Republicans, having expanded their control of Congress, were positioned on Wednesday to provide greater help to President Bush to push a stepped-up conservative agenda in his second term.
The Republican president has sought to extend tax cuts, promote pro-business policies and appoint anti-abortion judges and he may make another attempt to secure a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages.
"With a bigger majority, we can do even more exciting things," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, told a local television station in his state.
Television network projections showed Republicans would hold at least 54 of the 100 Senate seats, three more than they now have, and a slim majority of the 435-member House in the new 109th Congress, set to convene on Jan. 3.
In Tuesday's election, Democrat Tom Daschle, deemed by Republicans as "the chief obstructionist" to Bush's agenda, became the first Senate leader in a half century to be voted out of office.
Daschle lost to former Republican U.S. Rep. John Thune, who had come within 524 votes in 2002 of unseating the other senator in the Republican-leaning state, Democrat Tim Johnson.
"One of the themes of my campaign ... was that we need to get the Senate functioning and working again." Thune told "Fox TV," adding, "Right now, there is too much partisanship."
articleThe Republican president has sought to extend tax cuts, promote pro-business policies and appoint anti-abortion judges and he may make another attempt to secure a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages.
"With a bigger majority, we can do even more exciting things," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, told a local television station in his state.
Television network projections showed Republicans would hold at least 54 of the 100 Senate seats, three more than they now have, and a slim majority of the 435-member House in the new 109th Congress, set to convene on Jan. 3.
In Tuesday's election, Democrat Tom Daschle, deemed by Republicans as "the chief obstructionist" to Bush's agenda, became the first Senate leader in a half century to be voted out of office.
Daschle lost to former Republican U.S. Rep. John Thune, who had come within 524 votes in 2002 of unseating the other senator in the Republican-leaning state, Democrat Tim Johnson.
"One of the themes of my campaign ... was that we need to get the Senate functioning and working again." Thune told "Fox TV," adding, "Right now, there is too much partisanship."
Gee, I suppose more Republicans in the mix will eliminate the partisanship. What a logical bunch we are.
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