Sentence examples for on their majority from inspiring English sources
Instead, the chambers swung in opposite directions, with Republicans building on their majority in the Senate.
Even if Johnson recuperates fully, aides and advisers said, Democrats will be painfully aware that they remain one fatal illness -- or one party switch -- away from a Republican claim on their majority, which has stood at 51 to 49 since the Nov. 7 elections.
House Republicans have capitalized on their majority by spending $63 million more than in 2010.
GOP leaders will try to rely on their majority to pass the bill through the House and put pressure on Senate Democrats not to block it.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has ousted Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a big step toward Republicans' hopes of hanging onto and even building on their majority in the U.S. Senate.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has ousted Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a big step toward Republicans' hopes of hanging onto and even building on their majority in the U.S. Senate.
"His resignation, I think, will have an effect on their ability to hold on to their majority," said Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, a Democrat from the South Bronx.
Democrats held on to their majority in the state's House and Senate.
The Democrats held on to their majority in the Senate, though that majority also was dramatically reduced.
Shia politicians, the official said, want "to hold on to their majority as long as they can".
Most polls now suggest that the Liberal Democrats will probably hold on to their majority, though not by much.
