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Democrats take the House: A strange new respect for checks and balances?

By Philip Wegmann

Published November 7, 2018 3:57am ET

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Democrats take the House: A strange new respect for checks and balances? — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

Democrats are projected to win the House. Republicans will hold the Senate. The Left learns a new, strange respect for constitutional checks and balances.

Voters are still waiting in line to cast their ballots in some states, and Democrats are already beginning to come to grips with the utility of their new majority. They better hope President Trump ignores the precedent established by his predecessor.

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