Wednesday, November 9, 2016

One Party Government

While most of the time the President, Senate and House are not all of the same party, Trump, Obama, Bush 43, Clinton, Carter, Johnson, JFK, Truman and FDR all had at least one congress that was entirely aligned with them. Those with more than one congressional term aligned with them were Carter, Johnson, Truman and FDR. With the exception of Carter, legislative agendas and government initiatives under the other 3 were broad sweeping and shaped the future of America. Everything from the WPA and Social Security to the Civil Rights Act owe their origins to one party government.


As Trump assembles his team, he will not only have to put together the executive branch and appoint the vacancies in the judicial branch, he will negotiate with the new Congress who the leadership will be in the house and senate. Paul Ryan is clearly dead in the water as Speaker of the House. This new congressional leadership will be the key to Trump's effectiveness as a president and to the range of impact that his policies will have. If history is a judge, he will need not only this congress, but the next one as well, to achieve his most dramatic goals and objectives.


From www.wiredpen.com here is the historical chart of political party control of the Presidency, Senate and House:



Year

2017  - Trump        
Congress

115th
President

       R       
Senate
100
   R: 51  
House
435
R:239   
Wars &
Economics
2015114thDR: 54R: 247[5]
2013 – Obama113thDD: 52R: 232[4]
2011112thDD: 56R: 241Iraq
(2003-11)
Great
Recession
(2007-2011)
2009 – Obama111thDD – 57[3]D – 256Iraq, GR
2007110thRD – 49[2]D – 233Iraq, GR
2005 – Bush109thRR – 55R – 232Iraq
2003108thRR – 51R – 229Iraq
2001 – Bush107thRD[1]R – 221
1999106thDR – 55R – 223
1997 – Clinton105thDR – 55R – 228
1995104thDR – 52R – 230Savings&
Loan Crisis
(1986-95)
1993 – Clinton103rdDD – 57D – 258 S&L
1991102ndRD – 56D – 267S&L
Iraq
(1990-91)
1989 – Bush101stRD – 55D – 260S&L
1987100thRD – 55D – 258 S&L
1985 – Reagan99thRR – 53D – 253 S&L
198398thRR – 54D – 269
1981 – Reagan97thRR – 53D – 242
197996thDD – 58D – 277
1977 – Carter95thDD – 61D – 292
197594thRD – 60D -291Vietnam
(1975)
1973 – Nixon93rdRD – 56D – 242Vietnam
US withdrew
(1973)
197192ndRD – 54D – 255Vietnam
1969 – Nixon91stRD – 57D – 243Vietnam
Draft began
(1969)
196790thDD – 64D – 247Vietnam
1965 – Johnson89thDD – 68D – 295Vietnam
1963 – Johnson88thDD – 66D – 259Vietnam
1961 – JFK87thDD – 64D – 263Vietnam
195986thRD – 65D -283Vietnam
1957 – Eisenhower85thRD – 49D – 232Vietnam
195584thRD – 48D – 232Vietnam
(1955)
1953 – Eisenhower83rdRR – 48D – 221Korea
(1953)
195182ndDD – 49D – 235Korea
1949  – Truman81stDD – 54D – 263Korea
(1950)
194780thDR – 51R – 246
1945 – Truman79thDD – 57D – 242WWII
(1939-45)
194378thDD – 57D – 222WWII
1941 – Roosevelt77thDD – 66D – 267WWII
Pearl Harbor
(1941)
193976thDD – 69D – 262WWII
1937 – Roosevelt75thDD – 75D – 333 Great
Depression
(1929 -39)
193574thDR –R – G.D.
1933 – Roosevelt73rdDD – 59D – 313 G.D.
193172ndDR – 48R – 218 G.D.
1929 – Hoover71stRR – 56R – 267 G.D.
192770thRR – 48R – 237
1925 – Coolidge69thRR – 54R – 247
1923 – Coolidge68thRR – 51R – 225
1921 – Harding (d)67thRR – 59R – 300 Depression
1920-21
191966thDR – 48R – 237
1917 – Wilson65thDD – 53R – 216 WWI
(1914-18)
191564thDD – 56D – 231 WWI
1913 – Wilson63rdDD – 51D – 290 WWI
191162ndRR- 59D – 228
1909 – Taft61stRR – 59R – 219
190760thRR – 61R – 222Panic of
1907
1905 – T. Roosevelt59thRR – 58R – 250
190358thRR – 58R – 207
1901 – McKinley (d)
T. Roosevelt
57thRR – 56R – 198
Yellow years mark Presidential inauguration.
[1] There were 50 Ds and 50 Rs until May 24, 2001, when Sen. James Jeffords (R-VT) switched to Independent status, effective June 6, 2001; he announced that he would caucus with the Democrats, giving the Democrats a one-seat advantage.
[2] Two Independents (Lieberman-CT and Sanders-VT). Lieberman was reelected in 2006 as an independent candidate and became an Independent Democrat;  Sanders was elected in 2006 as an Independent.
[3] Two Independents (Lieberman-CT and Sanders-VT);  Arlen Specter (PA) was reelected in 2004 as a  Republican and became a Democrat on April 30, 2009.
[4] House data (3 vacancies); Senate independents caucus with Democrats
[5] As of October 20, 2016, there was one vacancy (only 434 members)

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