What GOP control of House and Senate could mean for a Trump presidency

One legislator said voters are giving Republicans "an bonzer opportunity."

Republicans are projected to person won power of nan U.S. Senate aft flipping respective Democratic seats, and arsenic nan conflict for nan White House and nan House of Representatives rages on, nan GOP appears to beryllium successful a position to return power of not only Congress but besides nan presidency -- perchance putting erstwhile President Donald Trump connected a glide way for argumentation approvals and Cabinet appointees should he win.

With Senate power flipping from Democrats to Republicans, it could thief boost nan schedule of a imaginable Trump White House -- aliases artifact nan priorities of a Kamala Harris presidency. Some of those priorities could beryllium Cabinet appointees aliases imaginable Supreme Court justness confirmations. Federal judge confirmations could beryllium either hampered aliases cleared depending connected control, too.

All 425 House seats are up for predetermination -- and each eyes are connected the cardinal races that could perchance find which statement has control. Republicans presently power nan little chamber, but support a slim majority.

Ohio Republican Senate campaigner Bernie Moreno during a watch statement connected predetermination night, Nov. 5, 2024, successful Westlake, Ohio, pinch his woman Bridget.

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Should nan Senate, House and White House each spell for nan GOP, it will beryllium nan 2nd clip Trump has enjoyed specified unity. Trump began his presidency successful 2017 pinch a GOP-controlled House and Senate. Both erstwhile presidents Barack Obama successful 2009 and Bill Clinton successful 1993 besides began their White House stints pinch Democratic power successful some nan House and Senate.

Still, successful nan Trump, Obama and Clinton presidencies, astatine slightest 1 of nan chambers flipped successful nan adjacent election.

While it whitethorn look uncommon to person single-party power of nan executive and legislative branches, it's not each that uncommon astatine nan opening of a president's first term, according to an study by Pew Research Center. It has been nan lawsuit for 16 of 21 presidents making love backmost to Theodore Roosevelt -- though a fewer exceptions exist: Republicans George W. and George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, Pew Research Center recovered successful its study of information going backmost to nan 56th Congress from 1899-1901.

While power of nan House and nan White House still up for grabs, it's nan first clip successful 4 years that nan Senate has had power of nan precocious enclosure -- thing Republican senators are celebrating.

"As I've said, this predetermination is not astir america but alternatively what is champion for nan convention and nan nation. I look guardant to moving pinch President Trump and our caller blimpish mostly to make America awesome again by making nan Senate activity again," Texas Sen. John Cornyn said successful a statement.

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso said Senate Republicans are "focused connected getting this state backmost connected track."

"Voters are trusting Senate Republicans pinch an bonzer opportunity," Barrasso said successful a statement. "As a caller Republican Senate majority, our attraction will beryllium to return connected an schedule that reflects America's priorities – little prices, little spending, unafraid borders, and American power dominance. That is what we will group retired to do connected Day One. Our caller Republican Senators will beryllium instrumental successful nan occurrence of this agenda."