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"We made history. Now, we must make progress, "she said before Democrats repeatedly clash with the president on the war in Iraq and other policies.
If the Democrats come to the House, count on them to express their willingness to try to find a ground of agreement with Mr. Trump, especially on the price of drugs and infrastructure. But their real goal will be investigations and surveillance.
The winners do what they promised to do – at least in part
The new majorities usually arrive with a list of priorities to be fulfilled quickly to show that they can be effective. In 1994, Republicans had their contract with America, a manifesto that actually figured on the bestseller list for weeks. The new majority recorded mixed results in the performance of the contract in 1995 – the fact of not imposing term limits was an important gap – but the management got votes in the House on a large scale. part of it.
It inspired a similar effort in 2007 among Democrats, who, in an accelerated manner, had a "100-hour plan" that included elements such as new rules to limit the influence of lobbying and raise the minimum wage. Some proposals passed by the House died in the Senate, but others, including the increase in the minimum wage, were passed. In 2010, Republicans overthrew the new health care law, but it has still not been repealed.
This year, Democrats have kept their expectations at a low level with a program "For the people" focused on reducing health care costs, increasing wages and eliminating corruption, but without legislative details. If they take control of the House, Democrats will certainly try to make some quick remarks to the board of directors and also immediately use their new power of Trump administration investigation by programming committee hearings to that effect.
The election of the speaker is always clear, until it is not the case.
One thing is very different this year from the reorganization of the majority party of the past: the identity of the next Speaker of the House is uncertain. It is not guaranteed that Ms. Pelosi, the current leader of the party, will be elected even if the Democrats won it. Dozens of Democrat candidates have said they would not support it and that it would be risky enough for newly elected lawmakers to break that commitment at one of their very first votes at home. bedroom.
In 1994, it was clear that Mr. Gingrich, as the architect of the Republican Revolution, would speak after delivering his party to the Promised Land. Ms. Pelosi, the brain and chief fundraiser behind the triumph of 2006, was the unanimous choice of her party as speaker, and John A. Boehner benefited from the Republicans' unflinching support in 2011.
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