Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Published - Nov 06, 2024, 07:07 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:36 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda.
A few individual seats, or even a single one, will determine the outcome. Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week — or beyond.
After Republicans swept into the majority in the U.S. Senate by picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana, House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted his chamber would fall in line next.
“Republicans are poised to have unified government in the White House, Senate and House,” Johnson said Wednesday.