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Democrats and Republicans prepare to pick their power brokers in the House and Senate

Decisions on who will lead the parties and the committees will be made soon.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference following the 2018 midterm elections at the Capitol Building on Nov. 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference following the 2018 midterm elections at the Capitol Building on Nov. 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Now that the midterm elections are over, a new campaign is underway for leadership roles and committee assignments in the House and Senate. Party leaders are likely to be the usual suspects: Mitch McConnell in the Senate; Nancy Pelosi in the House. But committees assignments are not nailed down. They’re also not as powerful as they used to be. 

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