On November 6, the power shifted in the House of Representatives with the Democrats taking back that body leading currently 227 to 198.  

Some elections have not been decided.  For example, here in Georgia, Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux is only 900 votes shy of winning the 7th Congressional District, a district that has been Red for years.  There are still ballots out there, and her campaign is insisting that every vote count.  In an adjacent 6th Congressional District, Lucy McBath defeated incumbent Karen Handel, turning the Red district Blue.  

And in the Governor’s race in Georgia, Stacey Abrams is fighting to get every ballot counted in her race with Brian Kemp.  Kemp, who stayed in his position as Secretary of State during the election and afterwards (he finally resigned two days ago), is personally responsible for disabling many voters in Georgia from either casting ballots, or having their ballot counted.  

But at the national level, the shift in power is massive.  There are 21 congressional committees, 20 standing committees and one select committee.  Each of these 42 committees will be lead by a Democratic Representative, replacing the 42 Republicans who have held those positions for the past two years, as well as six years during the Obama years. 

For example, the House Intelligence committee (Permanent Select) has been headed by Devin Nunes (R-CA), a man that has pushed the idea that Trump and his associates did nothing wrong during the 2016 Presidential election.  Well, he will be demoted, and Adam Schiff (D-CA) will take over, and has promised consequences for the actions of Trump, et.al.  The Intelligence Committee oversees the CIA, Department of Defense, Emerging Threats, and NSA and Cybersecurity.  Democrats will head all these committees.

This is just the beginning.

Trump and his cronies have laid waste to natural resources (there are five committees here), science, space and technology (five more committees), Ways and Means (there are six committees here, including health, human resources, oversight, social security, tax policy and trade).  

For the past two years, the Federal Government has been led by a group of politicians who hid in every nook and cranny in DC.  That’s coming to and end.  There are consequences to the lying, and corrupt behavior of the administration.  As Daniel Drezner says, at the Washington Post, Trump is acting less like a toddler and more like a liar. Almost everything he says is not true.  He’s going to called out, more and more in the months ahead.