The Republican Party won the majority of seats in the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The majority in the Senate remains in the hands of the Democrats. With that, Joe Biden’s party has performed better than the usual party of an incumbent president. However, Republicans can make life quite difficult for Democrats in the House in the two years until the next presidential election.
During the US midterm elections (intermediate) all 435 seats in the House of Representatives (the US House of Representatives) were condoned. Republicans won the 218 seats needed for a majority Thursday night.
The elections were already held last Tuesday, but only now do the American media dare to state with certainty that the Republicans have secured a majority in the House. The next few days should show exactly how big the difference will be in the House.
In any case, it is clear that this is a narrow majority. Democrats have 208 seats with nine seats still to be filled.
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The slim Democratic majority of one seat in the Senate (comparable to our Senate) was maintained. It was announced last weekend that Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in the state of Nevada won against her Republican challenger. That means Democrats retain control of fifty seats in the Senate. Republicans currently hold 49 Senate seats.
The latest location is in the state of Georgia. A second round of elections in December is to determine who will take that seat. In the first round, none of the candidates obtained a 50% majority. This is a requirement under state election laws to officially win the race.
Losing House is a huge blow for Biden
While the damage was relatively minor, the loss of a House majority is still a major blow to President Biden and his Democratic Party. Republicans can now block the new legislation. The ambitious plans of the Biden administration, which this year managed to get Congress to pass the broad economic law on reducing inflation, are therefore being put on the back burner.
One bright spot for the Biden administration is that the appointment of judges and government officials to ministers will not be pressured. Such appointments must be approved by the Senate.
Even the Republicans are disappointed. Their candidate Kari Lake has joined the line of Donald Trump-backed candidates who have lost the fight. Lake ran for governor of Arizona, but lost to her Democratic rival Katie Hobbs in a thrilling contest.
Republicans want to launch all sorts of investigations into Biden
A painful side effect for Democrats is that House Republicans want to open any kind of investigation into Biden and the Democrats. Among other things, the government’s crown policy and the functioning of the Ministry of Justice and the FBI are high on their agenda.
Republicans also want to investigate the alleged conflict of interest surrounding Biden’s son Hunter and the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2020. When it comes to Republicans, these issues dominate the news flow ahead of the 2020 presidential election. 2024 .
Enkele bijzondere winnaars bij de Amerikaanse midterms:
- Maura Healey wordt de eerste openlijk lesbische gouverneur in de Verenigde Staten. Ze werd verkozen in de staat Massachusetts.
- Ook haar running mate is een vrouw, waardoor Massachusetts als eerste staat twee vrouwen in de hoogste staatsambten krijgt.
- Maxwell Frost is de eerste zogeheten zoomer (iemand die behoort tot de generatie Z) in het Huis van Afgevaardigden. De 25-jarige Democraat veroverde een zetel in Florida. Generatie Z bestaat uit mensen die tussen 1995 en 2010 zijn geboren.
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