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Parties assess new Congress reality
Republicans hold 220 House seats to 211 for Democrats with two independents. Senate stands 30 to 49 in Democrats favor, two independents, and a possible shift if Lieberman becomes vice president. Hillary Clinton prepares to join as senator while Ashcroft concedes, and leadership plots churn for 1997 after the election.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Tom Daschle
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
Gephardt
Dennis Hastert
B-Ill
Joseph Lieberman
Connecticut
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Trent Lott
Hillary
Mississippi
John Ashcroft
Mel Carnahan
Ashcroft
Hastert
Dick Armey
Texas
GOP
Tom DeLay
SC. Watts
Oklahoma
Ways and Means Committee
Phil Crane
Ilinois
Bill Thomas
California
Tom Davis
Davis
United States Senate
Robert Torricelli
D-N.i