The Republican Party secured the majority this Wednesday in the House of Representatives con 218 seatswhich, together with the control of the Senate and the White House after the election of Donald Trumpgives them power over the main branches of the federal government in the United States, according to the latest projections from The Associated Press.
The victory in the House was consolidated with the final count in Arizona y Californiastates where Republican candidates obtained decisive victories. This adds to the previous victory in the Senate.
These results give the party the ability to implement a series of policies proposed by the president-elect, who has signaled his intention to make important changes in the federal government.
“It has been a decisive victory throughout the country. People want to see us launch and implement our America First program.”said Republican Congressman Mike Johnson.
“We have a program for the first 100 days, lowering the cost of food, lowering the price of energy, guaranteeing the security of the border, getting the economy going so that families who were struggling can get back on their feet,” added the Congressman Steve Scalise.
With Congress aligned, Republicans assure that Donald Trump He will have sufficient support to implement his vision for the country, in a context in which Democrats, according to analysts, will have limited ability to block the new administration’s measures.
Trump’s influence in the current Congress differs from what he had during his time first term in 2016when, despite having a Republican majority in both chambers, he faced resistance from several leaders of his own party and a Supreme Court with a liberal majority.
Now, the president-elect has a Congress transformed by the movement “Let’s make America great again” and a conservative-majority Supreme Court, with three justices nominated by Trump, which together pave the way for his policy agenda in the coming years.
Trump has expressed his desire to bypass the laborious Senate confirmation process of the people he plans to appoint to key positions. To do this, it is proposed to resort to a clause that allows the president to make temporary appointments.
The Republicans gave their approval this Wednesday for the legislator Mike Johnson serve a second term as majority leader in the House of Representatives.
According to American media, this support has materialized after the support that Trump has given him during a private meeting he had with legislators of this party, within the framework of the visit he made this Wednesday to Washington, in which he also met at the White House with the current president, the Democrat Joe Biden.
Johnson, a legislator from Louisiana and aligned with Trump’s leadership, must be formally ratified during a vote that will be held on the House floor in early January.
The judicial horizon of the criminal convictions and multiple lawsuits against Trump has cleared considerably since the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled in July that American presidents enjoy criminal immunity in the exercise of office.
In New York, a judge who was due to rule Tuesday on whether a criminal conviction against him is legal in light of the Supreme Court ruling postponed his decision until November 19.
(With information from EFE, AFP and The Associated Press)
