Republicans win control of both houses of Congress: what it means
14 November 2024 10:57
The Republican Party won a majority of seats in the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives. Earlier, the Republicans gained control of the upper house, the Senate. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Associated Press.
After counting the votes in Arizona and California, where the counting was slow, the Republicans have a minimum majority of 218 seats in the lower house of Congress, while the Democrats have 208.
Now, the AP writes, controlling both houses of Congress, Republicans can quickly implement the election vision of President-elect Donald Trump.
Thus, in January 2025, the Republican Party will gain full power in the United States: their party will be represented by the president, and they will also control both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This will allow President-elect Donald Trump to promote his policies for at least the next two years and quickly make key appointments.
The new president has promised to conduct the country’s largest deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal government’s most powerful tools, and transform the US economy.
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The Republican Party’s election victories ensure that Congress will be part of this agenda, and Democrats will be almost powerless to control it.
When Trump was elected president in 2016, the Republicans also had a majority in Congress, but he faced Republican leaders who were resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority.
But now that he is back in the White House, Trump will be working with a Republican Party that has been completely transformed by his “Make America Great Again” movement and a Supreme Court dominated by conservative justices, including three he appointed.
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