So we're seeing this Republican-controlled political moment in Congress now that we talked

about earlier in the show with another possible GOP-driven government shutdown, moving

at the end of this month and an impeachment inquiry being launched with not much evidence

of anything against President Biden.

And New Yorkers, you may kid yourself into thinking this is about the Marjorie Taylor

Greens of the world, or people like James Kumer, who will run the impeachment proceeding

from a deep red district in Southern Kentucky, but don't kid yourselves, New Yorkers.

This is happening largely because of you.

For Democratic House seats, flipped to Republican in the state last year, including three in

the New York City suburbs, formerly held by Democrats Tom Swazzy, Kathleen Rice, and

Sean Patrick Maloney.

A fifth seat was lost to redistricting, eliminating Democratic Congressman Mondair Jones of West

Chester.

And guess how big the Republican majority is in the House of Representatives?

Exactly five seats, the number that were lost in Democrats in New York.

So it's widely believed that New York, this is on you.

You might like last year's outcome or not, depending on your political beliefs and interests,

but control of Congress lives here.

And so next year's congressional elections will be intensely fought in those Long Island,

plus a little bit of Queens and Northern suburbs, those districts.

Our coverage starts now.

As it happens, the first order of business for both parties is that New York's congressional

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