Five things that will attract the attention of the American Congress that will start working in 2025

The first test of the party’s unity will be the election of leaders of the councils that will be held on Friday.

Here are five things that can be noticed when the parliament starts its session.

The Republican Party has a majority in the House, but not much.

And the effectiveness of the majority will be tested once the session of the parliament begins.

The parliament will not continue to hold its session or make laws until it elects a speaker – that is the president of the parliament.

Despite Trump’s support, the current Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson is facing opposition from the leaders of the party in the House who still do not agree to continue in the position.

The party’s influence is small, so that if Johnson loses only two party votes, it can become an obstacle for him in his interests, so that he will go to the next round in the election.

In 2023, it took 15 votes in four days before Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker.

So far, Johnson has only one congressman in the party, Thomas Massie of the Kentucky district, who has come out to show his lack of support for him, and there are many other congressmen who have not expressed their opinion.

Republicans have a five-seat majority in the House when the final results of the 2024 election are announced.

However, the gap may change as a result of how Trump gave some of the members of parliament positions in his administration.

In the country’s Senate, members of parliament elected the majority leader, Senator John Thune from South Dakota of the Republican Party.

This means that the senators can start their work on Friday, but they may encounter some challenges.

The Senate is preparing to review and approve a number of appointments from the new Trump administration, while the review of others will take people’s attention.

Among those assessed will be Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has been facing allegations of sexual misconduct since 2017, allegations he has repeatedly denied.

Then there is Secretary of State Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has a history of spreading fake news.

It has been seen that the people whom Trump gave to the positions of clerks in the parliament last month to arrest some senators, but that will not prevent them from facing questions when they attended the parliament for the evaluation.

Also, the parliament is planning to quickly assess the appointment of security leaders, especially after the terrorist attack on New Orleans, where 14 people died, and there was an explosion in a car outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas.

“The Senate must confirm the appointment of a team that will lead the security of our country as soon as possible, because people’s lives depend on security,” as Senator John Barasso posted on his page X.

Another item that could be a big part of the House’s resolutions is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which expires in 2025.

The law – which was passed in 2017 when the Republicans had a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate – contains tax reform and cuts in the number of taxes and taxpayers.

It was the biggest tax cut in decades, especially for businesses and the wealthy, which Democrats are calling for to be repealed.

Trump campaigned on the economy – where he promised to extend the tax cut, and even withdraw it on other things, such as overtime pay.

It is also expected to see legislation on other issues that the Republican Party has put forward, ranging from issues related to reducing immigration to reducing other government regulations.

There is a decision to cut military aid to Ukraine, impose new taxes, and cut spending on clean energy and strengthen border security.

In a press conference in November, Johnson outlined Republican goals for reducing inflation, border security, restoring US energy dominance and passing the ‘free education’ bill.

Trump also demanded that lawmakers increase or even stop limiting the government’s debt.

There is a possibility that all the interests of the party can be passed in the parliament, especially the resolution of taxes and government spending and limiting the debt.

The end of the last Congress has seen the influence that Trump and his friends have on the plans of the Congress.

The billionaire, Elon Musk, who was appointed by Trump as an adviser to his administration on cutting government spending, published a series of messages on his Facebook page, to condemn the spending agreement that Johnson led with the few Democrats to prevent a government shutdown.

Both Trump and Musk have threatened to withdraw their funding and support for Republicans who supported the spending resolution, raising questions about how much influence they will have on Congress.

Musk and pharmaceutical entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy may have more opportunities. The two men will co-chair a newly formed advisory committee that focuses on setting spending guidelines.

While the Republicans are making these plans, on the other hand, the Democrats are regrouping, hoping to seize the majority of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections that will be held in 2026.

A move that experts believe can influence liberal members of parliament to achieve their goals.