Republicans take control of the House of Representatives

According to US media on Wednesday, Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives, giving them power over Joe Biden’s policies until 2024 and leading to a split in Congress.

After failing to capture the Senate, the conservative party has only a slim majority in the lower house, far from the “giant wave” promised by Donald Trump, who announced a new candidacy for the White House on Tuesday evening. The president’s lieutenants received very mixed results in the previous midterm elections.

“Americans are ready for new leadership and House Republicans are ready to act,” said House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, now the favorite in this Assembly leadership race, with incumbent “Speaker” Nancy Pelosi losing her Democratic majority. .

Democratic President Joe Biden immediately congratulated Mr. McCarthy, stressing in a statement that he “intends to work with anyone — Republicans or Democrats — who is willing to work with me to take action.”

NBC, CNN, Fox News and CBS projected Wednesday that Republicans would have at least 218 House seats, or a 435 majority.

If the American media’s predictions are confirmed for all positions, Joe Biden’s performance will constitute the best score of a president in more than 20 years in a midterm election, an election traditionally difficult for a square incumbent. .

This very thin Republican majority in the lower house threatens to complicate its governance. With a Republican House and a Democratic Senate, Joe Biden’s party can’t pass big projects in a now-divided Congress. But neither is the other side.

Republicans have threatened to undo some of the measures pursued under Joe Biden if they regain control of both chambers. They specifically wanted to review the funds allocated to the tax services to hire new agents or some reforms in the education world.

Republicans may be more fussy about Washington’s aid to Ukraine.

They also plan to attack abortion rights or pass legislation on firearms, prompting Joe Biden to use his veto.

The 79-year-old president will not ultimately be forced to camp in this defensive posture. His negotiating skills, inherited from his long career as a senator, had to be used to prevent the paralysis of the federal administration (the famous “shutdown”).

But the president’s outstretched hand threatens to hit the red wall of conservatives.

Despite a slim majority in the House, Republicans have significant oversight power, which they have promised to use for a host of investigations into Joe Biden’s handling of the pandemic or the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

They may also go after his son Hunter, who allegedly used his name to do business in Ukraine and China.

The conservative party hopes to capitalize on any potential Democratic loophole with an eye on the 2024 presidential election. With Donald Trump announcing his candidacy on Tuesday, he began a relentless battle for the Republican Party’s nomination for the White House.