when one party controls the House and another party controls the Senate
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When one party controls the House and the other controls the Senate it is called divided government.
The majority party controls the standing committees in each house of congress. The U.S. Congress includes the United States House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.
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The Republicans are the majority party in the House of Representatives. The Democrats are the majority party in the Senate.
Their are two major political parties in all the different levels of government. The first is the Democratic Party, which currently is in control of the White House and the Senate. The other party is the Republican Party which controls the House of Representatives.