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Democrats Projected to Control Both U.S. Chambers as Brazil Senate Advances Security Amendment

The U.S. shift gives Democrats new power to probe and slow President Trump’s agenda while Brazil’s Senate approved an executive-backed public security constitutional change that reshapes domestic politics and leadership bargaining.

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Overview

  • Media projections on Wednesday showed the Democratic Party winning majorities in both the House and the Senate, a shift that hands the party control of committee chairs, hearing schedules and subpoena authority and that President Donald Trump said he would accept.
  • With committee control, Democrats gain the practical tools to launch investigations into the administration, to delay or block executive nominations and to slow signature Trump policies by setting legislative timetables and document requests.
  • The Brazilian Federal Senate approved the PEC of Public Security in two lopsided roll calls reported as 73–0 and 75–0, preserving the Planalto text that links the measure to creation of a Ministry of Public Security.
  • Senate President Davi Alcolumbre protected the government’s PEC while negotiating concessions to opposition blocs, including moving to accelerate debate on reducing the age of criminal responsibility and indicating Tereza Cristina as rapporteur on the 2027 budget guidelines.
  • Local and procedural battles continued in Brazil: the São Paulo City Council’s special commission voted to archive an impeachment request against Mayor Ricardo Nunes after finding no proof of deliberate reduction in bus service, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s remote attendance from the United States raised unresolved questions about semipresential voting rules.