Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion What the approaching GOP majority can deliver in Congress

By
Contributing columnist
October 10, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on Sept. 29. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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The terrain on which the midterms are to be fought is now set. The GOP has the high ground.

Republicans, it is clear, now believe they are heading for a big win in November — one that will return the GOP to control of both chambers of Congress, check President Biden’s enormous ambitions and install needed oversight over the sprawling federal administrative state.