The Republican party holds a majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
As of 2026-09-15, Republicans held majorities in both chambers: the Senate at 53-47 and the House at 218 Republicans plus one independent who sides with them, against 214 Democrats with two vacancies. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's 'Republicans control the Senate and the House', and later coverage through November 2 shows the same arrangement.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
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… I'm Ben Mycellus. This is your breaking news. As I said at the outset, uh, one of the things we saw today is why we need oversight, because when Cash Patel or Besant were called to Congress and they were grilled, we got to get some answers. Now, because Republicans control the Senate and the House, the hearings are a bit rigged, in the sense that they severely limit the time that you can question these individuals. It's like you get five minutes or three minutes, and so then the witnesses try to filibuster, and they try to do everything they can to delay, delay on Chuck Grassley to end the hearing. …
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Supports. BBC's October 13, 2026 explainer says both chambers are currently controlled by Republicans, with 53 Senate seats and a 218-seat House majority plus one independent who votes with them.[4]
Supports. The House History Office's party-government table lists the 119th Congress (2025–2027) as Republican-controlled in both the House and the Senate under a Republican president, a unified government.[2]
Supports. The U.S. Senate party division page, published October 30, 2026, lists Republicans as the majority party, and ABC News and Reuters both report a 53-47 Senate majority and a narrow 218-214 House majority for Republicans.[3][5][6]
Context. Both chambers were narrow, and the House Republican majority was described as historically thin. Coverage through November 2 still shows Republicans holding both chambers, with the midterms on November 3 putting them at risk.[1][5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1Trump rallies in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans fight to keep Senate and House controlapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Party Government Since 1857 | US House of Representativeshistory.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3U.S. Senate: Party Divisionsenate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Who will win the midterms? How the US elections will be won and lostbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5Control of Congress is up for grabs on Election Day. What's the math ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6What you need to know about the 2026 US midterm electionsnewsobserver.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7US midterms 2026: All you need to know in maps and chartsaljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: context
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