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President-elect Joe Biden will get the Democratic Congress he sought after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride. Wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for the state's two U.S. Senate…
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By Susan Cornwell,
Trevor Hunnicutt
and James Oliphant / Reuters, WASHINGTON
US president-elect Joe Biden is to get the Democratic US Congress that he sought after his party’s stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.
Wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for Georgia’s two US Senate seats in runoff elections on Tuesday last week have given the party control of that chamber of Congress, in addition to the US House of Representatives and the White House.
It is not going to be easy for Democrats
08 Jan 2021 Joe Biden speaking to a select group of mediapersons. File/Reuters For once, President-elect Joe Biden’s Democratic Party seems all set to have a fair measure of control in both Houses of Congress, after his party’s stunning success in Georgia, but key reforms on healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.
Raphael Warnock’s win of one of the state’s US Senate seats and Jon Ossoff’s lead in the race for the other in Tuesday’s runoff elections looked likely to give Democrats control of both chambers in Congress and the White House, although a winner had yet to be projected in Ossoff’s contest.