GOP Control Will Spur Change, Experts Say
By Charles Dervarics
The decisive Republican victory in the November mid-term elections will have major implications on issues ranging from higher education to civil rights, advocates say.
Republicans will re-claim control of the U.S. Senate, making it the first time in half a century that the party controls both the White House and both houses of Congress. The GOP also added to their majority in the House of Representatives for the new Congress that convenes in January.
“They’re fully in command,” says J. Noah Brown, public policy director for the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). “Clearly, the president has a mandate now.”
