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A midterm check on unified government puts congressional majorities in play.
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With one week until the midterm elections, the majorities of both houses of Congress are in play as voters weigh a midterm check on unified control of government in Washington -- President Donald Trump's hold on the White House and Republican majorities in the House and Senate the past two years.
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voters → weigh → House
Republicans hold slim majorities in both the House and Senate and are rallying to preserve them with just days until Election Day.
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Republicans → hold → Day
Democrats on the other hand are trying to make inroads into some traditionally red areas in hopes of picking up crucial seats.
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Democrats → try → seats
Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana currently holds a historically narrow majority: 218 Republicans alongside a single independent, Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, who filed for reelection without party affiliation but continues to generally support the speaker on the floor.
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who → hold → floor
Democrats hold 214 seats.
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Democrats → hold → seats
There are also two vacancies in the House following the April resignations of lawmakers with ethics issues -- former Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales and former Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who attempted a comeback but was rejected by voters in an August primary.
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who → be → primary
That’s a lengthy way to explain that on Election Night, Johnson effectively begins with a 220-215 edge over Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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Johnson → ’ → Jeffries
While Johnson and Republicans defend their legislative record amassed over the past two years -- including the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, formerly known as Trump's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" -- the closing message from the GOP has also starkly warned voters not to embrace “Mamdani madness," a reference to New York City's democratic socialist mayor and the success of some democratic socialist candidates in Democratic primaries this year.
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message → defend → primaries
"We are bringing down the cost of living.
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We → bring → living
We are providing more jobs and opportunity for more people.
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The facts show it and the records show it," Johnson told CBS during a recent interview.
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"The success goes on and on."
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success → go → ?
Across the aisle, Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, is striving to become the first Black speaker in U.S. history, campaigning largely on a plank of affordability and anticorruption that directly takes aim at Trump.
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that → strive → Trump
"The American people are fed up," Jeffries told reporters this month, adding his belief that Democrats are "on track" to win the House majority.
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Democrats → feed → majority
For Jeffries to get a chance to take the speaker’s gavel, Democrats must attain a net gain of three seats, pushing their numbers to at least 218 -- a simple majority.
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Democrats → get → 218
In the Senate, 35 of the upper chamber’s 100 seats are on the ballot for six-year terms, including 13 Democratic and 22 Republican seats sprinkled across the political landscape.
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35 → include → landscape
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republicans currently hold a 53-45 edge over Senate Democrats, who also have two independents that caucus with them, pushing the current minority to 47 seats.
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that → hold → seats
Thune could afford to have a net loss of three GOP seats and still retain the majority, given Vice President JD Vance’s constitutional power to break tie votes in the Senate.
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For Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats to flip the majority, however, they’ll need to amass a net gain of four seats.
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