1 In a twin pregnancy. the average is 37 weeks. for triplets 34 and quadruplets 32 weeks. 2  The average birth weight for singletons is 7 lbs 7 oz. 3  Average birth weight of twins is 5 lbs 5 oz. for triplets 4lbs and quads 3lbs. 4  A difference in birth weight between multiples is not unusual.
So, sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. Although the Democrats held fewer than 50 Senate seats, they had an operational majority because the two independent senators caucused with the Democrats for organizational purposes.