We're going from the GOP taking the house to a milestone for meat grown in a lab.

It's the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Thursday, November 17th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

At number one, Republicans have recaptured control of the House.

Yesterday the party got a win in California in the 27th congressional district.

That gave Republicans 218 seats and their slim majority in the

House. The balance of power in Congress is now split. That makes it a lot harder

for Democrats and President Biden to do what they want over the next two years.

Over in the other chamber, there was a vote for minority leader.

Senator Mitch McConnell will keep the job after a win over Florida Senator Rick Scott. McConnell afterwards said

that he was grateful and spoke about the broader midterms. We collectively I

think had a good discussion about what happened in the election and what happens in the next election.

And I think everybody in our conference agrees. We want to give it our best shot to finish the job in Georgia

and concentrate on that for the next month.

The runoff for the Georgia Senate race is December 6th.

Number two, the Senate took a big step to protect same-sex marriage.

On this vote, the Yays are 62, the Nays are 37.

Three-fifths of the senator's duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative.

The motion is agreed to.

Twelve Republican senators joined Democrats yesterday to advance the Respect for Marriage Act. This clears the way Join Democrats

yesterday to advance the Respect for Marriage Act. This clears the way for its final passage this week.

Democrats felt that this was needed because they say that marriage equality

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