238 republicans are in the house of congress.
238 republicans are in the house of congress.
how many republicans are in the house of congress?
238
landrieu pulled off what many considered to be an upset victory. the republicans believed they would most likely win the race. before the election many republicans called the race "operation icing on the cake." after landrieu won the runoff democrats dubbed her victory "operation pie in the face." the race was close. in terms of rural parishes the vote was split fairly evenly. landrieu did well in caddo parish home of shreveport, and in east baton rouge parish home of east baton rouge. ultimately though it was landrieu's huge win in orleans parish home of new orleans that pushed her over the finish line. haik terrell conceded defeat to landrieu at 12:38 p.m. est, congratulating landrieu on her victory. landrieu would go on to be reelected to a third term in 2008.
2002 united states senate elections
the party's disastrous performance in the 1882 elections helped convince many republicans to support the civil service reform during the 1882 lame-duck session of congress. the election results were seen as a public mandate for civil service reform, but many republicans also wanted to pass a bill so that they could craft the legislation before losing control of congress, allowing the party to take credit for the bill and to protect republican officeholders from dismissal. the senate approved pendleton's bill 38–5 and the house soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. nearly all congressional opposition to the pendleton bill came from democrats, though a majority of democrats in each chamber of congress voted for the bill. arthur signed the pendleton civil service reform act into law on january 16, 1883.
pendleton civil service reform act