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        | a situation in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress. |  | 
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        | •a situation in which the presidency and both houses of Congress are controlled by the same political party |  | 
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        | governing party, government party, party in office |  | 
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        | voters who identify with a political party |  | 
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        | •States' rights in U.S. politics refers to the political powers that U.S. states possess in relation to the federal government, as guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. |  | 
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