Instead, any legislation enacted into law in the upcoming end-of-year lame-duck session or 118th Congress will require considerable compromise from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Even if Republicans control Congress, they will not be able to pass significant partisan policy until at least 2025, given the Senate’s legislative filibuster.

6 runoff.Įither way, it seems that Congress will either be under divided control, or will be under Republican control, with very narrow margins. Raphael Warnock (D) nor Herschel Walker (R) have reached the 50% threshold needed to avoid a Dec. As a result, control of the Senate once again seems to run through Georgia, where neither incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D) and Nevada seems to be leaning toward Adam Laxalt (R), who is challenging incumbent Sen. However, Arizona seems to be leaning toward a victory for incumbent Sen. On the Senate side, as of this writing, the races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia are all too close to call. With a number of races still too close to call, Democratic leadership has indicated there may still be a path to a continued, but very narrow, majority. While Republicans still appear poised to take control of the House, it will be by far smaller margins than previously expected. On the House side, prior to Election Day, Republicans were confident of a sizable victory, though Democratic leadership warned that several key races were still in play. Even as polling in the two weeks leading up to Election Day suggested Republican victories in both the House and Senate, the long-predicted red wave did not come to pass. ET.įollowing record-breaking turnout in yesterday’s midterm elections, control of the 118th Congress remains unknown.

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