Republicans secure their monopoly of power Donald Trump‘s new Washington is protected majority of them CNN predicted Wednesday that the House of Representatives will usher in a dramatic new era of right-wing populist rule.

The GOP’s control of both houses of Congress (won after Republicans were projected to hold two House seats in California and Arizona) means that the president-elect could profoundly change America, including sweeping tax cuts, hardline policies It means that he will have a way of enacting an agenda. enforcement of migration and transformation of domestic and foreign policy.

Republican dominance on Capitol Hill is just one aspect of Trump’s formidable new power base. A president-elect who already believes he has unlimited power will be encouraged by last summer’s Supreme Court decision granting the commander in chief significant immunity for official actions taken in office.

Trump may also have the chance to replace older members of the court over the next four years, potentially extending the conservative majority he built in his first term well into the middle of the century.

And as Trump unveils his team of Cabinet members and top West Wing staffers, largely made up of die-hard loyalists, it is already clear that the 47th president will face several of the limitations that veteran career officials have sought to impose on some of his most outlandish plans. He was the 45th president.

Trump’s team is aggressively pushing to enact much of its “Make America Great Again” plan early next year after seizing on public concerns about high prices and undocumented immigrants to help the GOP win the White House and Senate. The first 100-day agenda promises and now the Parliament.

Republicans upset the Senate by defeating Democrats defending red states and control 52 seats in an extraordinary race that has yet to be predicted. While the filibuster in the Senate means most major legislation requires 60 votes to pass, party leaders will be able to use the same budget tools that helped President Joe Biden pass some key items.

The GOP’s victory in the House represents a victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who struggled to control his restive conference last year. The GOP House has frequently descended into chaos and infighting; some of these have been exacerbated by Trump’s interventions and the behavior of some of his most outspoken supporters. The narrow majority meant that any member could decide to rebel or break away from the leadership for personal political gain.

The question now will be what next year’s House majority will be and whether the GOP can expand the margin of the handful of seats that have made governing the conference so complicated for Johnson. Having Trump in the White House, where the Republican Party is in full control, could facilitate unity next year. But Trump is already poaching from the majority Even with cabinet picks and members coming from safe Republican seats, their vacancies could linger long enough to give Johnson a headache.

Democrats had given up hope in the days after the election that they could flip the House and form a single bulwark against Trump’s administration; It was a feat that had looked unlikely for much of the year, given the parliament’s inefficient record and Johnson’s struggle to gain control. . Democrats had been targeting Republicans sitting in districts Biden won four years ago (mostly in New York and California), but with Trump’s resounding victory this year, some of those seats have become harder to capture.

Democrats now face the crucial task of regrouping without a single governing platform in Washington ahead of midterm elections in 2026.

Republicans had taken back the House in the 2022 midterm elections, largely to put the brakes on Biden’s tenure by winning competitive seats in New York and California. Democrats managed to flip several New York seats this year, but Trump’s relative strength against a Republican presidential candidate in his home state has helped limit Democratic gains. Democrats also failed to defeat several other key targets, such as GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who cast electoral votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in Nebraska’s Omaha-area district. And the GOP captured some of its top targets in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

That led to a change in the fortunes of the House of Representatives, with counts extending well beyond Election Day in California, Oregon, Arizona, Iowa and Alaska, among other places.

But Democrats held on to some of their most competitive seats, such as vulnerable Washington state Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and hopefuls of other seats in Trump’s strong district of Ohio and Maine.

Johnson, who rose to the presidency from backbench obscurity following the collapse of the party following the ouster of previous House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023, has based his strategy of preserving the chamber and, if possible, expanding his majority on a close alliance with parliament. Embers. The Louisiana Republican traveled to the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort to celebrate election night, and his office was in close coordination with the transition team.

And on Wednesday, before Trump arrived at a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, Johnson heralded the president-elect as a “comeback king,” according to a source in the chamber.

Trump supported his bid to remain president, and the Louisiana Republican was later nominated unanimously by voice vote, two sources in the room told CNN. It will face a vote in Parliament on January 3.

The party has largely projected unity behind Trump and its support for Johnson, although some conservatives have pressed Johnson on everything from not sending more money to Ukraine to why the GOP hasn’t won more seats.

GOP Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas told CNN: “If Donald Trump says jump three feet high and scratch our heads, we’ll all jump three feet high and scratch our heads.” “This is it.”

The speaker faces a looming crisis: the need to raise the government’s borrowing limit, perhaps by early summer, although fiscal hawks in the party have limited appetite for provoking a showdown that could anger Trump.

This story has been updated with additional developments.

CNNs Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot and Aileen Graef contributed to this report.

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