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Democrats Secure Control Of Senate And House, Stripping Trump Of Legislative Power
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Democrats win control of both the Senate and the House. Trump loses legislative power for his final two years.
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Congress flips after midterms
Democrats already controlled 54 Senate seats and 228 House seats after midnight on the East Coast of the United States, while vote counting continued in some states. Democrats secured control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, stripping President Donald Trump of legislative control for his final two years in office.
The historic sweep left Trump to navigate the political landscape with reduced power after losing both chambers of Congress. The midterm election defeat sealed the fate of the two years remaining for the Trump administration and would have internal and international repercussions.
Trump response and court
Trump said on his Truth Social network, "I did not run for office and, had I, we would have won by an overwhelming margin!" Trump spoke with the New York Times shortly before 10:30 p.m., adding, "I am absolutely willing to accept those results."
Trump now has the lowest approval rating—31 percent—of his presidency and voters rejected Trump’s party in the midterm elections. The U.S. president was reelected despite his efforts to overturn the 2020 elections that he lost, and it described his attempts to unilaterally change the constitution and ignore court orders.
What changes next
Democrats have swept the midterms elections, reclaiming control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and it framed the shift as a reduction in Trump’s power. Control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term was at stake as Americans cast their votes in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Democrats secured 124 seats and Republicans 77 in the US House of Representatives, and it said results had been called for 201 of the chamber’s 435 seats. The party holding a majority decides the legislative agenda and selects committee leaders, and it said the Senate also oversees the confirmation of judges and senior officials.