US House results: What to expect as Republicans take control of Congress | 2024 US Election News

THE EXPLANATOR

Republicans are poised to win the House after securing a majority in the Senate to boost Trump’s legislative agenda.

Members of the Republican party have four seats left in the majority of the United States House of Representatives as they are looking to get more power from Congress to strengthen Donald Trump’s hand in the White House.

Here’s how things could look after Trump won the presidency in last week’s election and his Republican Party wrested control of the Senate, ending four years of Democratic leadership in the executive branch.

How many seats do Republicans need to win the House?

Republicans need four more seats to win control of the 435-seat House of Representatives.

The party that wins at least 218 seats wins a majority in the House. So far, Republicans have won 214 seats and Democrats have won 203.

All House seats were up for grabs in Tuesday’s election. House representatives are elected for two years.

What House races are yet to be called?

The 18 House races will be called from 4 am on the US East Coast (09:00 GMT) on Monday.

Republicans lead in eight of these races and Democrats lead in 10. Even if the Democrats get ten seats, their total will be 213, five short of a majority.

In the 22nd congressional district in the southern part of the Central Valley of California, Republicans lead by 7.2 percentage points after 76.6 results were reported, according to the Associated Press.

Which party has controlled the House in recent US history?

Republicans hold the majority in the House until 2022.

Republicans have largely controlled the House for the past three decades. Democrats have won the House just four times since 1994: in 2006, 2008, 2018 and 2020.

Here is the latest history of House election results:

• 2022: Republicans won 222 House seats, compared to 213 seats for Democrats.
• 2020: Democrats carried the chamber with 222 seats, compared to 213 seats for Republicans.
• 2018: Democrats were in the majority with 235 seats. Republicans hold 199 seats.
• 2016: While Republicans lost some seats, they still hold the majority with 241 seats while Democrats hold 194 seats.
• 2014: Republicans held a majority of 247 seats, compared to 188 seats for Democrats.

What powers does the House have?

The House is responsible for creating and passing federal laws. The room has the ability to:

• Run income tax credits
• Encourage government officials
• Elect the president if there is an Electoral College tie

In order to pass a law and send it to the president to sign it into law, the House and Senate need to pass the same bill by a majority vote.

If the president vetoes the bill, the House and Senate can vote on it again, but they need a two-thirds majority to override the veto.

What does the Republican trifecta mean in the US?

A Trump victory coupled with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress could mean that Trump can easily enact his legislative agenda.

In recent years, American presidents have struggled to pass laws because they have multiple congresses, one party controls Congress or control of Congress is divided between Democrats and Republicans.

We have seen this play out during the administration of President Joe Biden. In the first two years of his four-year term, his Democratic Party narrowly controlled both houses of Congress, and in the second half, Republicans regained control of the House.

As a result, in May, Republicans blocked a bill that would have made sweeping changes to immigration law. In June, Republicans blocked a bill put forward by Democrats that would have guaranteed women access to contraceptives.

Several times in the first half of Biden’s term, some of his legislative proposals were blocked by the Senate. This happened even though the Democrats had the majority of the Senate.