans are grossly underrepresented in Congress, with 42 members in the House (9.5%) and only one in the Senate (1%).
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There are 41 senators and 178 representatives from the republican party for a total of 219 congress members. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States))
There are currently 13 woman in congress.