The Republican Party has achieved the majority and control of the House of Representatives after a scrutiny that has lasted more than a week since the mid-term elections that were held on November 8. Democrats maintain control of the Senate.

As reported by CNN, the Republicans have managed to 218 of the 435 seatsthe minimum necessary to control this camera. The Democrats have, for now, 210 seats and lose 11 seats compared to the previous elections, much less than those indicated by the projections.

After learning of the victory of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has shown his willingness to work with the Republicans in the lower house in order to obtain “results for working families”.

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With this victory, the Republican Party may hinder the legislative agenda of the Democrats, which presumably will become a blockade of each of the measures enacted by the president of the United States for the next two years.

Nevertheless, Biden can also veto Republican initiativessince all must go through the signature of the US president, who has the power to promulgate or veto the laws that emanate from the House of Representatives.

Nancy Pelosi

The victory in the Lower House of the Republican bench – which will probably be led by the congressman kevin mccarthy– will end the Democrat’s second term Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Precisely that Thursday, Pelosi is expected to announce whether or not she will continue to occupy her seat in the House of Representatives after losing the presidency. It will influence his decision the hammer attack suffered by her husband, Paul Pelosi, a few weeks ago at his home in San Francisco. The attacker, who fractured his skull, he was a republican extremist.

The scrutiny of the midterm elections is still active in, at least, eight constituencies. In 7 of them the dispute is between a Democratic and a Republican candidate, while in a seat in California the contest is between two Democrats.

Despite losing the United States Congress by a very few seats, Democrats have managed to secure control of the Senate.

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