In this article by CNN highlights the many "historic firsts" that yesterday's midterm elections brought about. For example, many southern African-Americans made a first with their election to Congress, including Mia Love, the "first black Republican woman to be elected to Congress-- ever."Other firsts included women Senators and Governors, war veterans, and most-expensive campaigns. Although not a "first," this article touches on one particular historic accomplishment of Congress' domination by Republicans-- the GOP has the "largest congressional majority since World War II."
This is very important because Republicans had been feeling dominated by the Democratic-lead executive branch and House of Representatives. Republicans now believe that they can push their own agenda easier because they have control of both the Senate and House. I think this is very interesting, and I'll be watching to see what the GOP does with its newfound control. In addition, I like that more women and races are being involved in our government. Also, the fact that Republicans have not had this large of a majority in Congress since WWII is extremely interesting to me! I know that history repeats itself, but hopefully we can be selective about what we bring back from the that time period...
I think its amazing that we can have such a diverse group of individuals in our government that allows for many different ideas to take place. I agree with Abbey in that it is great that Republicans are now in charge of the Senate and I am interested in how how the Executive and Legislature will interact in the next two years.
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