[torchthemummy]

Lawmakers begin work 14 days before Barack Obama is sworn in as president. When he takes the oath on January 20, Democrats will control the White House and Congress for the first time in 14 years.

Uhhh...I think that would be 16 years (since 1992) - Dems lost the House in '94.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I think that would be 16 years (since 1992) - Dems lost the House in '94.

Right. In 1995 the GOP came in with Newt, and Clinton was President -- 14 years ago.