Democrats controlled BOTH house from 1955 until 1980 (26 years).
From 1981 until 1987 the Republicans controlled the Senate and the Democrats the House.
Democrats recaptured both houses in 87 and held them until 95 when the Republicans took both houses and held them until 2005.
Congress. The senate is controlled by the democrats, the house by republicans.
For two years, the Democrats held both Houses. At mid-term elections of Clinton's first term, the Republicans gained control of, and kept control of, both houses for the remaining six years of Clinton's presidency.
Eisenhower was a Republican. The Republicans controlled both the Senate and the House for two of his eight years as President. The Democrats controlled the House for the other six years and the Senate for four. From 1955 to 1957, in the Senate there were 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans and one independent. The vice-president .who can break a tie.was Republican.
the Democrats control the Senate in 2011
As of the current session, the Democratic Party is in control of both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.
for 1953 check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83rd_United_States_Congress In 1953 both house and senate were controlled by the Republicans. This site also will tell you the other years as well.
During much of President Bush's administration, congress was controlled by Republicans. That changed, however, with the 110-111 congress (Jan-04,2007 - Dec-22,2010), at which time, both the house and the senate now had a majority of Democrats. But although Barack Obama had a Democratic congress for the first year and a half of his presidency (Jan 2009 to Nov 2010), that changed in the 2010 midterm elections. Ever since Jan-05, 2011, the 112th congress was divided: it had a majority of Democrats in the Senate and a Republican majority in the House.
The democrats controlled both the house and senate during the entire time FDR was in office. Still, the Southern Democrats or Dixiecrats frequently voted with the Republicans.
As of 2007 the Democrats run both the House and the Senate.No wonder why our country is in such shape, and people try to blame the President !! http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htmBut the President blames the Republicans forrecovery-obstructing-progress? See this link.Republicans? when the Democrats control the Congress and Senate. What, does he think we are all morons.As of 2007 the Democrats run both the House and the Senate.Currently theDemocrats control the House and Senate. Democrats: 253, Republicans: 177, Independents: 0, Vacancies: 5. Senate: Democrats: 57, Republicans: 41,... So who is holding these issues up?http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/17/weekly-address-filibustering-recovery-obstructing-progress?utm_source=email&utm_medium=66&utm_content=graphic&utm_campaign=economy
There are 2 main political parties in the US, the Republicans and the Democrats. The Democrats are in charge of the Executive Branch. In the Legislative Branch, there are 2 houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the House of Representatives the Republicans have control, but in the Senate the Democrats have control. In the Judicial Branch there are 4 accepted conservatives (republicans) and 3 accepted liberals (democrats) the remaining 2 vote both ways; so it can be said that Republicans have the judicial branch.
members of both houses
The Democrats did not have majorities in the House and Senate for very long-- about twenty-two months total. Mr. Obama took office in January 2009 when both the house and senate were majority Democrats. But by November 2010, when the mid-term elections took place, the House changed control to the Republicans. And the Democrats still maintained a slim majority in the Senate.