Republicans control both chambers of the 119th Congress, the Congress now in office. The Clerk of the House counts 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats in the House of Representatives, and the Senate lists Republicans as its majority party with 53 of 100 seats.
The current party split
| Chamber | Republicans | Democrats |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | 53 | 45 |
| House | 218 | 214 |
The Senate also has 2 independents, which the Senate's list of senators places under "Other Parties." The Senate's party division table shows no vacancies.
The House also has 1 independent and 2 vacancies, according to the Clerk of the House. Those figures add up to 433 seated members and the 435 seats in the chamber. The House Press Gallery shows the same count and ties the 2 vacancies to two resignations: Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, on April 14, 2026, and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat from Florida, on April 21, 2026.
Who leads each chamber
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| Chamber | Post | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| House | Speaker | Mike Johnson (R) |
| House | Majority Leader | Steve Scalise (R) |
| House | Minority Leader | Hakeem S. Jeffries (D) |
| Senate | Majority Leader | John Thune (R-SD) |
| Senate | Democratic Leader | Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) |
The House posts are listed by the Clerk of the House, and the Senate posts are on the Senate's leadership page. That page also lists Vice President J.D. Vance and the President Pro Tempore, Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, as the Senate's constitutionally mandated officers.
How the House numbers changed since the election
The House Historian's party divisions table records the 119th Congress as 220 Republicans and 215 Democrats. The Historian's office said those figures are "the House party divisions as of the initial election results for a particular Congress," so they leave out later deaths, resignations, special elections and changes in a member's party. The Clerk's count of 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats, 1 independent and 2 vacancies is the current one.
The Senate's party division table shows the same split for both sessions of the 119th Congress: 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 independents.
When the 119th Congress ends
The Senate dates the 119th Congress from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. House Republicans have chosen their leaders for the next Congress. The Speaker's office said on November 10, 2026, that House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan "to serve as Minority Leader" in the 120th Congress. The terms of the new Congress begin at noon on January 3, 2027.
The official pages cited here give party counts for the 119th Congress only. This page will be updated at this address when the House and Senate publish the party division of the next Congress.