Democrats secure majorities in both chambers... NBC: “Senate 53, House 244” [U.S. Midterm Elections]

[Financial News] Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections held on the 3rd (local time), securing the House and then the Senate.
The “Blue Tsunami”—a Democratic landslide—has become reality, going beyond the “Blue Wave” of a narrow Democratic victory.
At the midpoint of President Donald Trump’s second term, executive and legislative power have been split, leaving the Trump administration to face a political landscape in which the opposition holds the majority in Congress.
The Democratic Party has long vowed to block and thwart the Trump administration’s unilateral pursuit of its agenda if it retook control of Congress, while President Trump has said he would counter it with his constitutionally granted veto power.
With about two years left in his term, President Trump is highly likely to become a lame duck quickly as Republican support for budgets and legislation dries up.
In particular, he now faces the worst second half of his term, amid the unilateral domestic and foreign policies he has pursued so far and Congress’s full-scale investigations, checks and scrutiny of him, his family and close associates.
Major U.S. broadcasters, including NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN, reported projections shortly after 10 p.m. Eastern time that day, as midterm votes were still being counted, that Democrats would win a majority in the House.
Then, around 11:30 p.m., projections began to come in that Democrats would also take control of the Senate.
In the House, a party needs 218 of the 435 seats being contested this time to win. NBC projected that Democrats would comfortably surpass that threshold and secure at least 244 seats.
The election forecasting organization Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projected that Democrats would win 254 seats.
In the Senate as well, regardless of the results in remaining battleground states such as Michigan and Alaska, where results were still pending, Democrats had secured more than the 51 seats needed for a majority and were set to win at least 53 seats.
As of midnight on the 3rd (Eastern time), with 69.3% of the vote counted in Texas, Democratic candidate James Talarico was projected to win the Senate seat after receiving 58.8% of the vote and defeating Republican candidate Ken Paxton (39.6%). Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988. 






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