Both parties made big promises during this midterm campaign.

Give Democrats control of Congress President Biden said,

and they'll create a national right to an abortion.

Here's the promise I make to you and the American people.

The first bill that I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v Wade.

And when Congress passes it, I'll sign it in January,

50 years after Roe was first decided to law the land.

And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy promised that if Republicans got control,

they would repeal the tax enforcement provision of Democrats' inflation reduction act.

On that very first day that we're sworn in, you'll see that it all changes.

Because on our very first bill, we're going to repeal 87,000 IRS agents.

But a day after the final ballots were cast,

neither of those visions for the next two years looked very close to reality.

Too close to call.

Key races still to be decided, control of Congress hanging in the balance.

As of this taping Wednesday afternoon,

neither the Senate nor the House has been clenched.

The red wave that many predicted never quite materialized.

Here's how Republican Senator Lindsey Graham put it on NBC on election night.

Definitely not a Republican wave. That's for darn sure.

I was in charge of Guam, so I want to take credit for that.

Though Republicans did score some big wins.

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