The Republican Party of the United States is to one place achieve a majority in the House of Representatives, which would mean take it away from the Democrats and having the ability to substantially impede President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda over the next two years.
According to projections by major US media, Republicans early Tuesday 217 seats had been secured out of 218 necessary to ensure a majority in the lower house, when There are still 13 places left to Congress to be defined.
The Democrats, for their part, had a guaranteed minimum of 205 seats in the House of Representatives and amassed a net loss of 11 seats compared to the results of the previous elections.
Despite the fact that the elections took place on Tuesday last week, the counting process it is particularly longespecially in those tighter races, and the results have been known in drops over the last few days.
Of the thirteen competitions that remain to be resolved, in four of them Republican candidates have an advantageso that it would be enough for them to keep the lead in at least one of these races to achieve a majority in the House.
Impact
A Republican victory in the lower house would mean, among other things, a Democratic one Nancy Pelosi would no longer be president from that branch of Congress and would be replaced by Republican Kevin McCarthy or another conservative congressman.
The House of Representatives performs a prominent role in US legislative activity., especially with regard to fiscal policy and public spending, so that a president who does not have their support always has it greater difficulties in deploying their political agenda.
That will be the scenario in which Biden will find himself in the next two years if the current trend in voting is confirmed and the Republicans manage to that last place he lacks to make the most of it.
But the president knows that whatever happens in the House of Representatives, he will have the support of the Senate, in which Democrats have not only managed to maintain a majority but also took a seat from Republicans in the key state of Pennsylvania.
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Source: Clarin
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