The Republican Party obtained the necessary 218 seats (out of 435) to gain a majority in the US House of Representatives, various US media reported on Wednesday night.
The victory, fruit of the midterm elections, It won’t be enough to bring about the heralded “red wave,” but it will frustrate President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and likely subject the White House to relentless investigations, according to a television report. CNN.
Tonight it’s official: One-party Democrat rule is FINISHED. We have fired Nancy Pelosi. pic.twitter.com/nmRxfMpQvu
—Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) November 17, 2022
It also ends the Democrat’s second term. Nancy Pelosi as president of the lower house.
Defying political gravity, Democrats held on in the Senate after an election dominated by concerns about high inflation and influenced, in some places, by the Supreme Court’s overturning of the constitutional right to abortion this summer.
There is still a race for him Senate pending in Georgiawhich will be decided in a December runoff and will determine how big a majority of Democrats will be, according to the same source.
President Joe Biden congratulated House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Republicans winning a majority in the House and said he is “ready to work with House Republicans to get results for families.” workers”.
“Last week’s election demonstrated the strength and resilience of American democracy,” Biden said. it’s a statement.
Control in the House of Representatives offers some relief to the Republican Party after the disappointment that the result in the midterm elections meant for them, according to specialists, who point out how to assert that narrow-margin majority they must act with unity at times in what snew signs of differences are urgently needed among their ranks.
With information from AP, CNN and BBC.
