Well, for the past 2 years, the Democrats have held the majority, and control, in the House. They will now remain in power for atleast 2 more years. The Republicans held the majority for quite a while before that.
92 years -- Since Lincoln in 1860 became the first Republican to be elected , the Republicans have won 23 presidential elections and so have served for 92 years.
The Republican candidate won in 1860,1864,1868,1872,1876,1880,1888,1896,
1900,1904,1908,1920,1924,1928,1952,1956,1968,1972,1980,1984,1988,2000 and 2004.
This question is answered quite well on the PBS site. http://www.pbs.org/fmc/book/10politics2.htm
Since 2006 Democrats have held a majority in Congress.
2000-2006 among others
The Republican Party Platform was formed in 1956, 100 years after the Republican Party was formed. They are the Conservative political party in America.
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous few years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency. Such splintering had not yet led to formal party organization, but later the faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party and later the Whig Party.
It has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1970 except during 1995 and 1996.
It's easier to answer the question by how many years have the Republicans controlled both houses since 1950...the answer...only four...and two of those four the majority in the Senate was 51-49, a razor thin and actually Democrat controlled since at least four Republican senators were liberal in voting.
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Of the 100 seats in the 110th Congress that was seated between 2007 - 2009, there were 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans and 2 Independents. From 2003 - 2007 (the 108th and 109th Congresses), the Republican Party held the majority.
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.
Becuase George W. Bush was Republican, Congress was most likely controled by them.Thanks for using Answers.com!
from about 7 years ago to now it has been a republican majority in the senate and only for the past 2 years it has been a democrat control in the house. so basically it has changed a lot in the past 8 years but currently the dems will control the house. the senate. and the presidency
members from the majority party who have been in congress for many years
The Republican Party Platform was formed in 1956, 100 years after the Republican Party was formed. They are the Conservative political party in America.
There are no term limits, but his party must remain majority party in order for him to stay in office.
The Republican Party had a net gain of 13 seats in the Senate and 57 seats in the House of Representatives, resulting in a transfer of control of both houses of Congress from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. Democratic President Harry Truman could get very little cooperation from them and referred to them as the "Do Nothing Congress". The Democratic Party regained control of both houses two years later.
The republican party has become so hateful in recent years because it is not on power.
At the end of 2000, the U. S. National Debt was about $5,660,000,000,000. During the following eight years, the debt grew to about $10,700,000,000,000, an increase of about $5,040,000,000,000. During George W. Bush's presidency, there were four years in which the Republican Party controlled both houses of Congress, two years in which the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress, and about two years in which the Republican Party controlled the House and the Democratic Party controlled the Senate. The average annual increase of the debt while the Republican Party had full control was about $567,500,000,000. The average annual increase while control was divided between both parties was about $375,000,000,000. The average annual increase while the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress was about $1,010,000,000,000. During the following two years, the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency, when the Democratic Party had full control, the average annual increase to the debt was about $1,660,000,000,000. In 2011, when the Republican Party regained control of the House, the debt increased by about $1,200,000,000,000.
Well we are a republican form of government controlled by the Democart party. The Democrats have been in charge of congress for the last two years.
The Republican Party.