{"id":125751,"date":"2024-11-14T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125751"},"modified":"2024-11-14T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:30:14","slug":"republicans-secure-house-majority-in-yet-another-blow-to-democrats-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125751","title":{"rendered":"Republicans secure House majority in yet another blow to Democrats | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Republicans<\/a> have secured a majority in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/house-of-representatives\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US House of Representatives<\/a>, extending their hold on the lower chamber and delivering a governing trifecta in Washington that could give Donald Trump sweeping power to enact his legislative agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Associated Press determined on Wednesday evening that Republicans had won at least 218 seats in the 435-member House after a victory in Arizona, a call that came more than a week after polls closed across the US and as Trump made cabinet announcements that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/13\/republicans-matt-gaetz-trump-attorney-general\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> sent shockwaves through Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"60ea8c8b-f73e-4947-86b2-a2f39b6739b3\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;How a Republican trifecta makes way for Trump\u2019s rightwing agenda&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;60ea8c8b-f73e-4947-86b2-a2f39b6739b3&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/14\/republican-house-senate-trump-rightwing-agenda&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The call ensures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a> will continue to have a large say in key matters such as government funding, debt ceiling negotiations and foreign aid, and it spells an end to Democrats\u2019 hopes that the lower chamber could serve as a blockade against Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Republicans had already won the White House and regained a majority in the Senate, so their victory in the House provides them with the last component of their governing trifecta. Although they will have a slim majority, Republicans have indicated they will use their trifecta to maximum effect when the new Congress is seated in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe have to deliver for the people, and we will,\u201d the Republican House speaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mike-johnson\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mike Johnson<\/a>, told Fox News last week. \u201cPresident Trump wants to be aggressive. He wants to go big and we\u2019re excited about that. We\u2019re going to get to play offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump\u2019s selection of at least three<strong> <\/strong>House Republicans to join his administration further complicates the math for Johnson. Trump had already tapped the New York representative Elise Stefanik to serve as ambassador to the United Nations and Mike Waltz, the Florida representative, to fill the role of national security adviser. On Wednesday, Trump announced he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/13\/who-is-matt-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">would also nominate Matt Gaetz<\/a>, the Republican congressman of Florida, as his attorney general.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ba00cfab-e48a-45c3-9d6f-5d5416130eb4\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:7,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Republicans baffled after Trump picks \u2018reckless\u2019 Gaetz for attorney general&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;ba00cfab-e48a-45c3-9d6f-5d5416130eb4&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/13\/republicans-matt-gaetz-trump-attorney-general&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A rightwing firebrand, Gaetz was a thorn in the side of former House speaker Kevin McCarthy, eventually leading the successful charge to oust McCarthy from his role. Reaction to Gaetz\u2019s nomination ranged from puzzled to outraged, even from members of the president-elect\u2019s own party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Despite the increasingly narrow majority, Johnson brushed off concerns about how Trump\u2019s picks might affect House Republicans\u2019 ability to legislate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe have an embarrassment of riches,\u201d Johnson said on Tuesday. \u201cWe have a really talented Republican conference. We\u2019ve got really competent, capable people here. Many of them could serve in really important positions in the new administration, but President Trump fully understands and appreciates the math here, and it\u2019s just a numbers game.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"14494a52-d29e-4d48-8d05-aaa185e94364\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump is welcomed by Mike Johnson to meet with House Republicans on Capitol Hill.<\/span> Photograph: Brian Snyder\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Democrats unsuccessfully campaigned on a need to curtail the current \u201cdysfunction\u201d in Congress, after Republicans\u2019 narrow majority repeatedly brought the House to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">When Republicans took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jan\/03\/us-house-of-representatives-new-leadership-republicans-democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">control of the House<\/a> in January 2023, it took 15 rounds of voting to elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kevin-mccarthy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> as speaker, as roughly 20 hard-right members withheld support from their conference\u2019s nominee. Nine months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/oct\/03\/kevin-mccarthy-oust-republican-house-speaker-vote-result-matt-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">McCarthy was ousted<\/a> after eight of his Republican colleagues voted with House Democrats to remove him as speaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">After McCarthy\u2019s departure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mike-johnson\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Johnson<\/a>, then a relatively unknown Republican member from Louisiana, ascended to the speakership following a tumultuous election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Over the past year, Johnson stretched himself thin to appease members of his ideologically diverse conference. His efforts fell short for some, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right member from Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/08\/marjorie-taylor-greene-speaker-mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Greene attempted to oust Johnson<\/a> as speaker in May, but that resolution was easily quashed by a chamber seemingly exhausted by the turmoil that defined this session of Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Despite those hurdles, Republicans were able to keep their hold on the House and on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/13\/mike-johnson-republican-support-house-speaker\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Johnson won the Republican nomination<\/a> to stay in the job as speaker and is on track to keep the gavel after a full House vote in the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump gave Johnson a welcome boost during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/13\/trump-republicans-biden-transfer-of-power\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">meeting<\/a> with House Republicans in Washington, when he endorsed the speaker\u2019s bid to extend his tenure and indicated that Johnson has his full support. Johnson returned the praise by celebrating Trump as a \u201csingular figure in American history\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThey used to call Bill Clinton the comeback kid,\u201d Johnson said. \u201c[Trump] is the comeback king.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Although Democrats fell short in their campaign to flip the House, they touted the party\u2019s ability to mitigate its losses in a difficult national environment. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, pointed to the party\u2019s gains in his home state of New York as evidence of their effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cDonald Trump did better than almost any other Republican presidential candidate in modern political history here in New York state and even won several of the districts that we either held or flipped. And notwithstanding that, we were able to defeat three Republican incumbents,\u201d Jeffries told Spectrum News\u2019 NY1 last week. \u201cAnd so, I think that there are lessons to be learned from this election in all directions, and we will certainly do an after-action analysis at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">That postmortem may help Democrats win back a majority in the 2026 midterm elections, but for now, they must face the reality of a fully Republican Congress ready and willing to do Trump\u2019s bidding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/14\/election-republicans-win-house-majority\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans have secured a majority in the US House of Representatives, extending their hold on the lower chamber and delivering a governing trifecta in Washington that could give Donald Trump &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125751\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}