Resurgent Democrats win control of House

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Resurgent Democrats win control of House

(AP)
Updated: 2006-11-08 14:22

WASHINGTON - Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a
dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a
president and a scandal-scarred Congress.

Democratic party supporters react as TV news first predict that the
Democratic Party will control the U.S. House of Representatives at a
mid-term election night party for the Democratic Party in Washington,
November 7, 2006. Americans voted on Tuesday in elections for Congress
that could curb the power of George W. Bush's Republicans, force a change
of direction in Iraq and shape the legacy of a president with two years
left in office. [Reuters]

"From sea to shining sea, the American people voted for change," declared
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the hard-charging California Democrat in line to
become the nation's first female House speaker.

"Today we have made history," she said, "now let us make progress."

Faced with the inevitable, the White House made plans for President Bush
to call Pelosi first thing in the morning; he will enter his final two
years in office with at least half of Congress in the opposition party's
hands.

Just after 1 a.m., Democrats had won 218 seats, enough to control the
House, and were leading for another 15, which give them 233. Republicans,
who hold 229 seats in the current House, won 176 and were leading in
another 26, which would give them 202.

The Democrats won 24 Republican-controlled seats ,and no Democratic
incumbent had lost by early Wednesday.

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