translated from Spanish: Pelosi sees ‘new dawn’ in US Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats returned to elect Nancy Pelosi as President of the House of representatives Thursday while the Congress 116to received a new generation of legislators: diverse as n before UNCA and ready to confront President Donald Trump in an era of divided government. Pelosi, chosen by 220 votes in favour for 192 against, received the hammer of his inauguration and said American voters “demanded a new dawn” in the November elections and are confident that “the beauty of our Constitution” provides controls and counterweight to presidential power. Pelosi faced 15 votes against the Democratic Caucus. For a few hours, the promise of a new era was the order of the day. Pelosi invited the children of dozens of legislators to accompany her on stage when he was sworn in as President of the Chamber of representatives and called the session to order “on behalf of all children in the United States”.
Even Trump congratulated her for their “great achievement” during a brief appearance in the White House briefing room.

At nightfall, the lower Chamber set out to work on the partial Government shutdown, which started 13 days due to the requirement of Trump’s billions of dollars to be allocated to finance a wall on the border with Mexico.
Democrats approved an initiative Bill to reopen the Government, but without the 5,600 million dollars that Trump asks for the wall, which means that it has little chance of being approved in the Senate, where the Republicans are the majority.

The composition of the new Congress is unprecedented. The House of representatives has more women than ever before, and a new generation of Muslims, latinos, native Americans and African Americans are creating what academics describe as a more representative of the population of United States democracy. The Republican caucus continues to be composed mainly by white men. In the Senate, the Republicans increased their majority. In a statement in line with the current political moment, Pelosi, the only woman who has served as President of the House of representatives, promised to make Congress work for all Americans, even though his party is willing to challenge to Trump with research and its powers to issue subpoenas, themes that represent major obstacles for the agenda of the House Blanca.La House will be “for the people”, said Pelosi. He promised to “restore integrity to the Government”, and outlined an agenda that includes “lower health care costs and prices to controlled drugs, protect persons with pre-existing medical problems, as well as increase revenue through the” reconstruction of United States with ecological and modern infrastructure from coast to coast”. The legislative day elapsed between celebration and impatience. Novice legislators arrived _a often accompanied by relatives and amigos_ to swear in his position and pose for formal photographs. For his part, Vice President Mike Pence took the oath to the new senators, but Republicans in the Senate, under the leader of the majority Mitch McConnell, had not thought consider the initiatives of the House of representatives to fund the Government to less that Trump accept to enact them. This situation ensures that the closure will not end, and tarnishes the first days of the new legislature.

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