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Two different votes are required at different stages: a simple majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is needed to adopt articles of impeachment (218 of 435 if all seats vote), and a two‑thirds...
As of the available reporting, Republicans hold a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, with sources reporting 219 Republican seats and 213 Democratic seats and several vacancies noted...
As of the start of the 119th Congress (January 3, 2025) Republicans hold a narrow House majority—reported as about 219–220 Republicans to roughly 212–213 Democrats with several vacancies noted in repo...
Democrats last held organized control of both chambers of Congress during the 118th Congress (2023–2025), when they were the Senate majority via the vice president’s tie‑breaking vote while Republican...
As of November 12, 2025, the most consistent, recent tallies show the U.S. House of Representatives composed of , though some trackers report minor variations tied to timing of updates and how delegat...
As of the supplied reports, the U.S. House is narrowly controlled by Republicans with figures clustered around and , with a small number of vacancies (commonly two to four) changing the exact balance ...
Republicans defend 20 of the 33 regular Senate seats up in 2026 and are widely viewed as favored to retain the majority; most ratings groups call only a small number of GOP-held seats “competitive,” w...
Most analysts say relatively few Republican-held Senate seats look truly competitive in 2026; rating groups often count only two GOP seats as competitive while Democrats must net at least four flips t...
Republicans hold a narrow House majority in the mid-to-late 2025 Congress—most sources report a 219–213 split in favor of Republicans, with some reporting 220–215 or 220–215 at different points as spe...
As of 2025, California is represented in the U.S. House by 52 members, of whom , a figure consistently reported across multiple contemporary accounts from February through August 2025 . , while severa...
As of 2025, public materials in the provided analysis disagree on the exact Republican count in the U.S. House of Representatives: the most common figures are and , with one outlying figure appearing ...
Yes. Multiple analyses published after the 2024 elections conclude that several states entered 2025 with in both the House and the Senate. Smart Politics’ counts — cited in January 2025 — report a not...
After the 2020 Census, seven states lost one U.S. House seat each (California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), while six states gained seats — five states gained ...
On November 4, 2025, the most authoritative contemporary accounting showed the Republican Party holding the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives with 219 seats to the Democrats’ 213, leaving ...
As of the 119th Congress (2025–2027), Democrats (including two independents who caucus with them) hold 45 Senate seats while Republicans hold 53 (with 2 independents noted separately) and the House is...
The available sources show that Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate for the 119th Congress after the 2024 elections, giving them a 52–53 seat majority depending on the account, and that no repo...
Republicans won in the 2024 U.S. House elections, but sources disagree on the exact seat count: several major compilations report , while other contemporaneous tallies list or and note vacancies that ...
The assembled analyses identify a set of states that experienced , with repeated mentions of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, and Texas; several other states (Califor...
The Republican Party holds the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives with roughly 219 seats, while the Democratic Party holds about 212–213 seats; several sources report between three and four...
As of January 20, 2026 the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives showed Republicans holding the majority and Democrats forming the minority, but exact seat totals vary across official ...