Republicans take the House of Representatives

2024-11-14 15:39:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Republicans won enough seats to take a majority in the House of Representatives, thus achieving an outright victory of power and securing control of both houses of Congress.

With a narrow majority, Republican leaders secured the mandate that will make it possible for them to change the federal government and quickly implement Mr. Trump's vision for the United States.

The president-elect has promised to undertake the nation's largest deportation operation, provide more tax cuts, punish his political enemies, take control of the most powerful mechanisms of the federal government and reorganize the American economy.

The victory that the Republican Party scored in the elections makes it possible for Congress to approve this agenda, while the Democrats will be almost powerless to prevent it.

Even in 2016, when Mr. Trump was elected President, Republicans took control of Congress, but he faced some Republican leaders who resisted his policies. Also, the Supreme Court at that time had a liberal majority. But this time, no.

When Mr. Trump returns to the White House, he will be working with a Republican Party that has been completely transformed by his "Make America Great Again" movement, and with a Supreme Court that is dominated by judges. conservatives, including three members appointed by him.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who with Mr. Trump's support will hold the job next year, has floated the idea of ??overhauling federal government programs, including overhauling programs that Democrats have prioritized in recent years. the last one.

"Republicans in the House of Representatives and in the Senate have a task," he said this week. "The American people demand that we implement and advance the "America First" agenda.

Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Republican lawmakers have not "ruled out" any element of their plans to investigate special counsel Jack Smith, even as he is closing two investigative cases. to Mr. Trump regarding efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and that regarding the secret documents that Mr. Trump took to Mar-a-Lago after it was over mandate./ Voa