Republicans win control of House and Senate in Congress sweep
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🗓️ 14 November 2024
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The GOP has won a trifecta in Washington. Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next staff.
USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison takes a closer look at the tasks Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be asked to do as part of a new 'Department of Government Efficiency.'
USA TODAY Reporter Andrea Riquier explains how mass deportations could make a housing shortage worse.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, Ad-Free, right now. |
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| 0:12.6 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, November 14, 2024. |
| 0:18.4 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:26.5 | Today, Republicans will have a trifecta in Washington. Plus, we take a closer look at what exactly Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be asked to do in the next Trump term |
| 0:31.7 | and how mass deportations would hurt the U.S. housing shortage. |
| 0:44.1 | Republicans have won both the House and the Senate, giving the GOP total control over Congress for at least the next two years. |
| 0:55.1 | The GOP will have a majority in the 435 member House after defending enough key seats in New York, California, and other swing districts that appeared more competitive before Election Day than they ultimately ended up being, according to multiple networks tracking the results. |
| 0:59.7 | Republicans also have taken control of the Senate by toppling Democratic senators in Montana and |
| 1:04.9 | Ohio and winning in other closely watched races. |
| 1:08.4 | Their wins set up a Republican trifecta in Washington for the next two years, |
| 1:12.7 | laying the groundwork for President-elect Donald Trump and the party to implement their priorities |
| 1:17.6 | without major resistance. We're also getting a clearer look at the leadership positions on Capitol Hill. |
| 1:23.6 | Senate Republicans have elected Senator John Thune from South Dakota as the next Senate |
| 1:27.9 | Majority Leader after rejecting a push from allies of Trump who backed a different candidate. |
| 1:33.3 | It's a new day in the United States Senate and it's a new day in America. |
| 1:36.8 | The American people have loudly rejected the failed policies of the Biden-Harris Schumer |
| 1:43.3 | agenda. |
| 1:46.5 | Meanwhile, in the House, Republicans endorsed Speaker Mike Johnson to return as their leader next year. Johnson still must notch a majority of |
| 1:51.8 | votes from the 435-person chamber during a public floor vote in early January. Also yesterday, |
| 1:58.2 | President-elect Trump met with President Joe Biden. The pair met at the Oval Office for nearly two hours, marking an awkward post-election ritual that took place despite the personal animosity between the two. Biden has spent months calling Trump a threat to democracy, and Trump has repeatedly called Biden the worst president ever. As part of the meeting, Biden stressed to Trump |
| 2:18.4 | the importance of continuing to stand with Ukraine and its war with Russia, according to White House |
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