Wednesday - November 05, 2014

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Republicans claim Senate majority, take control of Congress

Voters handed control of the Senate to Republicans for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, putting the GOP in charge of Congress for the remainder of President Obama’s term.

Republicans swept to victory in a string of contests across the country, retaining every one of the GOP-held seats up for grabs and picking up more than the six seats needed to take control of the Senate. Republicans enjoyed a banner night after mounting campaigns from coast to coast that, almost without exception, sought to cast their opponents as rubber stamps for the unpopular president. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who fended off a Democratic challenge in Kentucky, is now poised to ascend to majority leader next year.

Republicans also are projected to retain control of the House—and gain at least 12 seats, expanding their majority beyond their post-World War II record of 246 seats set in 1946.

The landscape means Republicans will have new powers to challenge Obama’s agenda in the final two years of his term, able to launch investigations and hold hearings from both chambers; hold up key appointments; and pass GOP-favored legislation, if only to force the president to employ his veto pen. The division of power also could yield areas of agreement, on areas ranging from immigration to energy—though the Affordable Care Act and efforts to undermine it could continue to sour talks on other issues.

McConnell, after winning his own race, said some things won’t change next year—but stressed that lawmakers and the White House don’t have to be in “perpetual conflict” and “have an obligation to work together.”

“Tomorrow, the papers will say I won this race, but the truth is ... tonight we begin another one, one that’s far more important than mine—and that’s the race to turn this country around,” McConnell said in Louisville.

That’s how strong the anti-Obama backlash is; the sweep is stronger than what followed FDR, our previous Red President, at the end of WWII.

36 states were also up for governors, and with the votes in from all but 4 of those states, it looks like another sweep, with Republicans dominating 24 to 8, and the races leaning, but too close to call, in the other 4 states. 

Unfortunately, Minnesota managed to re-elect Al Franken by a huge margin, and New Jersey managed to keep Cory Booker, as expected. Hey, you can’t win ‘em all. But maybe this will be enough to plug the dyke, and hopefully turn the tide.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2014/2014-midterm-elections

Posted by Drew458     on 11/05/2014 at 05:29 AM   
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