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(The Guardian) Taking control of the House is a significant victory for Republicans, first and foremost because it puts them in a position to stop Joe Biden and the Democrats’ legislative agenda.
Don’t expect any more Inflation Reduction Acts or American Rescue Plans to get through the chamber for the next two years. Anything resembling a signature Democratic accomplishment will undoubtedly get smacked down as soon as it gets to the House. But divided Congress’ are best known not for doing, but rather not doing. A dynamic you can expect to see over the coming years is the House passing bills that the Senate will ignore, while the Democratic-led Senate will return the favor to Republican legislation that comes its way.
That said, there are things the House can do unilaterally. The Republicans have made plain they intend to use the chamber’s investigative powers to look into the business activities of the president’s son Hunter Biden and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the most extreme corners of the party, there are calls to launch impeachment proceedings against Biden.
Even at its most gridlocked, Congress does still have to pass laws funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, as it’s expected to have to do later next year. That legislation gives the House GOP opportunities to force Biden and the Democratic Senate to agree to enact some of their policies. Expect them to push for more security at the border with Mexico, or perhaps the repeal of some of the provisions of Biden’s marquee Inflation Reduction Act, such as its funding of the Internal Revenue Service, or its efforts to flight climate change.
Don’t expect any more Inflation Reduction Acts or American Rescue Plans to get through the chamber for the next two years. Anything resembling a signature Democratic accomplishment will undoubtedly get smacked down as soon as it gets to the House. But divided Congress’ are best known not for doing, but rather not doing. A dynamic you can expect to see over the coming years is the House passing bills that the Senate will ignore, while the Democratic-led Senate will return the favor to Republican legislation that comes its way.
That said, there are things the House can do unilaterally. The Republicans have made plain they intend to use the chamber’s investigative powers to look into the business activities of the president’s son Hunter Biden and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the most extreme corners of the party, there are calls to launch impeachment proceedings against Biden.
Even at its most gridlocked, Congress does still have to pass laws funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, as it’s expected to have to do later next year. That legislation gives the House GOP opportunities to force Biden and the Democratic Senate to agree to enact some of their policies. Expect them to push for more security at the border with Mexico, or perhaps the repeal of some of the provisions of Biden’s marquee Inflation Reduction Act, such as its funding of the Internal Revenue Service, or its efforts to flight climate change.
