A Republican House—Now What?

Commentary
With Rep. Mike Garcia projected to win California’s 27th congressional district, giving the Republicans 218 seats in the House of Representatives, the GOP will take control of the lower house in January 2023. So now what?
Well, certainly there will be investigations and perhaps even perhaps a performative impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that will likely go nowhere with Democrats control of the Senate.
But the short answer, at least in terms of legislation,  is: gridlock. The slim Republican House majority won’t be able to pass legislation out of the whole Congress, and on the off chance it does, President Joe Biden will likely veto it. Likewise, the Democrat-controlled Senate isn’t likely to get legislation passed in the Republican-controlled House….}