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Home Front: Politix
It’s a sweep: Republicans reach 218, keep control of House
2024-11-12
[X] With still a few more districts to be counted.

PJ Media:
It's official: Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives for the next term. Decision Desk HQ called the race for Arizona's 6th Congressional District for Republican Juan Ciscomani and shortly thereafter called the House for Republicans.

At publishing time, Republicans had 218 seats to the Democrats' 209. While there are still a few outstanding races, they would not be enough for Democrats to take the House.

In 2024, every seat in the House and 34 Senate seats were up for re-election.

Prior to Election Day, Republicans had a razor-thin majority in the House, 212-220, with three vacancies.

Fourteen Republicans and 11 Democrats were considered to be in toss-up races ahead of the election, and due to redistricting, five open seats were predicted to flip.

Ahead of the election, Decision Desk HQ had predicted that Republicans had only a 52% chance of maintaining control of the House, but that changed once vote totals began coming in.

With this call, Republicans will now control the House, Senate, and the White House. A unified government would essentially neutralize the Democrats' political agenda. If Trump can find a way to work with his Republican counterparts in the House and Senate this time around, he could notch significant policy wins and make his America First agenda happen. Some of the items on Trump's platform include:

  • Seal the border and stop the migrant invasion

  • End inflation, and make America affordable again

  • Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far

  • Stop outsourcing, and turn the U.S. into a manufacturing superpower

  • Large tax cuts for workers, and no tax on tips

  • Defend our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms

  • End the weaponization of government against the American people

  • Cancel the electric vehicle mandate and cut costly and burdensome regulations

  • Cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children

  • Secure our elections, including same-day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship

It's an ambitious agenda that will require unifying Republicans across all three branches of government to get any of it passed.

Speaker Mike Johnson, who appeared with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last Wednesday, said the Republican caucus is ready to go: “House Republicans stand ready and prepared to immediately act on Trump’s America First agenda to improve the lives of every family, regardless of race, religion, color, or creed, and make America great again."
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  Trump's X-Men team will dramatically transform the swamp culture. Musk, JFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and many more. News of Trump's win caused a massive cheering amongst the military and a general exclaimed now we can get something done.
Posted by: Dale   2024-11-12 14:22  

#5  Doing what needs to be done will take longer than 4 years. Cleaning out the House and Senate will take another 6 years. The work has begun. Having the House will allow us to see who needs to be replaced. If the GOP was in the minority in either house, progress is immediately limited to executive orders for two years, largely a waste.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-11-12 12:43  

#4  You can have POTUS, the House, and the Senate but if you have lame leadership in the House and Senate, they can destroy your legislative agenda. Paul Ryan for example.
Posted by: JohnQC   2024-11-12 11:51  

#3  Though Trump's cabinet picks will be dropping that control margin (or even eliminating it?) until special elections are held to refill the seats.
Posted by: Glenmore   2024-11-12 10:34  

#2  Still are a lot in both houses and they are already looking to put in a speaker that is hostile to Trump.
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-11-12 10:24  

#1  

NOW, the serious underlying question.

How many will turn out to be RINO's, or are Deep State/DC Swamp controlled?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-11-12 01:59  

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