Winning a majority in the House, even by a smaller margin than they expected, would give Republicans some new power to set the agenda when they take over the chamber in January.
House Republicans will have a majority of subpoenas and control of powerful committees — and they plan to make investigations into the Biden administration a top priority.
Legislatively, there will be a number of policy issues to pass — like funding the government — that will test Republicans and Democrats’ ability to cooperate.
This is look at some Their plan:
investigate: House of Representatives Republican is keep an eye out for potential probes into everything from the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, border policies overseen by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid, business dealings involving President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and the bureaucratic decision-making behind Covid-related school closures and vaccination mandates.
House Republicans could also use their majority to push a rebuttal story around January 6, 2021, the attack to blame former President Donald Trump after after A violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.
Even before the party had a majority in the House, some of the investigative bases laid out by Republican officials had start to get results. For instance, a federal judge in Louisiana on Monday ordered the removal of an FBI cybersecurity official in a lawsuit alleging that the FBI coerced social media companies to block stories about computers. Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election.
The FBI’s removal is among several state Republican officials sought in a lawsuit alleging Biden officials effectively enforced government censorship by promoting social media companies. , among other things, police statements about the origin of the virus that causes Covid-19, the effectiveness of masks and health care measures to limit the spread of the virus, also such as statements about the integrity of the election and the confidentiality of voting by mail.
It’s still unclear how far House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is willing to go when it comes to January 6 and the 2020 presidential election, and some Republicans argue that the party would be better served by transition to 2020.
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In one Exclusive, wide-ranging interview with CNNTwo days before the midterm elections, McCarthy outlined his plans to take office, including tackling inflation, rising crime and border security – three issues that have become central to the effort constituency of the Republican Party.
McCarthy also left open the possibility of eventual impeachment proceedings, which some of his members have begun calling for.
In a private internal meeting on Monday before the leadership election, McCarthy promised he would strip Democrats of power, vowing to remove Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Relations Committee. House and California Representatives Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee. Committee, according to a source in the room.
But a fragile Republican majority will thwart most – if not all – of their priorities in the room.
According to two sources familiar with the conversation, McCarthy’s allies recently tried to convince moderate Democrat Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas to switch parties in the hope of making up for their slim gains. Cuellar flatly dismissed that opinion.
