Question: When did the party that controls the House of Representatives take control of the branch who determines the rules of the US house and Senate?

the prosperous shang dynasty saw its rule filled with many outstanding accomplishments. notably, the dynasty lasted for a considerable time during which 31 kings ruled over an extended period of 17 generations. during this period, the dynasty enjoyed a period of peace and tranquility in which citizens could make a good living. the government was originally able to control most of its internal affairs due to the firm support provided by the people. as time went on, however, the rulers' abuse of the other social classes led to social unrest and instability. the corruption in this dynasty created the conditions necessary for a new ruling house to rise -- the zhou dynasty. rebellion against the shang was led by zhou wu. they created the mandate of heaven to explain their right to assume rule and presumed that the only way to hold the mandate was to rule well in the eyes of heaven. they believed that the shang ruling house had become morally corrupt, and that the shang leaders' loss of virtue entitled their own house to take over. the overthrow of the shang dynasty, they said, was in accordance with the mandate given by heaven. <SEP> The Standing Rules of the Senate are the parliamentary procedures adopted by the United States Senate that govern its procedure. The Senate's power to establish rules derives from Article One, Section 5 of the United States Constitution: ``Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings... '' <SEP> The One Hundred Fourteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2015, to January 3, 2017, during the final two full years of Barack Obama's presidency. With 248 seats in the House of Representatives and 54 seats in the Senate, this Congress began with the largest Republican majority since the 71st Congress of 1929 -- 1931. The 2014 elections gave the Republicans control of the Senate (and control of both houses of Congress) for the first time since the 109th Congress. <SEP> The Republicans regained the majority of the Senate in the 114th Congress, which started in January 2015; the Republicans had not controlled the Senate since January 2007. They had needed a net gain of at least six seats to obtain a majority. They held all of their seats, and gained nine Democratic - held seats. Republicans defeated five Democratic incumbents: <SEP> however, at the state level, the pattern of split ticket voting and divided government holds. democrats currently hold one of the state's u.s. senate seats, as well as four of the five statewide offices (governor, superintendent of public instruction, secretary of state and state auditor). the lone congressional district has been republican since 1996 and in 2014 steve daines won one of the state's senate seats for the gop. the legislative branch had split party control between the house and senate most years between 2004 and 2010, when the mid-term elections returned both branches to republican control. the state senate is, as of 2015, controlled by the republicans 29 to 21, and the state house of representatives at 59 to 41.