44 Democrats plus the same 2 Independents who are effectively Democrats (see Table 5 below). Likewise, in January 2009, there were 257 Democrats in the U.S. House and 178 Republicans. Today, the tables have turned and the Republicans have their largest majority in the House since 1928, 247, and the Democrats ha

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