Nov 04 2014
Election Day Special: What Can We Expect From a Republican Dominated Congress?
Americans are casting votes today in mid-term elections, which traditionally have low turnout, but which could signify the direction of the nation’s future. Polls suggest Republicans are poised to take control of the Senate albeit with a smaller margin than the last election. The current balance of 55 to 45 in favor of Democrats may flip to 50 to 47, with 2 possible runoffs and one independent who may or may not caucus with Democrats.
Although there are not that many polls conducted on House races, the few that have been done suggest the GOP could take as many as 5-15 seats over their current majority.
What does such a scenario mean – not just for President Obama’s remaining term, but for legislation and Congressional decision making?
GUEST: David Dayen, contributing writer at Salon and he now joins me in studio. Welcome to Uprising.
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