As of this writing the GOP can count on a 52-seat majority with additional seats likely when all results are in.
This means first that the leadership of the Senate will be in GOP hands. Secondly, nearly 400 bills passed by the GOP-controlled House of Reps that have been bottled up in the Senate by the current Senate majority leader, Senator Reid will begin coming out of committee and moving toward a vote in the Senate.
The new leader is likely to be Mitch McConnell, who has pledged to entertain amendments proposed by the dems, something that Reid rarely did for GOP senators. Is compromise in the air? With a Democrat president in the White House for at least 2 more years, only the veto stands in the way of unfettered GOP influence on the direction of the country. Hopefully the GOP will move cautiously and revive the shattered collegiality between the parties.
Be that as it may, the main focus will be on how the change in Senate leadership will affect the fundamental direction of the county in such key issues as health care, immigration, defense spending, regulatory reform, and tax policy, to name a few areas of concern. That should be the focus of this thread.
This means first that the leadership of the Senate will be in GOP hands. Secondly, nearly 400 bills passed by the GOP-controlled House of Reps that have been bottled up in the Senate by the current Senate majority leader, Senator Reid will begin coming out of committee and moving toward a vote in the Senate.
The new leader is likely to be Mitch McConnell, who has pledged to entertain amendments proposed by the dems, something that Reid rarely did for GOP senators. Is compromise in the air? With a Democrat president in the White House for at least 2 more years, only the veto stands in the way of unfettered GOP influence on the direction of the country. Hopefully the GOP will move cautiously and revive the shattered collegiality between the parties.
Be that as it may, the main focus will be on how the change in Senate leadership will affect the fundamental direction of the county in such key issues as health care, immigration, defense spending, regulatory reform, and tax policy, to name a few areas of concern. That should be the focus of this thread.
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