Republicans took control of Congress, severe punishment for Obama

Republicans won Tuesday's mid-term elections in the United States taking control of Congress, a serious setback for Barack Obama and his Democratic allies who prefigures two years of difficult cohabitation.

Opponents of US President conquered the Senate and increased their majority in the House of Representatives, which puts them in position to dictate the parliamentary agenda until the nomination of a successor to Barack Obama. Their priorities will be economic. Dozens of laws "pro-growth" are ready to authorize the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico, boost production of natural gas, help small businesses and reduce regulations. "This experience too State lasted long enough. It's time to change direction! It's time to put the country back on track!" Announced after his own reelection Republican Senator Mitch McConnell called to embody in as majority leader duSénat opposition to Barack Obama.

The Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner, immediately announced that the new Congress, which will take office in early January, also focus on the "reform the tax code, reduce our spending problem, reforming our legal system, our system regulations and improve our educational system. ""The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together," conceded Harry Reid, current leader of the Democratic majority.

First black senator elected in the South

Republicans spend at least 45 to 52 seats out of 100, according to the projections of American television. In the House, they could win up to 18 seats, according to ABC, which would give them the wider Republican majority since 1946. In total, more than 100 women sit in Congress.

Among them, Elise Stefanik, a Republican 30 years, became the youngest woman to be elected to Congress where she will represent the State of New York. At 38, Mia Love, elected in Utah, it is about the first black Republican woman elected to the House of Representatives, won a seat to the Democrats. In South Carolina, Republican Tim Scott, 49, was he became the first African American in the southern United States to be elected to the Senate since the post Civil War.

Republicans have a responsibility to return the Congress to work after four years of war parliamentary trenches. No major reform has been enacted, including immigration remains a burning issue with more than 11 million undocumented immigrants settled in the United Unis.Les polls exit polls showed a disillusioned electorate: 79% people who voted disapprove the work of Congress, and two-thirds believe the country is going in the wrong direction. Fewer than one in three is satisfied with the administration of Barack Obama, a figure equivalent to the leaders of the Republican party in Congress, according to CNN.

Democrats saved their seat in New Hampshire. But Republican candidates have resumed including Arkansas, North Carolina, Colorado, Montana and Iowa. Louisiana will hold a second round on December 6 and the results in Alaska and Virginia were not yet known.

republican dissent

Barack Obama, who has not expressed Tuesday urged congressional leaders to the White House Friday, according to his spokesman. Elected the current Congress will return to sit from 12 November, and the new Congress take office January 3. The president and his term will end with the opposing party controlling both houses of Congress before him as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ronald Reagan. The midterm elections have traditionally taken the form of votes, sanctions against the ruling party in the White House. Neither the fall in unemployment to 5.9%, the lowest in six years, or the robust GDP growth, 3.5% in the third quarter, or reforming the health system seem to have been credited to the Democrat .

Remains to be seen what the Republicans their majority will. Mitch McConnell said that Obama retained veto power, and is unlikely to enact laws demolishing the major projects of his presidency, starting with reforming the health care system, Obamacare. But internal dissensions the Republican party are notorious, and nothing indicates that elected Tea Party, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz, will agree to reach out to Democrats to promote a spirit of compromise. Reacting immediately to the election on CNN, Ted Cruz directly contradicted by hitting Republican leader: "We need a complete repeal" Obamacare.