Government
Government is a data page on the People & Money desk of Glassbox Auditing. Who holds each federal office, the governorships, big-city mayoralties and party chairs today and every holder since 1969, with what changed, side-by-side comparisons and how markets moved around government events. Office holders set taxes, spending, regulation and how courts read the law, so a change of office is often a change of policy.
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What is on this page today?
- Senate: 51 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 independents — 2 seats vacant or not yet listed · The line is Democratic minus Republican seats on 1 July each year since 1969; independents and other parties are counted apart (congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789), 7 Nov 2026)
- House of Representatives: 221 Republicans, 217 Democrats and 1 independent — 2 seats vacant or not yet listed · The line is Democratic minus Republican seats on 1 July each year since 1969; independents and other parties are counted apart (congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789), 7 Nov 2026)
- Governors: 26 Republicans and 24 Democrats — The line is Democratic minus Republican governors on 1 July each year since 1991; independents and other parties are counted apart · Mayors of the 81 cities of 250,000 or more on record: 46 Democrats, 26 other or no… (Wikidata, 7 Nov 2026)
- Susie Wiles left office: White House Chief of Staff — no longer listed as the holder (Official records, 6 Nov 2026)
- Chuck Grassley has served longest in the Senate: 45.8 years without a break, since 1981 — The five longest runs of the 98 members listed; the median is 11.8 years. A run is unbroken service in the chamber (a gap of more than 40 days starts a new one) (congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789), 7 Nov 2026)
- Steny H. Hoyer (tied with 2 others) has served longest in the House: 45.8 years without a break, since 1981 — The five longest runs of the 439 members listed; the median is 7.8 years. A run is unbroken service in the chamber (a gap of more than 40 days starts a new one) (congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789), 7 Nov 2026)
- Deputy Attorney General has had the most holders of any administration office since 1969: 40 — Offices that changed hands most often, of 55 dated: the President and Vice President, the Cabinet, Cabinet-level officers, senior staff, agency heads and deputy secretaries. Acting and interim holders count (The White House, The Cabinet; Wikidata, 7 Nov 2026)
- Clarence Thomas has served longest of the 9 Justices: 35.0 years, since 1991 — Years on the Court, the five longest. Appointed by Bush 3, Trump 3, Obama 2, Biden 1 (Supreme Court of the United States, Members of the Court (1789-present), 7 Nov 2026)
- The DNC has had 27 chairs and the RNC 27 since 1969 — Today: Ken Martin (DNC, since 1 Feb 2025, 1.8 years) and Joe Gruters (RNC, since 22 Aug 2025, 1.2 years). The chairs run each party's fundraising and convention machinery (Wikipedia, 7 Nov 2026)
- Jon Husted left office: United States Senate — OH · no longer listed as the holder (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 3 Nov 2026)
- Ashley Moody left office: United States Senate — FL · no longer listed as the holder (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 3 Nov 2026)
- Cameron Hamilton took office: Administrator of FEMA — Administrator of FEMA (term from 2026-08-10) (Official records, 30 Oct 2026)
- Vi Lyles left office: Mayor of Charlotte — NC · no longer listed as the holder (Official records, 30 Oct 2026)
- Rob Harrington took office: Mayor of Charlotte — NC · Mayor (term from 2026-07-01) (Official records, 30 Oct 2026)
- The S&P 500's median move over the five trading days from 19 executive orders was +0.4% — Orders signed 3 Aug to 5 Oct: 13 followed by a rise and 6 by a fall, from the close before the signing day. Many things happen on any day; no cause is claimed (NYSE Arca, 4 Oct 2026)
- 54 roll-call votes in the 30 days to 30 Sep: 25 in the Senate, 29 in the House; up from 16 in the 30 days before — House Clerk and Senate roll calls of this Congress; recess weeks hold none. The line is each 30-day window back from the newest roll call (Clerk of the U.S. House; U.S. Senate (Voteview while senate.gov refuses), 29 Sep 2026)
- Sitting members of Congress missed a median of 1.9% of roll-call votes this Congress; 26 of 523 missed more than 10% — House median 1.9%, Senate median 2.2%. Votes the roll shows as Not Voting, of those held while the member was listed, for 523 members listed on 300+ votes; the roll does not say why (illness, absence, a campaign) (Clerk of the U.S. House; U.S. Senate (Voteview while senate.gov refuses), 29 Sep 2026)
- The S&P 500 moved +5.1% from the close before the 5 Nov 2024 election to the close five trading days on — Each federal general election day since 1970 (28): the median move is +1.0%, 18 up and 10 down. The move around a date is not evidence the election caused it (NYSE Arca, 4 Nov 2024)
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789); Wikidata; Official records; The White House, The Cabinet; Wikidata; Supreme Court of the United States, Members of the Court (1789-present); Wikipedia; Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress; NYSE Arca. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- Budget & Spending (Macro): Congress writes the tax and spending laws and the president signs or vetoes them, so a change in which party holds the House, Senate or White House changes which budgets can pass. (either way, depending on the cause; 1-2 years; economy scale) Source: Congress.gov API (bills, actions, committee meetings).
