Masthead Maine Article RatingRepublicans win slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda - CentralMaine.com
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| "Republican candidates pledged on the campaign trail to cut taxes and tighten border security." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "I'm proud to aounce the era of one-party Democrat rule in Washington is over, McCarthy said after wiing the nomination." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "McCarthy won the nomination for House speaker on Tuesday, with a formal vote to come when the new Congress convenes in January." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "McCarthy celebrated his party having officially flipped the House on Twitter on Wednesday night, writing, Americans are ready for a new direction, and House Republicans are ready to deliver." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Republicans will take control of key committees, giving them the ability to shape legislation and launch probes of Biden, his family and his administration." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., talks to the media on Tuesday after voting on top House Republican leadership positions, on Capitol Hill in Washington." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is at right." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "That's far short of the sweeping victory the GOP predicted going into this year's midterm elections, when the party hoped to reset the agenda on Capitol Hill by capitalizing on economic challenges and Biden's lagging popularity." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Biden congratulated McCarthy, saying he is ready to work with House Republicans to deliver results for working families." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden congratulated McCarthy, saying he is ready to work with House Republicans to deliver results for working families." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "There was a strong rejection of election deniers, political violence, and intimidation, Biden said in a statement." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "As a senator and then vice president, Biden spent a career crafting legislative compromises with Republicans." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Biden said the midterms show voters want Democrats and Republicans to find ways to cooperate and govern in a bipartisan maer, but also noted that Republicans didn't achieve the electoral surge they'd been betting on and vowed, I'm not going to change anything in any fundamental way.AP VoteCast, a broad survey of the national electorate, showed that high inflation and concerns about the fragility of democracy had heavily influenced voters." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "WASHINGTON -- Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Biden's agenda and spur a flurry of investigations." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The results could complicate House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's plans to become speaker as some conservative members have questioned whether to back him or have imposed conditions for their support." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Some of the most conservative lawmakers have raised the prospect of impeaching Biden, though that will be much harder for the party to accomplish with a tight majority." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Counter to the GOP's expectations, Biden didn't entirely shoulder the blame for inflation, with close to half of voters saying the higher-than-usual prices were more because of factors outside his control." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Many Republicans in the incoming Congress rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election, even though claims of widespread fraud were refuted by courts, elections officials and Trump's own attorney general." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "If elected to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the top post, McCarthy would lead what will likely be a rowdy conference of House Republicans, most of whom are aligned with Trump's bare-knuckle brand of politics." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "If elected to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the top post, McCarthy would lead what will likely be a rowdy conference of House Republicans, most of whom are aligned with Trump's bare-knuckle brand of politics." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "If elected to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the top post, McCarthy would lead what will likely be a rowdy conference of House Republicans, most of whom are aligned with Trump's bare-knuckle brand of politics." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "Some in the GOP have blamed Donald Trump for the worse-than-expected outcome." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
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34% : Republican candidates pledged on the campaign trail to cut taxes and tighten border security.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.