With the win in Nevada by Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrats retain control of the Senate, which now has 50 seats plus the vote of US Vice President Kamala Harris. The Georgia seat has yet to be won in this midterm round, which will be decided in the Dec. 6 vote, which could see Democrats one vote ahead of the previous legislature. The game is still open in the House of Representatives, where the Democrats are just 204 to 211 for the Republicans with a majority of 218 seats.
ANSA-EPA / CAROLINE BREHMAN | Catherine Cortez Masto re-elected to the Senate for the Democrats in Nevada
American President Joe Biden is jubilant, who, with a friendly Senate majority, can eliminate the risk of ungovernability and the Republican threats about a possible impeachment procedure for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. From Cambodia, where he is in line for a summit with the Asian states of the Asean G20 In Bali, where he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, Biden said he “can’t wait to get to work for the next two years. This victory gives me strength in negotiations with the Chinese».
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