Elections What to expect now that Democrats control the House Democrats will be focusing on both policy and political priorities after taking the majority in the lower chamber.

Democrats have the majority for the first time in almost a decade.

And after months of making promises to a beleaguered progressive base, they'll be expected to actually make good on those promises.


Almost immediately, they plan on passing legislation laying out many of the positions they've been running on, from fixing Obamacare to rolling back some of the Republican tax cuts.

In tandem with those policy moves, Democrats are also expected to get very busy investigating President Trump and his administration.