As of this afternoon the Republicans will control of the House of Representatives and already predict that the work will focus on the economy and the growing federal deficit. "At 112 Congress be required hard work and tough decisions," said John Boehner, the replacement for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, according to excerpts of the speech offered to begin the new legislative period.In his view, U.S. government spending "has taken its toll, and our debt will soon eclipse the size of our entire economy." "We can no longer put off decisions. The people voted to put an end and today we begin to carry out his instructions," says another part of speech. His words set the tone of the new House, with the majority obtained by winning 63 more seats in the parliamentary elections on 2 November.
But not all be a bed of roses for Republicans. Boehner will have to deal with the extreme right wing of his party, supporters of the movement Tea party, which falls today in the Congress. The House Republicans who want to keep up their campaign promises, have pledged to repeal the law of public health reform passed by President Barack Obama, and that in his opinion "destroys jobs." Another priority of the new Republican majority, true to the promise of fiscal austerity that made the voters at the polls in November, will eliminate a total of 100,000 million dollars of expenditures for domestic programs this year.
Republican leaders did not specify which programs will suffer cuts, but they have made clear they will save costs related to defense, national security and veterans services. Any action to approve the Republicans in the House could face a wall of resistance in the Senate, where Democrats still have a numerical advantage and can block these projects.
In addition, President Barack Obama might use its veto power cuts containing measures. Republicans also take advantage of their new majority in the House of Representatives to order investigations of all types, including Wikileaks leaks.
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