Trump's First 2 Years Will Be Shaped By Who Wins The House. We May Not Know The Outcome For Days.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is projecting confidence after the GOP flipped several Democratic-held seats in the Midwest.Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWe still don't know who will control the House next year, and it could take days to count votes.Trump will have a GOP Senate, but either parties has a path to control of the lower chamber.If Democrats gain control, they could significantly curtail Trump's power.Donald Trump is now the president-elect, and Republicans have gained control of the US Senate.But we still don't know who controls the House of Representatives, and the outcome will have major implications for the first two years of Trump's second term.As of Wednesday morning, both Democrats and Republicans had a plausible path toward winning the 218 seats necessary to hold the majority, though Republicans were projecting confidence that they would pull it off."As more results come in it is clear that, as we have predicted all along, Republicans are poised to have unified government in the White House, Senate, and House," said House Speaker Mike Johnson in a statement on Wednesday morning.