Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years"

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49. Since his argument was about "tariffs"

and that is when they happened, that is why he went back that far! Those internecine years when there were control shifts, they seemed to happen as a result of special elections/replacements during a Congressional session, ultimately causing a brief party shift.

And regarding your question - for the House, it was starting in 1995 (after the Gingrich upheaval with the 1994 mid-term) until 2006 when (D)s were out of power. During that period, Democrats were generally still in control of the Senate until that 2000 election when there was a tie, and it has been back and forth ever since ((R) for a couple sessions until 2006 then (D) until 2014, and then (D)/(I) in 2020 (with a tie), and then back to (R) in 2024). What tipped in some cases were the (I)s who caucused with (D)s.