By Brooke King, Staff Writer
When the ballots were cast on November 5, the months of political speeches and commercials came to an end as the Republicans took back over the House of Representatives.
The projections for the outcome of the elections were favored at the Democrats. However, according to NBC.com, the Democrats won 187 seats and Republicans 239 seats. Through the Democrats still control the majority in the Senate, the amount of Republicans now in office have the power to sway any political change that the Obama administration proposes.
In a statement released by the White House, President Obama insisted that the election required him to make some midcourse corrections and adjustments. Though the President infers that these changes will be met with frustration from Capitol Hill, amidst already added pressure to cut spending and decrease the national deficit, he will not stop in his efforts to implement some of his key measures such as clean energy and education.
The Republican Party has already gone on record stating that there are several bills and laws that they mean to address as soon as their new members take their seats of office. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Congress should act quickly on the bills currently on the docket to be voted on, specifically the abolishing of the Armed Force’s ban on gays openly serving in the military.
“I would like to see the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ but I’m not sure what the prospects for that are,” said Gates of the current state of affairs in Congress.
Many of the voters who turned out on November 5 expressed to the nation and the President their concern with the state of affairs of American politics. Though it is uncertain if the Democrats lobbying bills that are currently in progress will ever get passed, the fate of Congress now lies in the hands of the Republican Party and its constituents.
