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We're bringing you more details on Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections. Not all of the outcomes are known yet. Some of the races for House seats, Senate seats and state governorships are still too close to call. But looking at where things stand for the next U.S. Congress, the big picture results for Democrats¹ and Republicans are a mixed bag and they're pretty much in line with what analysts² predicted.

Democrats did take control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as many political experts forecasted they would. 218 seats are needed to have control of that chamber³ and as of last night, Democrats had secured 223 seats, Republicans had secured 199 seats and the outcomes of 13 races weren't known yet. Republicans did maintain control of the Senate as many political experts forecasted they would. They needed to secure at least 50 seats to keep control of the 100 member chamber. Republican Vice-President Mike Pence could be the tiebreaking vote if necessary and as of last night, Republicans had secured 51 seats. Democrats secured 46 seats. The outcomes of three races weren't known yet.

So Congress is split. Neither Democrats nor Republicans had a sweeping⁴ victory on Tuesday and while Republican President Donald Trump⁵ and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi are at opposite sides of a strongly divided political aisle⁶, they both signaled on Wednesday that there were opportunities for their two parties to work together.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I really believe that we have a chance to get along very well with the Democrats and if that's the case, we could do a tremendous amount of legislation and get it approved. I really believe there's going to be much less gridlock.

NANCY PELOSI, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: We'll have accountability and we will strive for bipartisanship with fairness on all sides. We have a responsibility to find our common ground where we can, stand our ground where we can't. But we must try.

CARL AZUZ: The next Congress which Americans voted for this week is the 116th United States Congress and it will be seated in January 3rd, 2019.

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

4 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。