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2024: Party Control of Universities Tightens Further

Radio Free Asia just did a report on further consolidation of Party control over universities. Continuing with the Xi acceleration of the trend of merging Party and state organizations (called one office, two nameplates) the office of the president of some universities is being merged with the university Communist Party Committee. Party control of universities was strengthened with reforms in…

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WASHINGTON | Resigned to House loss, Trump still sees midterms success

WASHINGTON | Resigned to House loss, Trump still sees midterms success

WASHINGTON— Resigned to the loss of one-party control over Washington, President Donald Trump stared down the prospect of endless House investigations, stymied policy efforts and fresh questions about the resilience of his unorthodox political coalition.

But as midterm election results rolled in Tuesday night, he celebrated GOP success in the Senate and distanced himself from any blame.

Trump…

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Republicans Rule House and Senate for First Time in 8 Years

Republicans Rule House and Senate for First Time in 8 Years

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Republicans captured total control of Congress on Tuesday, riding a wave of voter discontent to take the Senate for the first time in eight years and expand its majority in the House, according to NBC News projections.

The vote will recalibrate the balance of power for President Barack Obama’s final two years in…

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Which party has held control of the House and Senate for the longest? Why were they able to retain power for so long? Thanks Anthony!

I could be wrong because I'm doing this off-the-top of my head, but I'm almost positive that the Democrats hold the record the longest continuous majorities for both chambers of Congress.

In the Senate, the Democrats were in control for 26 years, from 1955-1981.  They held on to the upper house of the legislature for a couple years longer than the Jefferson/Madison/Monroe Democratic-Republican Party, which held the Senate for 24 years from 1801-1825.

On the other side of the Capitol, the Democrats had an even more impressive hold on the House of Representatives.  For a whopping 40 YEARS, from 1955-1995, the Dems controlled the House until Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America" led to a Republican Revolution and GOP takeover of that chamber of Congress for the first time since the Eisenhower Administration.