Question: who controlled the senate and house in 2008
Answer: pro tem Robert Byrd ( D ) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D ) Members 100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates Senate Majority Democratic ( coalition ) House Majority Democratic Sessions 1st : January 4 , 2007 -- December 19 , 2007 2nd : January 3 , 2008 -- January 3 , 2009