But I thought there was a blue wave coming? How’d they do in the senate?
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no one was even anticipating a senate gain, but the house of reps is back in dem control after 8 years so
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So the Dems will have a 10 to 15 seat majority in the House. The GOP gains seats to hold an 8 or 9 person majority in the Senate after tonight. Welcome to not a damn thing getting done for 2 years.
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I am insufficiently up to snuff on American system of government. What does it mean if the lower house is controlled by one party while the upper and the president is controlled by the other?
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Both must agree on legislation for passage. So “nothing will get done” also means nobody can dismantle health care further. Also the house majority can issue subpoenas and obtain trump’s taxes from the IRS. The house impeaches, which may happen, but the senate convicts.
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So let's ignore impeachment. Basically, for the next two years - no legislation unless trump amends new proposals. Hmmmmm, interesting. What about the federal budget? Can THAT go through with an opposing Congress?
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House holds the purse strings.
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Riiiight. I can see mogul-propitiating tax reforms going down in flames... Well, that seems a good thing. Can the house submit a contrary budget? Probably not, but THAT would have been hilarious .
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The house can shut down govt by denying funding through refusing to agree w/ Senate’s funding bill. As R’s did repeatedly over health care etc.
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Ah, so that how it works. It was never clear to me what happens to the US in general if the government shuts down. How _does_ the government shuts down?
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Democrats lost in..... - Texas - Florida - Georgia (just call it) - Arizona (hopefully) - Wisconsin (Walker wins) Hahahahaha
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congrats for your awesome, commercial free live broadcast for the midterms. your were all very professional, and respectful. i watched ABC for 4 hrs. AAAAAA+
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lmao and that's not a "wave" republicans flipped 63 seats in the house and 6 senate seats in 2010. that's a wave
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Watch trump say don't blame me for the house loss
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he doesn't have to. it was a good night for the gop, and especially, for donald trump
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We took the house. We are now in charge of all the committee's run scared trump. We are protecting mueller.
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lulz mueller is a mall cop
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