The United States Congress is projected to remain under the control of Republicans whose nominee Donald Trump was elected president.
Republicans claimed the majority of seats in both chambers of Congress, with 51 seats in the Senate and 235 in the House, according to media reports. Democrats have won 47 Senate seats and 191 seats in the lower chamber.
Although a few Senate races were still undecided, the results so far show Democrats no longer have a probable path toward capturing control of the 100-seat chamber.
Democrats had only gained one seat from Republicans, in Illinois, where US Representative Tammy Duckworth defeated Senator Mark Kirk. Democrats needed to pick up a net five seats to take Senate control.
Republicans have mostly opposed comprehensive immigration reform and the national healthcare program known as Obamacare, gun control and expanded environmental and financial regulations.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a…