Democratic victories in the House and Senate have shifted Washington’s balance of power and opened the door for Congress to reclaim a more active role as a check on the president, after two years in which Republicans largely backed President Trump’s agenda.
Since Trump’s 2024 election alongside Republican majorities in both chambers, the executive branch has acted with limited congressional resistance on spending, tariffs and war powers, according to the account. Democrats are now positioned to push back through oversight and their influence over spending.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat expected to become speaker, said the party would seek accountability for what he called unprecedented corruption. On Wednesday, as the scale of the Democratic wins became clearer, he said the House would no longer function as a subsidiary of the Trump administration.
Sources: The New York Times Politics.