House Maintains Modest Increases in all 12 Appropriations Bills Above FY 2019 Levels On June 11 officials from the White House & Office of Management and Budget will meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) & Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) to chart a path forward on the FY 2020 appropriations bills that…
After the 2016 general elections Republicans maintained majority control of 
the U.S. Senate with (currently) 51 of the 100 seats. Democrats currently hold 48 seats.
To date, there remains one undecided Senate race in Louisiana. This race will be decided in a run-off election on December 10.
Below is a list of incoming freshman members of the U.S. Senate:…
Below is a list of the 53 incoming freshman members of the U.S. House of 
Representatives for the 115th Congress. There are 26 new Republicans and 27 new Democrats.
After the 2016 general elections, Republicans maintained majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives with (currently) 239 of the 435 seats. Democrats currently hold 193 seats. To date, there remain three House races undecided that will impact the final numbers in the U.S. House: Louisiana congressional district 4 will be decided in a run-off election on December 10 and two California districts #7 and #49 are awaiting final numbers.…
Senator Mitch McConnell (KY)
House Speaker John Boehner (OH-R) and his leadership team will now have a larger majority of rank-n-file members to work with. Also, there will be some reassignments of powerful committee chairs as some Chairmen have reached their six-year term limitation, a policy agreement among the republican caucus.…
Ohio, Wisconsin & Kansas! Oh My!Republicans were able to hold onto several hotly contested governorships, as in Wisconsin and Kansas. For weeks, many have thought Ohio would re-elect incumbent John Kasich and they did. He bested his opponent by just over 30 points, winning every county but two. He even won in Democrat strongholds like Youngstown and Cleveland. This coupled with his record of bringing jobs to Ohio will certainly place him high on the list of republican presidential contenders for a 2016 run. Perhaps, most surprisingly, the very blue states of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Illinois elected Republican governors. There are now 31 Republican governors and 16 Democrat governors; Alaska, Connecticut, and Vermont are still undecided.…
