Republicans remained one seat away from the 218 needed for a majority in the House as the AP called three races for Democrats late Tuesday: Yadira Caraveo in Colorado and Reps. Ami Bera and Jim Costa in California
“They don’t hand gavels out in small, medium and large. You get the right-sized gavel and we will use it,” Mr. McCarthy told reporters Tuesday night, dismissing questions about potential difficulties in running the chamber with a narrow majority.“We won but we could have won bigger,” Mr. McCarthy said later.Her husband was assaulted in their San Francisco home
In their party meeting Tuesday, Mrs. Pelosi and Democratic leaders discussed their priorities for the lame-duck session of Congress, which started Monday and lasts through December. During that period, lawmakers will need to pass a new bill funding the government and could take on changes to the way electoral votes are counted in presidential elections.
Republican control of the House could affect a range of Biden administration policies, including testing U.S. support forgiven reticence among some Republicans to continue the high level of funding for Kyiv. It also could spark fresh partisan disputes over spending, taxes, Internal Revenue Service enforcement and the prospect of raising the federal debt ceiling, as Republicans would be in position to push for their own policy priorities.
Republicans’ expected majority will fall short of the more substantial gains some leaders had anticipated in the closing days of the campaign. Republicans had predicted they could pick up dozens of seats in the House and take control of the Senate, citing voter concerns about inflation and Mr. Biden’s weak approval numbers, an assessment many nonpartisan analysts also shared. ButWhile set to flip the House in the midterms, Republicans failed to win back the Senate.
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