In the 116th Congress is scheduled to meet on January 3.
House Makeup
Republicans lost their Majority in the House which will make passing legislation much more difficult.
There is [1] vacant seat that is in dispute, North Carolina District 9, amid allegations of illegal activities committed by Republicans.
Political drama came more than seven weeks after Mark Harris, the Republican nominee for Congress in the Ninth District, seemed to defeat Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate, by 905 votes in November. But Mr. Harris’s apparent victory was soon overshadowed by allegations that a contractor for his campaign engaged in illegal activity to compromise the election. According to witnesses and affidavits, the contractor, L. McCrae Dowless Jr., and people working for him collected absentee ballots in violation of state law.
The election board refused to certify Harris and that board is now dissolved. It’s pretty clear Harris’ staff violated election law, but there is no agreement about what’s next.
Senate Makeup
Republicans increased their majority in the Senate. This will likely make judicial appointments far easier than the sad saga of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Legislation
Unless the Senate is willing to compromise with House Democrats, passing legislation will be difficult.
A government shutdown is underway, and Trump vows to keep it until he gets his wall. Nancy Pelosi will again become Speaker of the House and she says there will be no wall compromise.
Someone will eventually blink, either Trump or Pelosi, but polarization and political fighting will rise.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
With only one protection against ever growing government left, that being the “separation of powers”, my favorite times are when you have one party controlling one or both houses of Congress, and the other party controlling the Presidency. During those times, little gets done, which is generally better than the alternative.
Trump will turn to foreign policy where all presidents turn once they realize that Congress, not the president, has the power to tax, spend, borrow and regulate, that is, the powers that affect the economy and domestic policies.
If Trump manages to end any wars such as Afghanistan, he will probably be impeached. The last president to end a war, resigned before he could be impeached. Trump can end all of the wars but he must do so before impeachment.
Belaithead has it correct
Glad to see you think you know all the facts.
The biggest change will be the switch from investigating Comey, Hillary, and Strock to investigating Trump and his merry band of criminals.
Just use the Eric Holder defense.
Ignore all congressional subpoenas and call them racists.
Two years will go by mighty quick.
Its funny how the most malevolent president with the most corrupt administration Obamanation and Hiliary didn’t wind up in jail. It just is another glaring example of hypocrisy and protectionism for elitists.
How come the democrats who “ballot harvested” in Orange County, CA and managed to miraculously win all the congressional seats after losing on election day will be seated?