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Changes in the new American Congress

2022-11-18 18:50:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA KATHERINE GYPSON
Changes in the new American Congress
Nancy Pelosi

Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives this week, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will not seek a leadership position in the new Democratic minority — two of many changes coming to the new Congress in January. VOA correspondent Katherine Gypson reports.

Big changes ahead in the US Congress... as new lawmakers are introduced to the Capitol. For the first time in four years, Democrats no longer have a majority in the House of Representatives.

"With great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek re-election to the Democratic leadership in the next Congress."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will step down so the New Democrats have their turn at the minority helm.

Legislator Kevin McCarthy is the Republican candidate to become the new mayor.

"I am proud to announce that the era of one-party Democratic rule in Washington is over. Washington now has a check and balance."

But Mr McCarthy will find it difficult to unite his members on major legislation as he faces significant opposition from the wing of the party still loyal to former President Donald Trump.

"They need to figure out how to reach consensus within their group before they seek cooperation with the Democrats." So I think it's going to be a challenging time for a very small majority in the House of Representatives," says Amy Dacey at American University.

New members of Congress say the narrow majority should force both parties to work together on bipartisan legislation.

"People are tired of extremists on the far left and the far right. They want people to be willing to work across the board to do what's right," says Democratic lawmaker-elect Wiley Nickel.

"There are many areas of cooperation there is a willingness to sit down together and work toward that goal," says Republican lawmaker-elect Michael Lawler.

And any legislation would have to pass in a Senate with a Democratic majority, under the continued leadership of Chuck Schumer.

“I have a prayer for the Republicans and a word of advice – if you embrace MAGA, you will continue to lose. You will lose more. MAGA's embrace in 2018, 2020 and '22 didn't work. We welcome you to work with us on a bipartisan basis."

Although challenged, Mitch McConnell retained the Senate leadership position among Republicans while acknowledging their failures with voters in this election.

"Their impression of many people in leadership roles in our party is that they are involved in chaos, negativity, over-the-top attacks. And it scared independent and moderate Republican voters," said Senator Mitch McConnell.

But with a divided government for the next two years, the chances of President Joe Biden passing any major legislation are slim.


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