To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Democrats retained control of the House in November 2020, though the party enjoys a notably smaller majority after losing several seats to Republicans. Additionally, after Democrats prevailed in both runoff elections in Georgia on January 5, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris can provide the tie-breaking vote to give Democrats the majority in the Senate. Leadership of the House committees in the 117th Congress, which convened on January 3, 2021, remains largely the same. At least nine Senate committees are slated to have new Republican minority leadership, mostly due to term limits. The majority of Democratic committee chairs for the Senate committees are yet to be announced, though we expect some Democratic members who formerly held Senate minority leadership roles in the 116th Congress to serve as chairs. The three committees that have announced chair changes thus far include the Banking Committee, which Sen. Sherrod Brown will lead. Conventional wisdom suggests congressional oversight of the private sector will increase with Democratic control of both Congress and the executive branch. Both chambers can be expected to pursue similar investigative agendas, as discussed further below.