A scenario that the Democrats were not even able to dream of a few months ago, but over the days opinion polls have shown that it is very likely to happen, which is the scenario of the Democrats obtaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate, or in both during the midterm elections that will be held on November 3. A majority would be enough to put an end to Donald Trump's policies and block his future projects.

Published on: 03/11/2026 - 07:08

What if the Democrats were able to turn the tables on Donald Trump and paralyze his political movement until the end of his term in 2028? Only less than three weeks after the midterm elections taking place on Tuesday, November 3, the democratic opposition has become convinced of its ability to overthrow the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, or at least in one of them. Which, if it happens, will give it more room to maneuver to obstruct the actions of Republicans and their president until 2028.

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What would a Democratic majority House of Representatives change?

The House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States legislative branch. It is the lower chamber of Congress, the chamber that discusses the federal budget, and is the main body of accountability and accountability. So controlling it would provide several weapons for the Democrats against Donald Trump.

If they become a majority; Democrats will chair all parliamentary committees. They would gain unilateral authority to issue subpoenas to force government officials, political allies or people close to Trump to testify under oath and produce documents. A power that Democrats intend to use to investigate companies accused of getting rich thanks to the Trump administration, similar to the major giants of artificial intelligence and technology.

Democrats will also have the power to draft and vote on articles of impeachment against the president and his cabinet. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who may become the first African-American Speaker in history, does not rule out initiating a third impeachment attempt, but is prioritizing an action against Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense.

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Democrats will also control the US federal budget—in effect, every fiscal law passed by the House of Representatives. Democrats can thus reject any compromise with Republicans, even if it results in a government “shutdown.”

Finally, in theory, the speaker has the power to turn the House of Representatives into a cemetery for republican laws. In fact, he is the only one who decides which text is put to a vote, and can therefore delay its study indefinitely.

What would a Democratic majority Senate change?

The Senate is the upper chamber of Congress. The Senate represents the federal states. Thus, each state has equal weight, regardless of its population or geographic size.

By controlling it, Democrats will have several powers, starting with the power to ratify bills: a stronger upper hand in the Senate. The Democratic majority can block, delay, or reject Donald Trump's appointments of any figure in the White House, the head of federal agencies (such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) as well as the justices of the Supreme Court. A possibility that Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, intends to use in the event that seats on the Supreme Court become vacant during the last two years of Trump’s term.

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As in the House, Democrats will chair committees in the Senate (such as the powerful Intelligence Committee or the Finance Committee), opening a second judicial front for Trump and his allies.

Finally, even if the US Constitution already requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate to ratify an international treaty (a de facto blocking power for any minority holding 34 seats), control of the upper chamber would above all give Democrats control of the agenda. They could thus stifle Republican foreign policy simply by refusing to study the texts in committee.

So what would a Democratic majority Congress change?

The scenario remains unlikely in the eyes of analysts without being impossible, but both chambers of the US Congress may move into the hands of the Democrats.

In addition to the previously mentioned capabilities, Democrats will have the Congressional Review Act. Under this 1996 federal law, a unified Congress has the authority, by a simple majority, to overturn recent regulations issued by federal agencies. Furthermore, the law strictly prohibits agencies from issuing a new regulation in the future that is “substantially similar” to the one that was disapproved.

Moreover, a democratic Congress would deprive Republicans of the weapon of “budget reconciliation,” which is a parliamentary procedure that allows laws related to the budget and taxes to be passed in the Senate by a simple majority (51 votes), circumventing the “filibuster” rule that requires a supermajority of 60 votes to avoid obstruction.

If Congress falls into the hands of the Democratic opposition, Donald Trump will be forced to rule only by presidential decrees, many of which are vulnerable to being rejected in federal courts. What will remain as the last legislative power of the billionaire president is the presidential veto, which he will resort to using in order to obstruct laws issued by Congress.

French text: Romain Weeks | Return it to Arabic: Hussein Amara

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