President-elect Donald Trump has the most powerful tool in his arsenal: A Republican majority in the Senate and now the House.
The power swing will let the 47th president basically dictate the policies he wants to pursue.
The Senate win was long considered, but the House races were more touch and go.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will retain control of the lower chamber.
Fox News has the story:
House Republicans are gathering behind closed doors Wednesday to elect their leaders in the next Congress.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., are all running for their current roles again with no stated challengers as of Tuesday afternoon.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C., is also running for another term.
Each of the four leaders will still have to pitch themselves to the House Republican Conference on Wednesday morning, and the election is expected later that afternoon.
But contests are expected for the No. 5 and No. 6 House GOP leadership roles. Three House Republicans have confirmed they are running for House GOP conference chair: Reps. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Lisa McClain, R-Mich.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is not running for the role again after she was tapped to be ambassador to the United Nations in the new Trump administration.
That position is in charge of overseeing and executing the conference’s messaging as well as setting up conference-wide meetings.
Two Republicans are also vying for the role of House GOP policy committee chair: Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla., is challenging current Policy Committee Chair Gary Palmer, R-Ala.
House Republicans are gathering behind closed doors Wednesday to elect their leaders in the next Congress.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., are all running for their current roles again with no stated challengers as of Tuesday afternoon.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C., is also running for another term.
Each of the four leaders will still have to pitch themselves to the House Republican Conference on Wednesday morning, and the election is expected later that afternoon.
But contests are expected for the No. 5 and No. 6 House GOP leadership roles. Three House Republicans have confirmed they are running for House GOP conference chair: Reps. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Lisa McClain, R-Mich.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is not running for the role again after she was tapped to be ambassador to the United Nations in the new Trump administration.