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Of the house of representatives. the seat that handed them the majority was californias 27, with the republican incumbent mike garcia re—elected. it means they have passed the 218 threshold. although our partners cbs project the republicans majority the republicans majority will be five at most. but, a win is a win. and that means there will be a new speaker — most likely kevin mccarthy. it also marks the end of an era. with the passing of the gavel, democrat nancy pelosi — now 82 — toda...

It has a _ mps and the financial markets that it has a plan, that it has a sensible _ it has a plan, that it has a sensible economic plan that can get of the _ sensible economic plan that can get of the country back on the road. you are going _ of the country back on the road. you are going to— of the country back on the road. you are going to see about £30 billion worth— are going to see about £30 billion worth of— are going to see about £30 billion worth of spending cuts. that is a bi...

Been making big profits. he is also cutting the threshold above which you cutting the threshold above which y°u pay cutting the threshold above which you pay higher rate tax, a5p from 150,000 to 125000 and he is committed to raising pensions and working age benefits by 10.1%, these are spending measures from next april. they will also be more help with bills for benefit —— benefit recipients and pensioners and the energy price guarantee will be extended by 12 months but he has cut it back, ...

Enough votes to pass the codification of roe v. wade, but heres what democrats could have passed had they had one more seat. ending the filibuster and codifying abortion rights. protecting voting rights, police reform, gun reform legislation, you know, even the things that are coming up soon. funding the government, not letting us go into a debt crisis. marriage equality, funding ukraine, can any of that get done even if you have 51 seats? dont you need that 52nd? >> this is difficult so long as...

Speaker of the house in january, presuming republicans are in the majority, he will need 218 votes of the full house, and with all democrats almost certain to vote against him, that means he will need to keep most of the house republicans on his side, and we do expect if there is a republican majority it will be a narrow one meaning a handful of defections could be enough to keep him underneath that 218 vote threshold, which is why this vote thats going to happen behind closed doors by secret ba...

Herschel walking for reaching the 3% threshold. hes here now to talk owto us. you said in an interview, you wanted this to go to a runoff. why? >> well i wanted the message to be heard that there is frustration from voters that they want options outside of the two-party system and a great way to force that is to force the runoff. i am a big proponent of rank choice voting and that is a solution to the cost and time of runoffs. and sometimes you have to show that something is broken in order to p...

This is an r plus one district, and kevin kiley is leading kermit jones by 9,000 votes or so, a lot of vote left to count, but leaning his way. i just identified three, three california races that would get republicans over the top theyd be fine. then you go to colorado right now, you have lauren boebert, the election-denying conservative. she is leading by about 1,100 votes, 99% reporting. almost everything counted except for overseas, ab sen tea. democrats are kind of clinging onto hope that m...

You can see republicans lead in six, they only need three. democrats lead in ten, but they need to win 14. its easy to see where the republicans could get those three seats they need. in california, where a lot of these seats are, you think the blue state of california, the republicans could cross that threshold with just california races. you have californias third congressional district. this is a republican leaning district. r plus one and the republican there is ahead by 9,000 votes. if you ...

Retaining their control of the senate with a down to the wire victory in nevada. president biden heralded the news from southeast asia ahead of his high-stakes meeting with chinas president xi. that meeting is set to take place in hours. democrats are still holding out hope to keep control of the house where several races remain outstanding. neither party has reached the 218-seat threshold. the midterm vote is increasingly seen as a repudiation of former president trump and many republicans are ...

>> i think the real test comes now. will these people who have taken apart the old system can somehow translate politics into power and make a government work. thats their real test. we are on the threshold possibly of the greatest change since the new deal in 1932 .