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The president-elect has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation campaign, expand tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the most powerful tools of the federal government and reshape the American economy. A GOP election victory ensures that Congress will get on board with that agenda, and Democrats will be almost powerless to stop it.
Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, bringing the party to power and securing their grip on the US government with President-elect Donald Trump. The House Republican victory in Arizona, along with the victory in California, gave the GOP the 218 House votes that make up the majority. Republicans had previously gained control of the Senate from the Democrats. With a slim majority despite a hard-fought battle, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to overthrow the federal government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country.
The president-elect has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation campaign, expand tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the most powerful tools of the federal government and reshape the American economy. A GOP election victory ensures that Congress will get on board with that agenda, and Democrats will be almost powerless to stop it.
When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also won Congress, but still faced Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority. not this time. When he returns to the White House, Trump will be working with a Republican Party that has been profoundly transformed by his “Make America Great Again” movement and a Supreme Court dominated by conservative judges, including three justices he appointed.
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