The U.S. mid-term elections have seen the Republican Party overturn the long-standing supremacy of the Democrats in the 100-member Senate. With voter feeling for the Democrats running lukewarm in most parts of the country, the Republicans were able to snatch away Democratic-held Senate seats in Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia taking them to the necessary 51-seat majority needed to control the U.S. upper house. They were also soundly re-elected in the lower assembly, the House of Representatives. The victory in the Senate means the defeat of a critical power broker, Harry Reid of Nevada, as Senate leader. The new leader will be Mitch McConnell, Republican leader in the Senate. The full meaning of the Republican win across the legislative branch is unknown but it could be profound. An enormous inventory of issues ranging from the Keystone Pipeline to the Mexican border to the threat of the so-called Islamic State will be given new life. It opens the way for the Congress to pass a budget, something it is required to do each each year by law but has failed at because of divided politics. Republicans win both the U.S. Senate and House
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The U.S. mid-term elections have seen the Republican Party overturn the long-standing supremacy of the Democrats in the 100-member Senate. With voter feeling for the Democrats running lukewarm in most parts of the country, the Republicans were able to snatch away Democratic-held Senate seats in Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia taking them to the necessary 51-seat majority needed to control the U.S. upper house. They were also soundly re-elected in the lower assembly, the House of Representatives. The victory in the Senate means the defeat of a critical power broker, Harry Reid of Nevada, as Senate leader. The new leader will be Mitch McConnell, Republican leader in the Senate. The full meaning of the Republican win across the legislative branch is unknown but it could be profound. An enormous inventory of issues ranging from the Keystone Pipeline to the Mexican border to the threat of the so-called Islamic State will be given new life. It opens the way for the Congress to pass a budget, something it is required to do each each year by law but has failed at because of divided politics. 