Congressional republicans plan swift action on agenda with Donald Trump

What’s more, the real-estate magnate and reality TV star defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton without the customary support (and the obligations those incur) from senior party leaders and big donors, many of whom distanced themselves or even opposed him.

Expectations had been low that Democrats would win the 30 seats they’d needed to capture House control.

Democrats could fend off Republicans in the Iowa Senate no longer. During the debates, Trump said that Hillary Clinton deserved to be in jail, and many House Republicans were fuming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced her use of a private email server didn’t warrant a Justice Department prosecution. Elizabeth Warren, a pull-no-punches progressive darling.

But many of those same senators fell in line with their party’s new leader just hours after he delivered his victory speech in New York City.

Tuesday’s results were a disaster for Democrats.

Fredette also said the work Republican lawmakers do in the next two years would have to be meaningful if they hope to again grow their numbers in 2018, when the entire Legislature is again up for election.

On top of that, the NY real estate businessman and former reality television celebrity, who will head the world’s most powerful government and largest economy, has no governing experience. After the June primary, only about 15 percent of new voters registered as Republicans. He said the “rush to recalibrate” strategy and messaging concerns him.

At the core of that structure are the political leaders of both parties, their political operatives, and fundraisers; the major media, centered in NY and Washington, D.C.; the country’s biggest corporations, their top executives, and Washington lobbyists and trade associations; the biggest Wall Street banks, their top officers, traders, hedge-fund and private-equity managers, and their lackeys in Washington; and the wealthy individuals who invest directly in politics. “Obviously talking to just each other didn’t work”. We need a brand new playbook. “We didn’t lose our soul”, he said.

Trump said he and the Republican majority in Congress were going to accomplish “absolutely spectacular things for the American people”, adding he was eager to get started. There were an additional four races between Republican incumbents and Democratic challengers that were deemed to be toss-ups, including the race in New Hampshire, and the GOP has managed to hold onto enough of those seats to win.

The Democrats’ effort to wrest Senate control from the Republicans is further complicated by the Senate’s unusual power structure. Recall what Democrats did when they won the White House, the Senate and House in 2008.

The Senate looked tougher for Democrats’ supermajority hopes.

Democrats are not ready yet, though, to concede the Senate to the GOP. They led the push for significant increases in school funding this year, for example, ignoring the fact that New Yorkers already pay the nation’s highest per-student education costs.

In a telephone interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Sanders said Democrats must take a strong stand against the role of corporate interests in politics.

In one, Democrat John Brooks was 33 votes ahead of the incumbent, Republican Sen.

Warren is scheduled to speak at an AFL-CIO executive council meeting Thursday afternoon. That’s down from the 54-46 majority they enjoy now, but a much better outcome than polls that predicted Democrats would retake the upper chamber by picking up five seats or more.

Ohio: Republican U.S. Sen. A whip is usually considered the caucus official who enforces discipline insuring unity among members on key votes or issues.

Sanders said he would support Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota to become the next chairman of the DNC. Likewise, the third party candidates: They did not elect Trump. Democrats had been almost certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle as endangered GOP incumbents won in Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and even Democrat-friendly Wisconsin.