-CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY PARTIES-

-NEW [CONGRESS] EVERY 2 [YEARS]-

(WHICH IS THE “TERM” FOR A “REPRESENTATIVE”)

-100 SENATE SEATS-
(2 [SENATORS] FROM 50 [STATES])
([51 SEATS] FOR MAJORITY)

-435 “REPRESENTATIVES”-
(NUMBER OF “REPRESENTATIVES” PER “STATE” DETERMINED BY POPULATION)
([218 SEATS] FOR [MAJORITY])

-119TH CONGRESS-

-[3 JANUARY 2025] – [3 JANUARY 2027]-

-SENATE-

-REPUBLICAN MAJORITY-
(53 / 47)

(THE “47” FOR DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY INCLUDES 2 “INDEPENDENTS”)

“BERNIE SANDERS” —> [VERMONT)
(ECONOMICALLY “LEFT” OF [DEMOCRATIC PARTY])

“ANGUS KING” —> [MAINE]
(ECONOMICALLY “RIGHT” OF [DEMOCRATIC PARTY])

-JOHN THUNE-
(SENATE MAJORITY LEADER)
(SOUTH DAKOTA)

-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-

-REPUBLICAN MAJORITY-
(218 / 214)

-3 “REP VACANCIES”-

-MIKIE SHERRILL-
(DEMOCRAT)
(NEW JERSEY)
(11TH “CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT”)
(RESIGNED ON [20 NOVEMBER 2025])
(TO BECOME [NJ GOVERNOR])
(“SPECIAL ELECTION” ON [10 MARCH 2026])

-MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE-
(REPUBLICAN)
(GEORGIA)
(14TH “CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT”)
(RESIGNED ON [5 JANUARY 2026])
(AFTER FALLING OUT WITH TRUMP OVER “EPSTEIN FILES”)
(“SPECIAL ELECTION” ON [10 MARCH 2026])

-DOUG LAMALFA-
(REPUBLICAN)
(CALIFORNIA)
(1ST “CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT”)
(DIED ON [6 JANUARY 2026])
(HEART ATTACK)
(AGE 65)
(“SPECIAL ELECTION” PRIMARY ON [2 JUNE 2026])
(“SPECIAL ELECTION” ON [4 AUGUST 2026])

-MIKIE SHERRILL-
(DEMOCRAT)
(NEW JERSEY)

(WITH TRUMP IN OFFICE, REPUBLICANS ALSO CONTROL THE “WHITE HOUSE”)

*118TH CONGRESS* –>

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*117TH CONGRESS* –>

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“115TH CONGRESS* —>
(january 2017)

*REPUBLICAN CONGRESS*
(241 – 194)

*REPUBLICAN SENATE*
(52 -46 – 2)

(and an allegedly ‘republican’ president to boot!)
(though he’s really just a clever chameleon)

*1ST CONGRESS* —>

(1789 – 1791)