London Telegraph (U.K.) U.S. House of Representatives: Role, responsibilities - and how control of it could change after today's midterm elections Historically, the president's party routinely loses House seats in midterm elections. Indeed UVA’s Center for Politics points out that the president's party has lost seats in all but three of the 29 midterms held since 1900. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-house-representatives-role-responsibilities-075819420.html
