Democrats maintain a majority of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, and have since the election of 2006.
The U.S. House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrat Party in 1982. The U.S. Senate was controlled by the Republican Party at that time.
a political party with an overall majority in that house.
It is called the majority party.
The Democratic party, which accounts for about 34-36% of American political party affiliation.
The majority party controls the standing committees in each house of congress. The U.S. Congress includes the United States House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.
The democrats are the majority party in the senate and the house. The democrats are majority party in the congress of 2007.
The Democrat Party has had the majority in Congress for the longest duration over the last 40 years. Out of the last 22 Congresses they have had the majority 12 times in the Senate and 14 times in the House.
In the U.S. government a majority occurs when a political party, such as the Republican party, has more elected officials inside congress than the opposite party (Democrats). Thus it means there are more republicans in the House of Representatives than Democrats.
The majority party is the party to which the most representatives or senators belong. The other party is the minority party.
win the most congressional races
The Democrat Party is currently in the numerical majority in the Congress of the US.
The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives. The majority leader in this house is the Speaker of the House.
The US House of Representatives is controlled by the Democratic party. The Democrats out number the Republicans by a count of 233 to 202.