- Tariffs & Government (Macro): Tariff increases since 2018 have come mostly by presidential action under Sections 232 and 301 and emergency powers, published in the Federal Register, so who holds the White House sets much of the tariff take. (either way, depending on the cause; weeks; economy scale) Source: Federal Register API.
- Federal Reports (Calendar): The president nominates and the Senate confirms the Fed chair and governors, so changes in those offices change who votes on the rate decisions on the Federal Reports calendar. (either way, depending on the cause; months to years; economy scale) Source: Congress.gov API (bills, actions, committee meetings).
- Regulatory Exposure (Companies): Agency heads named by the president decide which AI rules advance and how hard the FTC, SEC and EEOC enforce them, which sets the obligations a company carries on Regulatory Exposure. (either way, depending on the cause; months; company scale) Source: Federal Register API.
- SPY History (Markets): Elections, inaugurations and major bills change expected taxes, spending and rules, and SPY and sector funds tend to reprice around them; the page measures those moves without claiming the event caused them. (either way, depending on the cause; 1-20 trading days; economy scale) Source: Yahoo Finance prices.
- Federal Contractors (People & Money): Congress appropriates and agencies award contracts, so changes at the Pentagon, the appropriations committees and the White House budget office shift which contractors get paid. (either way, depending on the cause; 1-2 fiscal years; sector scale) Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury): federal contracts, grants and loans by recipient.
- Trades & Committees (People & Money): The committee seats on Government are the seats Trades & Committees sets each member's filed trades beside, alongside the chamber's sector mix; seats change with each Congress. (either way, depending on the cause; seats change each Congress; sector scale) Source: congress-legislators (members of Congress since 1789).
- Executive Branch Trades (People & Money): The President, the Cabinet and other Senate-confirmed officials on Government file their holdings and trades with the Office of Government Ethics; Executive Branch Trades joins each report to the office its filer holds. (either way, depending on the cause; changes with each appointment; sector scale) Source: U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Officials' Individual Disclosures Search Collection (OGE Form 278-T and 278e reports).
- Institutions & Leaders (People & Money): Officials leaving the cabinet, Congress or the Fed often join university, think-tank and bank boards or lead those institutions, so a change of administration brings new names onto Institutions & Leaders. (either way, depending on the cause; years; economy scale) Source: Wikidata.
- Jurisdictions (Domestic Intelligence): Governors, legislatures and mayors set a state's or city's taxes, spending and rules, recorded in Census's government finance survey, which over years shape the jobs, wages and home-buying in that place's tables. (either way, depending on the cause; years; economy scale) Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances.
What feeds this page?
- Leadership (Companies): Executives who leave for cabinet or agency posts, and former officials who join boards, connect a company's leadership to government; ethics rules then govern their recusals and stock sales. (either way, depending on the cause; months; company scale) Source: The White House, The Cabinet.
- Election Outlook (Domestic Intelligence): Races decided here change who holds each seat on Government; open seats and close races are where turnover in Congress comes from. (either way, depending on the cause; at swearing-in; economy scale) Source: VotePredictor (election forecasts, forecaster accuracy, members' ideology and reported net worth).
- Profiles (People & Money): Executives who take federal posts, and officials who join companies, carry contacts and expertise both ways; ethics rules bar them from some matters tied to a former employer for a set period. (either way, depending on the cause; years; economy scale) Source: The White House, The Cabinet.
- Epstein Records (People & Money): What becomes public has followed House Oversight subpoenas and Justice Department decisions, such as the July 2025 DOJ/FBI memo, so the record's pace is set by Congress and the department. (either way, depending on the cause; months; economy scale) Source: DOJ/FBI memorandum on the Epstein investigation files (July 2025).
- Books & Essays (People & Money): Officials' and nominees' books state their positions on taxes, trade and regulation, and Senate confirmation hearings often question nominees on what they have written. (either way, depending on the cause; years; economy scale) Source: Library of Congress catalog.
- Political Money (People & Money): Campaign money funds the races that decide who holds each office, and most of it goes to incumbents and to members of the committees that oversee the donors' industries. (either way, depending on the cause; election cycle; economy scale) Source: FEC bulk data: itemised individual contributions.
- Investment Reports (People & Money): House members must report stock trades over $1,000 within 45 days under the STOCK Act; set beside their committee seats on Government, the reports show where holdings and committee work overlap. (either way, depending on the cause; 45 days; economy scale) Source: Clerk of the U.S. House, financial disclosures and trade reports.